Mutley Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Prices coming down elsewhere... http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaki.../breaking76.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 How do I switch electricity provider? - I'm not happy with mine. [/Rhetorical Mode] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 How do I switch electricity provider? - I'm not happy with mine. boat in the morning ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 How do I switch electricity provider? - I'm not happy with mine. boat in the morning ? Buy an exercise bike and link it into your power supply? Alternatively a thousand hamsters on treadmills in the garage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 How do I switch electricity provider? - I'm not happy with mine. boat in the morning ? I'm not happy with the boat company either. I'd have rang them up, but you guessed it, I'm not happy with the phone company neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 How do I switch electricity provider? - I'm not happy with mine. boat in the morning ? I'm not happy with the boat company either. I'd have rang them up, but you guessed it, I'm not happy with the phone company neither. You should talk to your MH..... Never mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Toad Of Toad Hall Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Geez! You have to love the timing of these guys. Just in time for the autumn and winter when we will all be in our houses using up more electricity than ever. I had a look in the new showroom earlier today- very fancy and prices to match! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBloodyNine Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 This is not the best news, electric is currently my second biggest bill after rent. I suppose it comes with not having a choice of provider, and even if we did the lines would still be run by the MEA so prices would be similar. Although the complaint about timing doesn’t sit with me my bills are pretty constant no matter the season. I guess I'll just start turning everything off at the plug again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 An additional more radical step might be to calculate out how much could be saved by closing all generation here and importing all our electricity needs from the UK. Given that the cable can only operate at a maximum of 70mw and the island load can be as high as 100mw where do you propose to get that spare 30mw from other than laying a new cable which in turn would cost another fortune. That aside you then have the issue of security of supply , if you have all your power coming along the cable and there is a major fault at the Bispham substation guess what happens ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Given that the cable can only operate at a maximum of 70mw and the island load can be as high as 100mw where do you propose to get that spare 30mw from Just sell it as a anti-obesity campaign... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Given that the cable can only operate at a maximum of 70mw and the island load can be as high as 100mw where do you propose to get that spare 30mw from 30mW (ie 30/1000 W) is easily obtained from a single cell - 30MW is something else however and = about 40% of Pulrose output - correct use of the shift key is quite important in engineering ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 An additional more radical step might be to calculate out how much could be saved by closing all generation here and importing all our electricity needs from the UK. Given that the cable can only operate at a maximum of 70mw and the island load can be as high as 100mw where do you propose to get that spare 30mw from other than laying a new cable which in turn would cost another fortune. That aside you then have the issue of security of supply , if you have all your power coming along the cable and there is a major fault at the Bispham substation guess what happens ! Well start by getting 70% from the UK then. Close Douglas and keep Peel going? Build up our alternative energy supply to fill the 30% - people keep saying it is going to happen here and this must be the case as their is a 'consultants report'. What happens if there is a major problem here? or a strike here? Presumably we will lose at least 30% of our power? By all means identify potential issues - then they can be managed. Why not 'think outside the box'? One can always find reasons for NOT doing something. As natural gas prices are down 40% from the start of the year, electricity in the UK (so I have read) is approximately half the costs here and electricity prices in Ireland have fallen 20% (and more to come) this year - why are prices going up here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Given that the cable can only operate at a maximum of 70mw and the island load can be as high as 100mw where do you propose to get that spare 30mw from 30mW (ie 30/1000 W) is easily obtained from a single cell - 30MW is something else however and = about 40% of Pulrose output - correct use of the shift key is quite important in engineering ! Cheers Frances fair point 30mw wouldn't really be a cause for concern and a pack of tesco value batteries would probably solve that problem at no major cost to the consumer . 30MW is 1 gas turbine running at full capacity , don't forget there are also the 5 diesels at Pulrose which are still operational giving another 40-45MW so in total that is 120-125 MW from the Pulrose site . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Given that the cable can only operate at a maximum of 70mw and the island load can be as high as 100mw where do you propose to get that spare 30mw how aboutlinking a pipe to the KSF topic, theres plenty of hot air and bullshit in there to run the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosferatu Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 how aboutlinking a pipe to the KSF topic, theres plenty of hot air and bullshit in there to run the world Shite power is indeed the way forward Pigshit power plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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