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Can you transfer smart energy data from one provider to another when you switch?
I realised my energy deal has come to an end, and since the price cap increase on energy has been announced, I want to grab a fixed deal before the prices go up.
I'm currently with Shell Energy and have been for the last 3 years - they've always been cheapest or thereabouts for me. However, this year their cheapest tariff is £11 a month more than the cheapest competitor E-ON.
One thing I love about being with Shell is I can look back on data from the past 2 years since I got the smart meter and easily compare/analyse my usage. If I switch and the history is wiped, I would miss it, but it's not worth £11 a month to hold on to it.
Does anyone know if the smart meter usage data gets transferred to a new provider? Or would it all be wiped and started from nothing since it's a new account?
Thanks!
I'm currently with Shell Energy and have been for the last 3 years - they've always been cheapest or thereabouts for me. However, this year their cheapest tariff is £11 a month more than the cheapest competitor E-ON.
One thing I love about being with Shell is I can look back on data from the past 2 years since I got the smart meter and easily compare/analyse my usage. If I switch and the history is wiped, I would miss it, but it's not worth £11 a month to hold on to it.
Does anyone know if the smart meter usage data gets transferred to a new provider? Or would it all be wiped and started from nothing since it's a new account?
Thanks!
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Can you download your data from Shell? I'm with EDF and they offer the option to save your data as a CSV file.
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I do not believe that what you are suggesting will ever happen for data protection reasons.That said, as a smart meter retains the last 13 months of usage information in its stored memory, a more likely scenario is that a Registered DCC User (with your explicit approval) will be able to ‘pull’ that data from your meter to use, for example, in a time-of- use tariff price comparison tool.Such a tool has already been developed by BEIS. Your cheapest tariff will no longer be based on how much energy is used per year but when that energy is actually consumed.A Registered DCC user can be a third-party that has satisfied the DCC that it can access your smart meter data in a secure way. A PCW such as MSE will either have to become DCC-accredited ( lots of exams and expensive secure software), or partner with an organisation that is already a Registered DCC user such as Hildebrand or TMA.0
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DCC = Deputy Chief Constable or Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader
BEIS = (Department for) Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
PCW = Price Comparison Website
MSE = MoneySavingExpert
TMA = Too Many Acronyms
CAUTION: some of these explanations may be wrong.Reed0
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