smart meters

jackiehen_2

been offerd smart meter by utlita im prepaid im with british gas has eny one changed to smart meater

Wywth

jackiehen wrote: »

been offerd smart meter by utlita im prepaid im with british gas has eny one changed to smart meater

I don't know about smart meters, but smart customers would probably choose the cheapest supplier for them

lstar337

jackiehen wrote: »

been offerd smart meter by utlita im prepaid im with british gas has eny one changed to smart meater

Please at least have a go at spelling and grammar.

Your post reads like some kind of TXT SPK.

[Deleted User]

Hi Jackiehen, It would be better for you to have a prepay smart meter, less bother with topping up. Same price but you can keep a good watch on your usage via the excellent monitor which comes with it, showing how much an hour, in cash, you are using along with how much a day/month and a lot more useful info. You will be able to top up with a debit card at anytime thats convenient.
I havent yet seen a prepaid smart meter in my area, have heard they are installing them in the Leeds area.

Ilona

Hi. Brit Gas wanted to change my old meter to a smart meter. After reading up about them I decided it would be of no benefit to me at all. I monitor my electricity usage very carefully and don't need to know how much different appliances use, or how much I am using at any one time. Also, the meter would send back data on an hourly basis, which I consider an infringement of my privacy.

I said they could change the meter, but I only want an ordinary one, which they did.

There is a web site which explains all about them.
http://stopsmartmeters.org.uk/

Ilona

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Hi Ilona, I have heard that the aim is to have the whole of the UK on smart meters. The government issued a report saying not to harrass people into accepting smart meter( at the moment ) but in the end you will be charged yearly metering costs of approx £60 a year if you refuse to take a smart meter. The choice is yours

Ilona

Hi. My meter man told me that the plan is for every household to be fitted with a smart meter by 2019. I'll hang on till then. If BG starts charging me before then I will change supplier.
Ilona

NowRetired

Some people would love a smart meter, that way they wouldn't have to go out in cold and the pouring rain to see how much gas they were using.


I tried putting a web cam in the meter box but my wife complained about the big long wire running from the meter box up the outside of the wall and it didn't work in the dark.


Any suggestions that don't need wires and light.


I do have a monitor for the electric meter.

[Deleted User]

Ilona wrote: »

Hi. My meter man told me that the plan is for every household to be fitted with a smart meter by 2019. I'll hang on till then. If BG starts charging me before then I will change supplier.
Ilona

all suppliers will be complying Illona, you cant expect the suppliers to be employing more meter readers just to visit you and a few other people who believe unfounded rubbish, I take it you have a mobile and wifi broadband etc

vuvuzela

sacsquacco wrote: »

all suppliers will be complying Illona, you cant expect the suppliers to be employing more meter readers just to visit you and a few other people who believe unfounded rubbish, I take it you have a mobile and wifi broadband etc

Don't get personal, there's really no need for that rant you had - it just makes you look a bit childish.
From the gov't's page on smart meters :
https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/helping-households-to-cut-their-energy-bills/supporting-pages/smart-meters

It's another dodgy deal by them with Capita.

"DCC Licence Capita PLC has been selected as the successful applicant for the DCC Licence. The DCC Licensee will manage the smart metering service of its users and will contract with, and manage, the data and communications service providers. The estimated value of the licence over 12 years is approximately £175 million."

I wouldn't trust Capita to look after anything at all of mine.

They got immigration data wrong and harassed people (this year) http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/border-agency-immigrants-uk-capita-103067


The had multiple breaches of the Data Protection Act for people's personal data (this year) in an NHS Trust http://www.ukcolumn.org/forum/health/capita-payroll-mistakes-threaten-%C2%A327m-nhs-contract

They have wrecked criminal justice trials http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/383219/Judge-s-fury-as-justice-is-lost-in-translation

They lost 'irreplaceable data' from schools http://www.information-age.com/technology/information-management/287036/capita-blamed-in-schools-data-loss

And there are many many other stories of their incompetency. They are not known as Crapita in the pages of Private Eye for nothing...

datlex

I don't have a smart meter, however I do have an energy monitor which reads the amount of electricity being used. The only issue is that it reads how much energy the solar panels are generating too!! I would want assurances that the new smart meters won't do the same. I know the current non smart meter doesn't.