One lesson about living in The Netherlands that I learned the hard way: in case of a power outage in your house (especially on a snowy Sunday), do not call an electrician!

They're going to ask you a freaking lot of money and sell you ridiculously overpriced spare parts, leveraging your feeling of not having any other choice to get your electricity and heat back.

Call the national number 08009009 instead.
You'll get in contact with you area's specific network provider and they'll get to your place within 2 hours and help you for way lower rates (and, possibly, for free).

Here's the official website:
https://gasenstroomstoringen.nl/

#netherlands #ducthLife #powerOutage #expatLife #house #electricity #gas

One lesson about living in The Netherlands that I learned the hard way: in case of a power outage in your house (especially on a snowy Sunday), do not call an electrician!

They're going to ask you a freaking lot of money and sell you ridiculously overpriced spare parts, leveraging your feeling of not having any other choice to get your electricity and heat back.

Call the national number 08009009 instead.
You'll get in contact with you area's specific network provider and they'll get to your place within 2 hours and help you for way lower rates (and, possibly, for free).

Here's the official website:
https://gasenstroomstoringen.nl/

#netherlands #ducthLife #powerOutage #expatLife #house #electricity #gas

I've had an email from Octopus Energy telling me that because of dramatic falls in wholesale electricity prices, they sadly have no choice but to reluctantly reduce the price they are paying me for the electricity I export from my solar panels.

Weirdly, they seem very much to have the choice not to reduce the price of the electricity that they sell to me.

Isn't it funny how that works?

#Electricity #Octopus #OctopusEnergy #PowerCompanies

#RAM #AIslop #GenerativeAI #AIcrash #environment #electricity

#RAM #AIslop #GenerativeAI #AIcrash #environment #electricity

I've had an email from Octopus Energy telling me that because of dramatic falls in wholesale electricity prices, they sadly have no choice but to reluctantly reduce the price they are paying me for the electricity I export from my solar panels.

Weirdly, they seem very much to have the choice not to reduce the price of the electricity that they sell to me.

Isn't it funny how that works?

#Electricity #Octopus #OctopusEnergy #PowerCompanies