smart meter

kennyrwallace

Several companies are offering new deals only if you take a smart meter ,is this allowed? I personally dont want one

Raxiel

Yes, it is allowed.
You're not obliged to take the deals on offer, you may just have to pay more to exercise your choice.

giraffe69

Why shouldn't it be allowed? Assuming you don't, as you say, want a smart meter then choose a tariff or company that doesn't insist on it. You will be able to rage against the machine for a while longer but it will gradually be more expensive to do so.

The_Fat_Controller

Smart Meters are great.

I now only get billed for the actual energy I have used and only pay that when the bill is generated.

No longer am I ever lending EDF any of my income.

Gaikokujin

The_Fat_Controller wrote: »

Smart Meters are great.

I now only get billed for the actual energy I have used and only pay that when the bill is generated.

No longer am I ever lending EDF any of my income.

Smart meters have not all of a sudden made that possible: unless you’re too lazy to read the meter yourself you’ve always been able to be billed for the exact amount of energy you use and no more.

The_Fat_Controller

It is physically impossible for me to read my meters for 6 months of the year, so smart meters work perfectly for me.

NineDeuce

It will be because the tariff they offer you is based on the costs of having a smart meter.

But they can do what they like.

Your complaint is kind of like me going into a brewery and thinking they shouldnt sell beer....

Peter999_2

I've had my smart meter, at my own request, for a couple of months now.


I've not had any problems at all, and it's great downloading spreadsheets of what I have used/owe.

I don't really see what people's issue is with them.

mmmmikey

Gaikokujin wrote: »

Smart meters have not all of a sudden made that possible: unless you’re too lazy to read the meter yourself you’ve always been able to be billed for the exact amount of energy you use and no more.

They have suddenly made it possible for the thousands and thousands of elderly or physically impaired people who find reading their meter difficult, or those who simply don't understand how electricity billing works. Time for you to put your prejudices aside and recognise and join the more inclusive society we live in now.

brewerdave

mmmmikey wrote: »

They have suddenly made it possible for the thousands and thousands of elderly or physically impaired people who find reading their meter difficult, or those who simply don't understand how electricity billing works. Time for you to put your prejudices aside and recognise and join the more inclusive society we live in now.

Don't disagree if you stick with the same supplier BUT for those of us who follow the Govt. mantra re switching to save money, the SMETS1 meters which have been installed so far (many millions!)are mostly not interchangeable with Utility Co.

UNTIL SMETS2 meters are the norm AND the centralised collection of data is proven tech. I ,for one, will be avoiding "smart":)

Gaikokujin

mmmmikey wrote: »

Time for you to put your prejudices aside and recognise and join the more inclusive society we live in now.

If that means having ineffective technology forced on me just so energy companies can avoid a fine for failing to meet the (wholly unrealistic) government target of installing these devices in every single UK home by this time next year then no thanks.

Because let’s be honest that is the real reason why certain companies are now making them compulsory on all of their tariffs. Regardless of the fact that there aren’t enough people to fit the things, the version that has generally been installed in this first wave is unfit for purpose and the overall ‘benefits’ of them to the consumer have been massively overstated, so long as they can argue they’re trying to do something to hit the numbers then they will be hoping they can’t get hit in the pocket like EDF & NPower were last year…