A CFD is what is known as a derivative in the financial market. Some of the most successful investors in the world will not touch derivatives. One very famous investor, Warren Buffett describes CFDs as weapons of mass financial destruction.
If we do not have a CFD, I think our bills would actually be more stable, because when the price of electricity goes up, our energy companies will be charging more to reflect this. Therefore the higher earnings from our farms would be welcome to help pay the higher bill. when the electricity prices are low, the companies will not be charged as much money so therefore we don't need the higher revenue.
By voting NO to CFDs is more like having solar panels on your own roof. ignore the cost of electricity for a moment. If your farm generates 1 kW of electricity, and you use that one kilowatt of electricity at home the best result would be a net cost is zero. Now we know there is an overhead for running our farms, which is why we have the ability to buy up to 120% of our annual usage. So potentially without a CFD the cost for electricity should closely track, what our wind-farm or solar farm are being paid for the electricity.
As a final thought over the lifespan of the CFD regarding inflation, the only way is up. Now, the only way we would benefit from a CFD in this situation is, if we could guarantee that the price of an energy doesn't go up as fast as general inflation. Well I don't know about you, but I wouldn't like to bet the FARM on that if the past is anything to go by.
So in conclusion I would urge members to vote NO!