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@Old_Mate I am very concerned with demand tariffs, and how they might become more widespread, giving retailers ever more profits based on what I see as an extremely unfair and unnecessary extra burden on consumers.
I understand the reasoning for demand charges, to drive down peak power use, but feel that it's ridiculous we have been forced into such a situation in this country that people have to be heavily penalised if they **bleep** up and use a high amount of power in those hours for just one day of a billing cycle, to charge that for a whole month.
Digital meters can allow accurate charging of consumers for exactly what they use, at whatever time, so isn't that enough ??!!
I assume you didn't go onto demand tariff by choice ?
Are you in Queensland by chance ?
I've noticed this seems to be a QLD thing from previous posts.
If retailers want people to use more power in off peak demand times, they should lower the rate for those hours, and maybe increase tariffs somewhat for peak times, but only on a dedicated demand plan.
It needs to be optional for those that can benefit from that arrangement, it won't suit working people where power is mostly consumed in the early morning / late afternoon and through the evening.
Unfortunately our govco seems to allow some fairly insidious practices to be introduced, possibly due in a large part to their policies and directives with energy supply.
