Earth Notes: General Bibliography (sissons2025cheaper)
General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset
- [sissons2025cheaper] Andrew Sissons and Andy Regan Can time-of-use tariffs make heat pumps cheaper to run? (accessed ), Nesta, (report) (BibTeX).
abstract
Using heat pumps flexibly — running them when electricity is cheap and plentiful, and avoiding running them at peak times — is a good thing. It reduces pressure on the electricity grid by smoothing out peaks in demand. It also offers the prospect of lower bills by using 'time-of-use' tariffs that offer cheaper electricity at off-peak times. If homes with heat pumps did this consistently day to day, then the National Energy System Operator (NESO) estimates we could avoid significant future energy system costs spread across everyone's bills.
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[Quote: "We commissioned energy experts Cornwall Insights to look at this question, and we found something we didn't expect: even if you don't flex your heat pump, you can still save money just by using a time-of-use tariff. In Cornwall's model, just being on a flexible tariff — which is settled on a half-hourly basis — saved heat pump users up to \pound600 per year compared to being on a standard tariff, which is settled on the standard profile classes."]