From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT
By Paul Homewood
h/t Ian Magness/Ian Cunningham
Yet another reason not to buy a heat pump!
From the Telegraph:
Heat pump households face winter warmth rationing as the drive to net zero raises increasing fears of blackouts.
By the end of next year, electricity suppliers will be able to remotely turn down heat pump central heating to help Britain’s energy system cope with high demand.
Suppliers are expected to do so on the instructions of the quango responsible for coordinating the grid, which is overseen by Ed Miliband’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
Britain’s electricity supply typically comes under most strain during winter cold snaps. The risk of blackouts is expected to become more extreme as net zero policies shift energy demand from gas to electricity and supply becomes more dependent on less reliable wind and solar generation.
Under the Energy Secretary’s proposed Smart Secure Electricity Systems scheme, licenced providers such as Octopus Energy and British Gas will be able to restrict heat pumps via the internet.
There are more than 223,000 heat pumps installed in existing buildings across the country, according to the latest official statistics. Mr Miliband has set a target for 450,000 heat pumps to be installed annually by 2030and since April last year, every one installed must be capable of being connected to the internet.
The Government’s assessment of the impact of the remote control plan, which is now under consultation, said energy suppliers “will be able to remotely control significant amounts of electrical load through EV charge points, heat pumps etc”.
DESNZ said the rationing system, officially referred to as load control, will help “balance the grid” during peak demand, making blackouts less likely.
It is proposed that only heat pump households that agree to become part of the system will be included. In return they will be offered discount tariffs.
Full story here.
Ignore the lie that you can opt in to this.
Yet now we find ourselves rushing headlong into a Stalinist rationing system.
It will not be long before it is mandatory. We already have legislation allowing the Government to restrict EV charging. It is inevitable that heat pump demand will soon overwhelm the power grid as soon as most households have them. There will be no alternative at all once that happens but to ration power.
Ironically, homeowners will simply resort to conventional electric heaters to warm their homes up instead. As these are less energy efficient than heat pumps, the load on the grid will increase, not reduce.
As somebody commented, nobody voted for any of this.
