Octopus insisting we have a smart meter

Scot_39

Just making the point that the 5 hrs will buy some additional time.

Not saying people should be stuck on 5 hours into winter.

Most wont be reliant on the full 12 hrs - until a real cold snap sets in - and so the five hours builds more time - if their suppliers miss the June deadline.

Although people needing a real hot house in say hills of Scotland on THTC - might start to need heating months before those in the south - the near 4C ave temp difference north to south makes a big difference - as do other weather conditions - for many 5 hours will see them with enough heat into autumn.

And every month at 250,000 plus potential smart installs - would make a difference - to getting them swapped over.

Qyburn

Scot_39 said:

Just making the point that the 5 hrs will buy some additional time.

That's true, and from that point of view it's helpful that the switch off is in the Summer.

Scot_39

Newbie_John said:

Short term it should probably be OK.
But long term, nothing stops energy provider from withdrawing E7 rates for customers on "out of date" meters - that would be a good incentive.. you want TOU rates - get smart meter.

And then enjoy variety : Agile, Tide, Lifestyle, Tracker, Smile, Cosy..

Some posters here have already been told they will be being put on single rate until EOL meters - any EOL multirate - are replaced.

Think of an electromechanical timed switch - that has lost it's "store" for a power outage - as well as drift - it could literally lose hours every outage.

And suppliers aren't going to sell to you at off peak rates - what they might well be paying in extreme - peak early evening / dinner time rates.

And arguably the new half hourly settlement rules - make the imposition of smart and 1/2 hrly readings more likely - Ofgem have already swapped access to it from opt in to opt out - for those signing up to new deals.