Iresa offering smart meter

I'm wondering if that means Iresa can now read my smart meters?

scratchyrat wrote: »

Good point. They owe me money currently and are ignoring my requests for it back. As soon as it hits 8 weeks, I'll be going to the ombudsman.

Welcome back after over 3 years in the abyss :cool:

You won't get any money back (unless you have made a one off payment which the supplier deems was done purely to earn the interest they pay on credit amounts) whilst you are be supplied by them. The supplier will amend the monthly direct debit if needs be.

Here is a useful MSE article that may assist you:
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/utilities/lower-energy-direct-debits

Also, if you genuinely have accrued credit of £200+, then it's worthwhile checking the comparison sites again based on a more accurate assumption of your anticipated annual consumption.

scratchyrat wrote: »

They've also used an estimated reading after I gave them a current one yet again. It seems like if I don't do a meter reading at the end of the month, they estimate the bill even if I've done one just before.

Correct. The supplier bills for every complete calendar month (usually)
So unless you provide a meter reading onn the lastr day of the month, the supplier will use an estimate for that day (based on any readings you have submitted). Of course, it all catches up the next month, as long as you give a reading that following month too.

scratchyrat wrote: »

They are really cheap but I'm considering switching just because they're so awful. I just don't want to leave them with over £200 owed to me when I do because I think it'll be a nightmare getting it back.

That turned into a bit of a cathartic rant :mad:

Once you switch away from them, they will be required to produce a final bill for you. They are expected to do this within 6 weeks of you actually leaviung them.
You will then get any credit showing on that final bill returned.

Good luck!

BG aren't actively fitting smets2 compliant meters yet. Last i heard, they had around 60 on a customers wall as part of the initial trial. Its going to be 4/5 months before BG roll out smets2 nationally.

Im with these was paying 52 a month, with 5 days to go to DD date they email to say its now £69,im £3 in debit... they say to build up a credit and because of my expected usage...well last year i used with these 5100kw they say i will use 6780...how the hell did they get that. Anyway so they dont get the £69 i cancelled dd and have swapped to OVO

House_Martin wrote: »

Landis and Gyr state on their website that a module exchange only is needed without moving the base gas meters.
The Landis Gyr Libra 310/310p which has commonly been fitted to over 2 million properties by BG can be upgraded to the SMETS2 compliant Libra G370 Zigbee with just a quick module switch.
https://www.landisgyr.eu/product/g370-zigbee-smart-ultrasonic-gas-meter/
Maybe your job will become a little simpler in the near future

OTA is over the air update, so we don't even need to do a module exchange. Everything at BG is currently being updated to sm1.