@Badger- your updates are really appreciated, thank you
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I’ve also thought that these back to back red days are not in line with the reasons given for declaring a red day. When you start doing a week, then two weeks of solid red, it’s inevitable people will need to start using more electricity at some point. Certainly feels like profiteering. I’m just glad that this year, it’s happened during a relatively warm spell.
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Thank you Badger. Info very much appreciated
Unfortunately, there are still 6 blanc days remaining, and tomorrow is a blanc day.
True, but as blanc are still cheaper than base or HC/HP tarifs they’re hardly worth worrying about for general usage.
Having said that I’d avoid using blanc for EV charging, unless there was a pressing unforeseen need to have more range.
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I utterly agree, life’s too short, especially after 2.5 weeks of red!! I tend to not do a washing marathon (I can do up to 8 loads in a day!) or use the dryer outside of urgent on white days but other than that ignore them!
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Thanks Badger.
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That, and many other comments of similar tone, are what I have always maintained about the ‘Red Days’ scheme.
Someone commented it’s supposed to moderate consumption, not penalise it. Having read the progress in this thread of the red days this past few weeks, especially as it approaches 31st March, it does look a lot more like a money grab than an encouragement to reduce consumption.
Exactly my thoughts, as well. I bailed out after the Tempo period ended last April. I’m so glad I did. The Plywood Shack is all-electric. I have no choice in any respect in use of electricity - just more or less. My attempts to cut back during Red days was bordering on the obsessive. It was affecting my mental state - as things do that are a serious imposition but are entirely outside one’s control.
My normal consumption and the effect of Red Days on the cost.
The consumption in kWh
I pay as I use now. It may cost a bit more but the increase is spread over 12 months. There are no swingeing, unavoidable premiums. And if I make any efforts to cut back, that’s reflected in a way that I find fair - very different from the futile attempts to avoid being skinned on Red days.
I’m hoping to salvage a little, hence I’ll bail out as of 1st November. That way I’ll benefit from the tiny reduction in consumption costs over the non-Jours Riuges period from now, and I’ll be out just as the next round of Jours Rouges kicks in.
I’ll also give them written notice by email and call on 31st July so three months ahead of the date of 1st November for my switch out of Tempo. In case seeing a rush for the doors, EDF starts imposing minimum notice periods for switches.
I also have a couple of future steps planned after that, to work towards finally being able to dump EDF. But after this shitshow this March, of either moneygrabbing or leaving some young male git to decide these things that has no idea that 5 days of Jours Rouges with no “relief” days on which customer can honour the intention of Jours Rouge and shift essential consumption to non-Jours Rouges, has been made impossible by their stupid - or possibly exploitative - decision when there waa no weather or other good reason to make it necessary, I’m out.
I won’t be EDF’s victim.
I sympathise with the level of angst. Red days began to seriously mess with my head - a dictat about which I had no way to mitigate its pernicious effect.
The good news is that the change out of that scheme into the other - whatever it’s called - was immediate, having had excellent service from the Eng lang EDF helpline. [as ever]
I’d forgotten all about the remaining few white days
Me too as I don’t care about them 
. Decided from the off that they are not worth even thinking about! Thanks snyway as usual @Badger
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Specially for those with air conditioning 
That depends. If you have solar PV then you’re probably heating your water & running clim for free on a day like this
Thanks @Badger
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