Content by GaryMG4 in April, 2026

Back on track, even our Local Sainsburys has now topped £1.50/1.80. They have also coned off half the 16 pumps and split the remainder to either petrol or diesel.

Agreed, over the last 12 months we have used 1.4MWh of peak rate electricity, about £420 worth, 2.9 at off peak rates and approximately 1.5 self consumed solar.

Potentially, last month I managed to consume almost 70% of what was generated and only purchased an average of around 3-4kWh a day of peak rate electricity, so not much saving there. I doubt an AC coupled system would have the inverter capacity or battery capacity to make a huge difference to...

When we bought the property the agent mentioned the solar but we didn't really take much notice of it, we probably spent more time looking at the stables paddock etc than the house. Initially the FiT payments equated to our electricity bill, but that soon fell behind as prices ramped up. Without...

The previous owners of the house installed solar in 2015, so we inherited their FiT rates, 19p for generation plus 50% of generation (deemed export) at 7p. So we average just over 23p for every kWh we generate, even if we use it ourselves. Prior to getting an EV and the Zappi we exported 70-80%...

I could add I get paid 23p for every (solar) kWh I put in the car but that would be mean.