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smart meters

d4dogs
d4dogs Posts: 1 Newbie
in Energy
ca n i switch to any provider if i have brittish gas smart meters fitted

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  • System
    System Posts: 178,364 Community Admin
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    edited 30 October 2016 at 12:24PM
    Hi - welcome.

    Yes - but it is more than likely that your new supplier (unless you switch to Sainsburys) will not be able to take remote meter readings. You will still have the IHD but the tariff information may well be missing/incorrect.

    Your meter will have to be replaced with a SMETS2 compliant meter or have a communications hub upgrade for it to work with the Data Communications Company's link to all suppliers. The DCC has just gone live ( I think) in a very limited way. Comms hubs upgrades are not planned before late 2018.

    Correction: According to the DCC website, the system goes LIVE tomorrow (31 October 16).
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