Smart Meter

ashleigh40

What happens if you can’t have a Smart Meter, can anyone suggest a company/tariff that doesn’t need one? 

MikeJXE

I don’t think there is any situation where you can’t have a smart meter, it will run in dumb mode 

FlorayG

Pretty much every company has a non-smart meter tariff, you just have to ask them. My smart meter hasn't worked for the last 2 years, I still got a decent fixed tariff

EssexHebridean

Why are they saying you can't have one? There are some situations where it is still possible to get a tariff that might normally demand a smart meter, but doesn't rely on one. It may be that you would fit in with that scenario. 

Your bigger issue is probably to start thinking about what you can do now to begin to resolve the situation though - as at some stage your current meter will reach end of life and will need replacing!

EssexHebridean

MikeJXE said:

I don’t think there is any situation where you can’t have a smart meter, it will run in dumb mode 

Some folk simply don't have room for the extra height required for the comms hub - we have come across that before, most often as I recall where the property was built recently enough to have one of the previous small digital screen meters but at a time when nobody was imagining that meters might in effect get slightly larger again! A proactive installer might set the comms hub in a slightly different position, but they don't all seem to do this, some will just say "nah - doesn't fit" and leave again.

Phones4Chris

FlorayG said:

Pretty much every company has a non-smart meter tariff, you just have to ask them. My smart meter hasn't worked for the last 2 years, I still got a decent fixed tariff

So are you getting free electricity or perhaps being billed for energy you aren't using?
I suspect you really mean the comms is not sending readings so you have to submit manual readings - a slightly different situation.