Anyone Here Got A Smart Meter?

[barry1010]

Just wondering how much your electricity costs per hour when your house is 'resting', that is, using nothing other than what is plugged in overnight.
Mine seems to be 1p or 2p an hour.

[New Judge]

//New judge what are you spouting on about…//

Er…this:

//…also I might add a recent survey has indicated that suppliers are actually putting people who refuse to have a smart meter on higher tariffs,//

The way I interpret that is that if I were offered a smart meter and I declined, I would be put onto a higher tariff. That may not be what you meant but that’s the way I saw it. I know exactly what Ofgem said. More than that, I went for a lower tariff (I check the best available every year) on the understanding that I would have smart meters installed but British Gas failed to fit them so I kept the lower tariff. I know exactly what is happening.

Yes, old and/or vulnerable people would benefit from a smart meter if only to ensure they receive the correct bill. If people are dopey enough to deliberately submit readings lower than they actually are they are simply that – dopey. Suppliers must read domestic meters at east once every two years. Many do so more frequently than that – my current supplier does so every six months.

You are correct in that universal rollout of smart meters will be achieved – perhaps not quite so quickly as you believe. As I’ve said, it makes no odds to me whatsoever, though I prefer they sorted out the technology so that it allows consumers to change suppliers without hassle. Even the SMETS2 meters still seem to be giving problems. I just wish they would not mislead people into believing that they will save them money.