Improvements in and around my home
August Electricity: I managed to maintain a 1.99% Peak/Off-Peak ratio, compared to 6.98% in 2025. A pretty sunny month, way more so than last year. Electricity costs for the month of August: £106.02 for 2026, £107.10 for 2025. Electricity demand for the month of August: 1548kWh for 2026, 1752kWh for 2025 (2026 does not include…
July Electricity: I managed to maintain a 1.75% Peak/Off-Peak ratio, compared to 8.93% in 2025. A pretty sunny month, way more so than last year. Electricity costs for the month of July: £103.75 for 2026, £120.13 for 2025. Electricity demand for the month of July: 1531kWh for 2026, 1884kWh for 2025 (2026 does not include…
June Electricity: I managed to maintain a 1.87% Peak/Off-Peak ratio, compared to 4.86% in 2025. A pretty sunny month, but not quite as sunny as last year. Electricity costs for the month of June: £100.59 for 2026, £99.05 for 2025. Electricity demand for the month of June: 1504kWh for 2026, 1780kWh for 2025 (2026 does…
May Electricity: I managed to maintain a 1.64% Peak/Off-Peak ratio, compared to 6.11% in 2025. A pretty sunny month, but not quite as sunny as last year, more sun for the second half of the month than the first. Electricity costs for the month of May: £107.14 for 2026, £104.83 for 2025. Electricity demand for…
April Electricity: I managed to maintain a 2.17% Peak/Off-Peak ratio, compared to 11.70% in 2025 (4th battery now installed). A pretty sunny month, but not quite as sunny as last year. Electricity costs for the month of April: £83.66 for 2026, £100.08 for 2025. Electricity demand for the month of April: 1492kWh for 2026, 1626kWh…
March Electricity: I managed to maintain a 4.87% Peak/Off-Peak ratio, compared to 24.02% in 2025 (I had not yet bought my 4th battery at this point). Much of the month was overcast, and/or had minimal sunshine, but an average UK March. Electricity costs for the month of March: £115.61 for 2026, £148.86 for 2025.…
February Electricity: I managed to maintain a 13.75% Peak/Off-Peak ratio, compared to 39.26% in 2025 (I had not yet bought my 4th battery at this point). Much of the month was overcast, and/or had minimal sunshine, but an average UK February. Electricity costs for the month of February: £143.27 for 2026, £212.96 for 2025. Electricity…
It’s the start of another year, so I have decided to change my updates slightly and only compare to the previous year I will still detail my savings compared to my pre solar costs, although I will ignore the gas comparisons, as there were a few months in my pre solar times that had silly…
This is my second year with Octopus Energy, and the only significant changes I have made was adding a fourth Enphase battery at the end of April and few additional plug in batteries at the end of November. This first graph shows my electricity demand by year broken down by source (off-peak, peak and solar).…
December 2025 updates December Electric: I managed to maintain a 29.11% Peak/Off-Peak ratio, which is an improvement on last month’s 32.67%. This is largely due to the purchase of some additional battery units – more on that later. Much of the month was overcast, and/or had minimal sunshine, but an average UK December. Electricity costs…