SSE pays £700,000 after missing smart meter target - MSE news story

lopsyfa

Won't this result in more cost to the customer? The same Ofgem will then complain when the energy companies increase the price of energy.

As stated above, some small suppliers don't have to offer any smart meter or pay Feed in Tariff, making cost of the large suppliers more and therefore they are more expensive. Plus a large percentage of people are turning down this smart meters.

AndyPK

SSE tried very hard for me to have an electric SM. (way too hard)


Can't comment on Gas as I was with EDF

onlyfoolsandparking

lopsyfa wrote: »

Won't this result in more cost to the customer? The same Ofgem will then complain when the energy companies increase the price of energy.

As stated above, some small suppliers don't have to offer any smart meter or pay Feed in Tariff, making cost of the large suppliers more and therefore they are more expensive. Plus a large percentage of people are turning down this smart meters.

And the more expensive the 'big 6' become the more (hopefully) people will leave them for the smaller suppliers and the small suppliers could then become even cheaper, bring it on I say!

Dandytf

I enjoy technology though eco7/smart meters seem light years away.
I appreciate they are being made though no sign of my small one bedroom flat getting a nice smart meter.
At least SP forum was helpful during 2018 when they confirmed units were being manufactured.
I since swapped to sse and read their missed targets no surprise and certainly not specific is to sse I recently read that energy providers were millions behind with the current install rate slowing considerably.
Maybe I'll be with sse or swap this or next few years and honestly can't wait to see visual digital display of old school eco 7 storage heaters usage.

grumbler

Is there any intelligible explanation why/how smart metes save energy and why our government and the regulator are so obsessed with them? Do they not have more important problems to deal with and to waste money on?

AndyPK

It’s the governments fault.

lopsyfa

onlyfoolsandparking wrote: »

And the more expensive the 'big 6' become the more (hopefully) people will leave them for the smaller suppliers and the small suppliers could then become even cheaper, bring it on I say!

I don't think that is a good thing. It will be good if the big 6 can compete with the smaller suppliers, it result in more choice for one and also the smaller supplier will have less headroom to start raising their prices and also have to improve their customer services.

Thomas_Edison

The main reason we need smart meters is that when Electric cars become widespread we can't have everyone putting them onto charge at 7pm. The grid couldn't cope.

It would be like us all trying to get on a train at the same time. So instead of having to invest in a huge amount of expensive infrastructure to cover what would be crazy high peak consumption, smart meters will mean half hourly charging which help to smooth consumption as people will be 'rewarded' with cheaper rates overnight to encourage charging then.

onlyfoolsandparking

lopsyfa wrote: »

I don't think that is a good thing. It will be good if the big 6 can compete with the smaller suppliers, it result in more choice for one and also the smaller supplier will have less headroom to start raising their prices and also have to improve their customer services.

You dream!


The big 6 don't give a stuff about customers, only their shareholders!

lopsyfa

onlyfoolsandparking wrote: »

You dream!


The big 6 don't give a stuff about customers, only their shareholders!

But putting levy on them will make them less competitive, don't you agree? Competitiveness is relative isn't it?