Download British Gas smart meter readings

peterinreading

If I have a British gas smart meter reading installed it will automatically take regular readings. Am I able to subsequently download these readings from their web site?

jessmist

Hi,
I'm sure the only meter readings you can get from your BG account are the ones they use for the billing.

peterinreading

Thanks jessmist. Thats what I thought - it seems they can keep data about my daily consumption which I can't get at myself!

Is there any other supplier who allows you to download smart meter readings?

Gerry1

Presumably the readings could be obtained via a Subject Access Request, although that might be a bit clunky for repeated use?

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peterinreading said:

Is there any other supplier who allows you to download smart meter readings?

I am with Octopus and I get 30 minute daily usage graphs. Third party Apps such Octopus Watch; Octopus Energy Watchdog and Octopus Compare also give daily usage and costs. Bright App gives me up to date usage information. Hildebrand also offer their own IHD which uses MQTT. If it also possible to get data via the N3rgy.com website. All that is needed is your MPAN and IHD number (GUID).

I am not aware of supplier that just exports meter readings.

peterinreading

Thanks for the ideas Dolor:

Octopus and Bright appear to be electricity but not gas supppliers: my requirement is to monitor gas useage not electricity.

Hildebrand appears to be a software supplier and consultancy targetting energy suppliers.

N3rgy appears to be a commercial data collector/vendor - to sign up you need 50 properties for which they charge £4000 per year - but maybe I have read their web site incorrectly - please advise me if you think I can register for an individual property.

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peterinreading said:

Thanks for the ideas Dolor:

Octopus and Bright appear to be electricity but not gas supppliers: my requirement is to monitor gas useage not electricity.

Hildebrand appears to be a software supplier and consultancy targetting energy suppliers.

N3rgy appears to be a commercial data collector/vendor - to sign up you need 50 properties for which they charge £4000 per year - but maybe I have read their web site incorrectly - please advise me if you think I can register for an individual property.

N3rgy.com lets you sign up for free under the 'I am a consumer' tab. This is a snapshot of the data that I have just downloaded:



This is a snapshot from Bright App:

No devices show meter readings (apart from some IHDs).

peterinreading

Thanks Dolor. That looks like what I am looking for. So the next step is for me to try and get British Gas to install a smart meter and see I how I get on.

Elmer_BeFuddled

peterinreading said:

Thanks for the ideas Dolor:

N3rgy appears to be a commercial data collector/vendor - to sign up you need 50 properties for which they charge £4000 per year - but maybe I have read their web site incorrectly - please advise me if you think I can register for an individual property.

Top right corner of their "sign up" page, click on the yellow "I'm a consumer" button.

mac.d

peterinreading said:

If I have a British gas smart meter reading installed it will automatically take regular readings. Am I able to subsequently download these readings from their web site?

If you have a smart meter with British Gas your online account will show lots of additional data, either daily or monthly. Usually in graphs rather than daily readings you can download. Like below:

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Only if the OP signs up for 30 minute usage data.