MKABZ

Yes, I saw that earlier today. Like you, I am a bit mystified as to what it means. I wondered if it was to do with wholesale and retail fuel but like yourself, no real idea. As we are both residential, I would have thought it would be the same, who knows.
Mary.

MKABZ

I may need to seek help from you at the time, if I can get registered. Like I said to Keith, in an earlier post, I could only see something saying <10kw or >10kw, but maybe there is more specific information on potencia once I have an online account.
Fingers crossed to getting to Costa Esuri next month. The flights and car hire are booked, so hopefully we can get there and get some sun.
Mary.

shirley and anthony hide

​​​​​​Same here .
All I need to do now is book a PCR test within 72 hours of departure to Faro plus a passenger locator form to satisfy Portuguese entry requirements
​​​​​​Take another test while over there before I come back to U.K. Plus another one 2 days after I get back to suit UK requirements !!!
Pontins is beginning to look very attractive all of a sudden as an alternative.

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MKABZ

Yes, I reckon the tests are going to add over £400 to the cost for the two of us. I can imagine that will be putting people off foreign holidays for now, especially if going just for a week or two. I'm hoping prices for the test may come down before we leave.
From my research a few days ago, I believe the UK government are happy with a lateral flow test for the inital test and then the PCR within two days of return, which can be done at Faro airport, just before your flight, the result takes 15 minutes. I couldn't see a price for it on the Faro airport website.
We were over in November and completed the PLF and no one even asked to see it when we got to Faro airport.
Mary

MikeJ

I believe that after 17th May if you are travelling back from a "Green" country you can do the PCR test within 2 days of arriving in the UK. Presumably you might need some evidence that you have booked a test.

keithBT

Ah, so, when we put on the passenger locator form, CE, Spain I suspect that might complicate matters ? I was hoping to casually overlook the entering SP bit. I think we have now given up any hope of getting to CE this side of early autumn.

MikeJ

Depends how long you spend over there, assuming Spain goes green while you're there, which is likely, then the locator form should not be a problem. Also, the rules for green countries now mean you can get a PCR within 2 days of arriving back, so as long as you have a booking you can show border control it should be fine. Of course you might want to compare the price of the PCR test here vs there 🤔

Sorry, I seem to have posted that before😟😫

MKABZ

This is the information on the Ryanair website.
https://www.ryanair.com/ie/en/useful-info/map-page
If you are travelling from the UK, you can also get information on the Scottish and English Government websites.
Mary

boneym

This is all very interesting. I'm with Endesa Energia XXI, I have never heard of Pontencia except I think I heard a friend talking of increasing his energy capability - maybe this is what it means? The "potential" energy capability? We have a 3 bed house Rincon Golf Isla Canela and our bill says 7.700KW. We have been there for 3 weeks in the last year. So I could look to reduce this some months?

del.Almendro

Our (typical) CHC Energia bill for April +.May came to a grand total of 8,93€ for the two month period at a potencia of. 1.1 kW.

We increased our potencia to 3.45 kw for the three weeks we have been here in El Almendro (pueblo with the very best outdoor public pool in Huelva province). We are able to run two a/c units and boil a kettle at the same time without tripping. Running the oven or iron requires one of the air con units to be turned off. We find 2.3 kw is adequate for our regular power usage outside of air con season.

Tomorrow we set off back to Bristol so will revert our potencia back to 1.1 kw first thing in the morning. We will repeat the whole process on our next visit, hopefully in October.


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boneym

Thank you. How do you action the reduction? I couldn't see anywhere on the website today.

del.Almendro

I email or call in to our local CHC Energia office in Villanueva de Los Castillejos. I understand some suppliers allow potencia adjustments to be selected on the account pages of their websites.

growinspain

t depends on what you have running at one time on what requirement you need. 1000 watts is 1kw. Get out your calculator and go around and add every watt up to see what the max could be before it trips out.

Normally there is also a charge to change. Maybe you get one free one, depending if a service call is required to change a main fuse in their portion of the electrical grid.

shirley and anthony hide

I was with Endesa now called Energia XXI
If you log in and go to contract section ,you can change your potencia online .
​​​​​​Click on details of contract.
then click on Power and Tension change button
that will take You to part where You can adjust to your needs.
You probably know a!ready but at top of page is a button that changes the website to ENglish.
makes it easier .

boneym

Thanks everyone. Sometimes our oven trips the system which is why I think I had a conversation with a friend who told me he'd increased his power capability. I have another look at the website. One of my neighbours told me a year or two ago they'd changed from Endesa & saved a fair bit.