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 for 2025.
The cost for this year was around £16.42 less for 134kWH less usage.
The off-peak/peak/SC values for April were £0.052/0.27769/0.52192 for 2026 vs £0.07/£0.28959/0.47606 for 2025, peak and off-peak, are down, but the standing charge is up.
This can also be seen in the month on month usage vs cost graphs where my usage is about the same, however my costs have gone down significantly each year:
Ecoflow batteries:
The graphs show a total of 428kWh (313 + 115) of usage, 179kWh (134 +45) of which came from the batteries and 248kWh (178 + 70) came from the ‘grid’ after the batteries were exhausted.
This means that I have moved an additional 179kWh of usage from peak to off-peak or £40.40 (179 * (0.27769 – 0.052)) of additional savings not captured elsewhere, this should ideally be added to the demand figure above, taking it to 1671kWh
March Solar:
Actual production for March exceeded the forecast but not necessarily by very much.
The various arrays produced the following levels of energy: Garage 312.36kWh, Office 248.98kWh, East 193.67kWh, West 233.12kWh for a total of 988kWh, this compares to 1047kWh for April 2025, so slightly down on last year once again.
Whilst I produced less than last year, I managed to export 667kWh compared to 246kWh in 2025, for a total saving of £80.11, more than doubling last year’s figure of £36.96.
This despite the guaranteed export (SEG) price dropping from £0.15 to £0.12 per kWh from the 1st of March.
This is largely due to the extra batteries, allowing me to make it through most days without drawing any peak electricity and thereby allowing me to export more solar and also empty my Enphase batteries at the end of the day.
The import costs of £83.66 less the export savings of £80.11 means my net cost for April was £3.55 for 1671kWh of demand making my average rate £0.00212/kWh.
April Gas:
I finally turned the heating off for this winter on the 2nd.
Overall a relatively mild April, my cost was up on last year, £40.75 vs £35.53, despite my usage being down, 479kWh vs 549kWh, the average cost per kWh was up at 0.0637 as compared to 0.0486 in 2025, war in the Middle East, is still having an adverse effect on the gas prices.
Gas costs:
