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In South Australia the best time to run appliances is at or around 1pm. This is because, as an annual average, that is when renewable generation (i.e. wind and solar) peaks relative to all other times of the day. It's even better to run an appliance at ~1pm on a weekend, because electricity network demand tends to be lower over the weekend and some renewable generators may actually be curtailed for lack of need. So where convenient, try shifting your usage to that period to assist more renewable energy in being fed into the grid. 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