MSE News: Just 1.2% of smart meters will definitely stay smart when you switch 21 November 2018 at 5:32PM in Energy 18 replies 1.5K views

Former_MSE_Callum

Just over 138,000 of Britain's 12 million smart meters are guaranteed to retain their full functionality if you switch your energy supplier...

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'Just 1.2% of smart meters will definitely stay smart when you switch'

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brewerdave

Love to know IF anyone who has a "SMETS2" compliant meter ,has switched and still retained all functions?

badmemory

A whole 1.2% !! WOW! What a joke.

System

If I was in charge of the Department overseeing this shambles, I might find myself similarly accused:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/19/energy-minister-claire-perry-accused-of-swearing-and-shouting-at-staff-unions-civil-servants

coey

Then why do MSE promote energy tariffs that are conditional on having one of these useless devices fitted , we are all going to share the ridiculous cost of this £11 billion project to save £11 per YEAR , that's if you bother to take any notice of the meter.

System

coey wrote: »

Then why do MSE promote energy tariffs that are conditional on having one of these useless devices fitted , we are all going to share the ridiculous cost of this £11 billion project to save £11 per YEAR , that's if you bother to take any notice of the meter.

I think that you may be asking too much of MSE. It gets its information from MoneySupermarket - an Ofgem-accredited price comparison site. It would be doing suppliers and consumers a disservice if it didn’t show tariffs that require a smart meter. At the end of the day, the supplier and tariff that we choose is a personal decision.

Freebyman

Total waste of taxpayers money, and dont get me started with the safety issues raised with the very quick installations.

Michaelw

I wonder if anyone will be informed individually when their SMETS1 meter is migrated onto the DCC network so they can successfully switch suppliers?

brewerdave

Michaelw wrote: »

I wonder if anyone will be informed individually when their SMETS1 meter is migrated onto the DCC network so they can successfully switch suppliers?

The way things are going -that'll be when hell freezes over:rotfl:

[Deleted User]

So if 12 million smart meters have been installed then there will be a very large number , at least 6 million will be now in operation and doing a great job.

badmemory

Are you suggesting that 6 million have been installed in the last year or that 6 million people haven't switched suppliers? Or 6 million minus 1.2% always supposing that is anything like an accurate figure.