Has anyone actually saved money after installing a smart meter?

AndyPK wrote: »

What's the logic there? Why won't high users save energy with a smart reader display ?

This is Germany's reported policy on the rollout of smart meters:

Quote: Starting in 2017, large consumers with average annual consumption in excess of 10,000 kWh will be required to install smart meters. This threshold will be lowered to 6,000 kWh in 2020, which applies to approximately 15% of electricity consumers. With over 50 million metering endpoints nationwide, this will result in the installation of around 7.5 million smart meters across Germany. The majority of German households will remain unaffected, given average consumption hovers around 3,500 kWh. The grace period between 2017 and 2020 will allow grid operators and third parties to learn from early adopters and mitigate any issues realised during the initial large consumer rollout. Unquote

https://www.metering.com/magazine-article/germany-moving-ahead-smart-meter-rollout-plans/

The logic behind this decision is that average users have little potential to save any energy so the cost of providing them with a smart meter isn't justified.

So what are the other EU countries doing:

1. Electricity: In seven countries (Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Slovakia), the CBAs for large-scale rollout by 2020 were negative or inconclusive. In the cases of Germany, Latvia and Slovakia, smart metering is proceeding for particular groups of customers, with 23% penetration projected for each by 2020.

2, Gas: In 12 countries (Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Latvia, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden), the results of the CBA were negative.