You've clearly met my wife.Originally Posted by pugster
You've clearly met my wife.
When I looked into a while back smart meters didn’t transfer between companies to say npower fit one and you switch to British Gas a year later the smart meter is effectively useless you need a different one fitting or back to just reading the meter. I’m not sure if they’ve standardised it now or not but that was my main gripe when I almost had one fitted a couple of years back.
Gen 1 Smart Meters were as you descibed. Gen 2 became available earlier this year and are now transferrable.
Seems like they’re over that hurdle
https://flipper.community/posts/smar...u-need-to-know
However using your data to sell you things and selling that data on to others doesn’t sit right I’m not sure why it bothers me but it just doesn’t sit right
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Beat me to it lol cheers
My parents have had a Smart meter installed when they moved house around a year ago. They’re very happy with it. No more estimated readings. No more meter readers coming round.
They get accurate bills and they can check anytime what they have spent on their energy.
Not sure what there is to be unhappy about.
Dynamic billing. With more and more people switching to electric cars the government is losing money due to electric cars not being subject to RFL and not requiring petrol or diesel.
With smart meters installed it’s monitored what the energy is being used on and I guess it would be fairly straight forward to come up with a system where energy for vehicle charging can be taxed at a higher rate as petrol and diesel is now.
I think you have completely missed the point.
Currently, usage is just that - ours is high due to an AGA and a hot tub, no differentiation on what used what - we just pay a lot per month. Electric vehicles and RFL is nothing to do with smart meters.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
I’m sure a Smart meter isn’t smart enough to differentiate what the power is used on.
Had a smart meter fitted a couple of months ago as there was a (very) minor ussue with the old dumb one and because ultimately it was inevitable and it saves me sending readings each month via the Bulb website (we only have electricity, no gas) - hardly a chore I know. It has to be one of the most ill-conceived government initiatives that forces expenditure by the electricity companies and, therefore, ultimately the consumers. This cost is currently estimated at £11Bn which means it will probably be over £15Bn by the time it's complete. The smart display is a complete waste of time and now sits unused in a draw. How much has it saved us or changed behaviours? Zero to both.
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And my kids
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We have had one for 12 months now I don’t have a problem with it, it’s not as it costs any more .
What is it with women and leaving lights on EVERYWHERE even in rooms they aren’t using. Seriously!!
The clue is in... "Once people have accepted them in sufficient numbers,". When they reach that point they can set tariffs which are dependent on having said meters. 'Want a good tariff? Have our smart meter'
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
I'll repeat my question above. "Can you link to any reputable evidence for your statements?" Scaremongering and conspiracy theories without evidence are BS.
It's a prediction, nobody said it was in force at the moment, which was fairly obvious. However with the increasing concern about energy usage it's not unreasonable to think smart meters will be put forward as a tool to help reduce it. and become more commonplace if not mandatory.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
Some common sense at last!
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