Changing my meter, economy 7

Scot_39

If they wont give you dumb mode - can you still insist on only monthly frequency readings being taken by supplier under the original DAPF ?

BarelySentientAI

mmmmikey said:

Marksfish said:

You can have a smart meter fitted, but with the smart features turned off by the operator. You can specify it at time of ordering.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/consumer/energy/energy-supply/your-energy-meter/getting-a-smart-meter-installed/#:~:text=You can ask your supplier,if they can do this.

That web page and a few others I have read say that you can request that smart functionality is switched off. There's nothing, as far as I have been able to establish, that requires your energy supplier to do this - it's up to them if they agree to or not. Again as far as I can tell this is a matter of individual supplier policy and you have no legal right to demand this. Also, IIRC British Gas charged for this option at one stage and I don't know if that's still the case.

Has anyone seen an official reference or document that explains your actual rights, as opposed to any of the multiple articles that just say you can ask for a smart meter to be installed so-called dumb mode? And in a similar vein, is dumb mode defined anywhere or is it just a term coined by the press that could be taken to mean different things?

I can't find anything in CoMCoP, which is where I thought it might be.

Although maybe it wouldn't be there, because I guess the installation and commissioning procedure would be identical and it would just be a change on the supplier's end.

Qyburn

Grrrlracer said:

Grrrlracer said:

I've just been talking to a nice person at Utilities Warehouse and he is arranging a dumbed down smart meter install. That'll do. I'm happy now!  Thanks for all your comments. 

Well. They refused to do that once I'd swapped to them. That's one off my christmas card list .....

Whatever sort of meter you've ending up with, does it allow you to get paid for export? Over the Summer you're likely to be generating two of three times as much as you use, so getting that payment will go some way towards covering the Winer costs.

Grrrlracer

Qyburn said:

Grrrlracer said:

Grrrlracer said:

I've just been talking to a nice person at Utilities Warehouse and he is arranging a dumbed down smart meter install. That'll do. I'm happy now!  Thanks for all your comments. 

Well. They refused to do that once I'd swapped to them. That's one off my christmas card list .....

Whatever sort of meter you've ending up with, does it allow you to get paid for export? Over the Summer you're likely to be generating two of three times as much as you use, so getting that payment will go some way towards covering the Winer costs.

I don't generate energy