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New smart meters - Shell Energy

Plasticman
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I had smart meters fitted yesterday and they seem to be working fine and the in home display is working. When I logged in to my Shell account yesterday afternoon it said that they couldn’t connect to my electricity meter and only gas was marked as “smart”. Then this morning it said it couldn’t connect to my meters at all. Now there’s no error showing in my account but I’m still only seeing gas readings. 

Does it normally take take time to sort itself out (and I’m being impatient) or should I contact Shell as there’s a problem?

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  • The account set up process can take a few weeks. The supplier has to update the two databases before it can ‘pull’ data from your meters.
  • Plasticman
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    edited 25 October 2023 at 8:41PM
    @[Deleted User] - thanks. Me being impatient then!
  • ariarnia
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    edited 22 October 2022 at 1:24PM
    it could also depend on when you had them set to update. our ovo meter only sends the readings monthly so most of the month the website stays the meter isnt sending readings and asks for a manual reading. i'm not sure why we went for monthly on set up but a reading always arrives when needed for the bill so we just ignore the ask for a manual reading. we can still get our daily and hourly use from the bright app. 
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  • The default setup profile is now 30 minute usage UNLESS the consumer pro-actively asks for it to be changed.
  • Plasticman
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    edited 25 October 2023 at 8:41PM
    The default setup profile is now 30 minute usage UNLESS the consumer pro-actively asks for it to be changed.
    Mine was set to daily but I changed it to 30 minutes 
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