ANGELFIRE1 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Simply another lie sold to the sheeples. Smart for who, certainly not the consumer. If a unit of gas or lecky is required to boil the kettle, fry an egg or whatever, after the Smart Meter is fitted the cost will still be the same. Anngel1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Simply another lie sold to the sheeples. Smart for who, certainly not the consumer. If a unit of gas or lecky is required to boil the kettle, fry an egg or whatever, after the Smart Meter is fitted the cost will still be the same. You could discover that boiling water in the microwave is cheaper than the kettle. How can giving people this detailed information be bad? Because I have solar panels, a small amount of my electricity is free; I now know when I start to pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggie Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 Simply another lie sold to the sheeples. Smart for who, certainly not the consumer. If a unit of gas or lecky is required to boil the kettle, fry an egg or whatever, after the Smart Meter is fitted the cost will still be the same. Anngel1. You're absolutely right and this is what people are forgetting. Gas and electric is charged on a pence per kilowatt-hour basis (£/kWh) which is determined by your tariff, not how many bells & whistles your smart meter has. The name of the game is to ensure your home is connected to the cheapest tariff on the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davyboy Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 You could discover that boiling water in the microwave is cheaper than the kettle. How can giving people this detailed information be bad? Because I have solar panels, a small amount of my electricity is free; I now know when I start to pay. And what will you do with this information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 And what will you do with this information? I will know if buying solar panels is cost effective. ---------- Post added 31-07-2017 at 21:35 ---------- And if I know that I am paying for the electricity, I may switch things off more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puggie Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 And if I know that I am paying for the electricity, I may switch things off more. That correlation will never change. If you consume less you will pay less irrespective of unit price. Look it's simple. You can either be part of the 90% of British households that are lumbered on a Big Six tariff or you become a smarter citizen and switch to one of the cheapest tariffs on the market. At the moment there is an annual price gap of £320 pounds between the cheapest tariff on the market and the most expensive (based on average consumption). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 85% of people with smart meters have changed the way they do things around the house to use less energy. https://www.techuk.org/insights/news/item/10731-smart-meters-have-positive-impact-on-customer-behavior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtkate Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 It's an ambition to have everyone on smart meters by 2020, but nobody is forced to have one. You're allowed to say no thank you. The biggest issue with smart meters today is how the energy companies have been abusing the rollout by installing meters which prevent customers from switching suppliers. It's abit like what the mobile phone industry used to do by issuing handsets that were "locked" to prevent you from switching. Another misconception is that smart meters save you money. They don't and I think you've experienced that for yourself. The job of a smart meter is to simply provide the energy company with automatic meter readings. The cost of your energy consumption is dictated by the tariff you are on. Think of your house as a car. Running your car everyday requires energy (fuel). The cost of that fuel is dependent on your chosen petrol station (energy company). You can purchase your fuel from a forecourt that charges 100p/litre or decide on a cheaper alternative that only charges 75p/litre. So to ensure you're paying the least amount of money for every unit of energy consumed, you need to be signed up to the cheapest commercially available tariff on the market. Having a smart meter installed makes this rather difficult to achieve because it restricts your freedom to switch and shop around. My advice to you would be to contact your current supplier and ask if you can have your smart meter replaced with a standard meter. If they don't entertain this request you could ask for the "smart" functionality of your meter to be remotely disabled. This puts your meter into 'dumb' mode, acting like a regular standard meter again. Good luck! You didn't read his/her post correctly. They WANT to get a smart meter as their current bills based on their readings are wrong. They cannot get a smart meter as their current meters are too close together and if they want them they need to pay for the meters to be moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glennis Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 I don't intend to have one. I change supplier from time to time, and I am not going to fall for this con, which it surely is. It's costing billions of pound for something that is not essential and that, at the end of the day, is going to be paid by Joe Consumer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchresearch Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Watchdog, worth watching about the rushed installs by unskilled fitters, resulting in a fire at one property: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5THjNWMjNdKyWwCXt48HJNB/smart-meter-installations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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