I suppose it is, a wee bit. I'm just exploring options. If you recall, my original question was whether being cut-off is the only way to avoid standing charges?
I can bear the high price of electricity that I actually use, but I am really furious about paying extra standing charges to fund the failure of privatised companies like Bulb and others who should never have been allowed into this, so-called "market". Some estimates suggest we will all be paying around £180 this year to cover the cost of failed businesses in a failed business model. If it's privatised, why am I paying a subsidy to cover their business losses?
I could live without mains electricity. I have a wood burning stove, a source of cheap firewood and I know how to rig up solar panels, 12v electrics and inverters to convert the 12v to 240v.
Look mate you can’t live without electricity it’s as simple as that the standing charge is buttons compared to the cost of fuel, I’m currently paying £23 a month for the gas and electricity standing charges, you’re posting on an Internet forum about living off grid in 2022.
Madness, how much is solar panels ,batteries and invertors going to cost you plus getting someone to fit the panels on the roof and you live in Glasgow which isn’t exactly Malaga.
Bonkers.