It's time to think differently about electric heating.
Most people move over to a traditional, 'peak time' electric boiler when they decide to switch to electric heating.
The trouble is, these 'peak time' electric boilers demand power from the grid as soon as the central heating gets switched on.
This happens alongside everyone else also switching on their heating, cooking dinner, having showers, putting on washing and drying, etc
This sudden, sharp 'spike' in electricity demand uses a huge amount of heavy fuel oil, water, and other expensive resources at the Vale Power Station to make sure everyone gets all the power they need, all at the same time.
Luckily, you can now take your electric heating off-peak.
This will help lower your electric heating bill, cut local pollution, and help reduce future tariff rises.
Why is this tariff cheaper?
Electricity is most expensive to supply during a few 'peak' periods because that's when we need to use the most resources. Diesel generators need to be brought online at the Vale Power Station, we need to burn through many tonnes of extra fossil-fuel, and the network needs to cope with a sudden spike of heavy extra work.
By shifting heat demand to 19 off-peak hours, we can pass on a small saving to our Off Peak Heat 19 customers, simply because it costs less to serve them.
This heating tariff is designed to encourage heating demand to be spread more evenly throughout 24 hours, rather than concentrated at peak times when many heating systems switch on together.
Smoothing out that demand over a longer period means we can supply power far more efficiently and cheaply, which is reflected in this tariff price.
