£0.00125 each (0.125p)
I don’t think I’ll go out of my way to take part, but as I was the only one home at the time all I needed to do to make a saving was to to pop out for half an hour (needed to go to the shops anyway) and start cooking slightly later.
I didn’t expect to save anything at all. My thought process was to just join the session and if I save something it’s better than nothing - there is nothing to lose so might as well 
Perhaps just join and don’t go to any great effort and you’ll get a bit of (all be it tiny) money knocked off your bill.
I suspect it will always be p
59% reduction in usage is massive.
I’m not sure you could expect to see such a high figure replicated nationwide, but it suggests that it’s possible to cut significantly energy consumption at peaks demands.
New session tomorrow 17:30 - 18:30
I cant find the last email to compare if the rewards are greater in this one not
Session #1: “You’ll earn 1800 OctoPoints – that’s £2.25 worth – for every unit of electricity you cut down between 5:00 PM and 6:00 PM on 15th November.”
Session #2: “You’ll earn 1800 OctoPoints – that’s £2.25 worth – per kilowatt hour for any electricity you cut down between 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM on 22nd November.”
So slightly reworded, but looks like the same reward overall.
That’s a shame. Maybe next time there will be a big 
one
It does make you wonder if they’ll do this every 7 days.
Tempted to lockdown the house and let the 2 lizards cool down for an hour to see if I can get that elusive number of points 
But real life usually gets in the way!
Cut down on what? Your average daily use, or average use during that time period?
Given I don’t use more than one unit in an hour anyway, it does appear tricky cut cut down.
But hey, I don’t have a smart meter, so don’t need to worry about it anyway 
It’s relative to average use during that time period, and you don’t need to cut down by a whole kWh to get points.
I didn’t really go to any extremes for the session yesterday (which started at 5.30) - we finished our cooking before 5.30 and then everyone sat in the same room during that hour with lights on in that room and music playing in background. This should lead to a reduction relative to normal usage for us - at that time we’d normally have one or more screens on, lights on in multiple rooms, and someone doing some cooking.
You’ve got to be in it to win it
Is that why I’ve never won the lottery then 
But did you spend more than you saved?!
National Grid have stood down the request to suppliers as they’ve managed to secure enough output to cover the network.
New session alert 
This one has extra perks
I’m in… Another dark & cold hour for the familyW
But oh, the rewards 
Lucky you - mine is 10amp, so I can only make limited use of the power hour!
10A main fuse
How on ‘earth’ do you ‘live’ with that lack of power while remaining ‘neutral’ to comments like this?
/JK
10A is low. Very low. Is there a reason (listed build?) for that? Or is a major re-wire needed?
We’re off on holiday tomorrow. 
we do well in the next session! 
House was built in 1850, and I don’t think has been rewired for a long time, so needs a major rewire.
Ordered an electric cooker last year and had to send it back because the fuse box couldn’t support it!!