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advicerequired_2

Would it be possible to list which providers support smart meters in the list of recommended suppliers and even be able to filter on it, at least the most common smart meters. having recently switched to a company that doesn't support them i would have probably chosen another company over them even if slightly more expensive for the convenience of being able to have my smart meter send readings. Now I'm going to have to go back to providing readings which has caused no end of problems with gas and electric suppliers since I first bought my own home. While I know its a first world problem, It was such a relief last year to not have to worry about providing readings and get estimated bills that were always far too much or far too little to cover my actual usage. I was once refunded £800 as id been billed in Feet/cubed instead of Meters/cubed for a year. I was just lucky the 3 cubed feet per unit measurement was bigger than the actual 1 meter cubed per unit measurement of my meter or id have owed a fortune.

molerat

No supplier supports smart meters that were fitted by another supplier, they only work with the supplier that fitted them.

advicerequired_2

Wow if thats true, what an absolute waste of money and time those are.

Nick_C

advicerequired wrote: »

Wow if thats true, what an absolute waste of money and time those are.

It's not true. For example, Ovo, E.on, First Utility, and Utilita meters are all compatible with each other.

And there are plans for incompatible meters to share data via a central database in future.

https://www.ovoenergy.com/ovo-answers/topics/all-about-switching/the-switching-process/will-my-smart-products-still-work-if-i-switch-provider.html