wrong, you cannot stay on a day / night rate currently. Anyone with an EV for example would be mental to take one.Yes, the installation of a smart meter has no bearing on your supply contract type or duration
Exactly and there was talk last year about increasing the unit charges for evening peak time usage. This can only be implemented when the user has a smart meter.The issue I have with Smart Meters is if a provider knows my exact usage per day/hour what is to stop them from penalising me at those times and why is the standing charge more expensive on smart plans - surely it should be cheaper when there is no manual reading required.....
Just wondering why you wouldn’t want it replaced?
You can stay on the regular plans with a smart meter
I’m genuinely curious as to what the negatives might be.
If your existing meter broke or became dangerous or faulty would you allow it to be replaced then?
I do know of one person whose meter apparently goes backwards in summer months because of solar generation (I was told that directly by the home owner but not even sure if this is actually possible).
Presume it’s not with a smart meter so can understand reluctance in that scenario.
He was told similar by an electrician. I couldn’t believe they existed!Yes, a certain brand of the old meters goes backwards if you're generating a surplus. Tell your friend to hang onto it as long as they can!
Thanks for that. Some interesting potential negatives there for sureDisadvantages of Smart Meters: What You Need to Know
Learn about the disadvantages of smart meters and the problems they can cause, including having your energy cut off and being overcharged.www.switchcraft.co.uk
British Gas customers share problems with smart meters during cost crisis
One person said there was 'something fishy going on' as they experienced a number of smart meter problemswww.chroniclelive.co.uk
Energy bills: why are so many smart meters in Britain turning ‘dumb’?
Hundreds of readers tell of lost connectivity as official figures show millions of devices have to be read manuallywww.theguardian.com
In the last place I lived the meter was permanently stuck in night mode, so I was in no rush to have it changed. It took about a year from the time I got a letter explaining my meter was broken and the time someone just showed up at the door to replace it. I was working from home so they left a phone number, which I never bothered ringing. Apparently if you are stuck in day mode and being overcharged they will refund you (not sure how they work that out) but if its the other way around they take the hit. I moved out a few months later anyway, so its someone else's problem now.I don't have a problem with a charge for reading your old-style meter or to put it another way, a discount if you have a smart meter
if you want to continue with an old meter, then you should have to shoulder the cost of having them read
they already do, in the form of pesky estimated billsI don't have a problem with a charge for reading your old-style meter or to put it another way, a discount if you have a smart meter
if you want to continue with an old meter, then you should have to shoulder the cost of having them read
Estimated bills can work both ways.they already do, in the form of pesky estimated bills
No, I just found it weird that you consider it almost an act of charity that you supply them readings without charge. They're more than happy to use ESBN readings or estimates as they do for the majority of customers.
No, that isn't the weird part, some 48% of domestic customers submit a reading at least once a year. The weird part is thinking that submitting readings in order to get more accurate billing is providing some kind of service to an energy supplier who plays no part in reading meters.If it's weird to want to receive accurate electricity bills every two months instead of ludicrous estimates which appear to be based on last week's lottery numbers, then yep, I'm 100% weird!
Yeah, obviously they weren't designed with that in mind but it's a neat side effect for anyone who has one & is generating their own electricity. The eventual roll-out of smart meters to all will eliminate this, so enjoy it while you have it.He was told similar by an electrician. I couldn’t believe they existed!
No, that isn't the weird part, some 48% of domestic customers submit a reading at least once a year. The weird part is thinking that submitting readings in order to get more accurate billing is providing some kind of service to an energy supplier who plays no part in reading meters.
see my post above, there is a tangible benefit if you are on a day night rate and charging an ev for example.Yes, but there's little or no benefit in refusing it.
Emojis were invented for a reason...Lighten up, Leo - your irony detector appears to be badly in need of recalibration.
see my post above, there is a tangible benefit if you are on a day night rate and charging an ev for example.
I would have put money on smart meters being more accurate than the old analogue ones.Inaccurate smart meter readings causes rise in customer bills
Smart meters are producing readings up to 583pc higher than the actual energy used, According to a new university study.www.smart-energy.com
I hope they wait to cremate you until after your death and leave you at least with that choice not being "smart" you are gasI've been sending in my meter readings to the ESB (now EI) every month since the internet was invented. (Prior to that, I sent them in by postcard.)
I have never charged them for providing this service which I am happy to continue until I am cremated (hopefully after my death). I have, on occasion, even provided them with a photograph of my current meter readings, also without charge.
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