One has to question if it's a good thing to plough resources into replacing perfectly good meters with new ones when many see little benefit in having them? It might save some energy in meter readers doing the rounds but Ecotricity seem quite happy to use my customer readings so even that's doubtful. And given the limitations in the first round of meter that were tied to specific suppliers it seems an even more pointless exercise.If some, like Sue, see them as a benefit then by all means let them aaply for one to be installed. Personally, I don't see any benefit in seeing a real time readout of the energy used as I know if our large oven and hobs which are connected to a 30 amp fuse are on simultaneously they're going to gobble up 'juice', that's why we have a separate small over as well for heating up snack type foods (falafel, vegan sausages, bread rolls, etc). Now, if the smart metres could search around in real time and find who's supplying the cheapest electricity at a particular time of day ...Smart metres seem a good idea buyrt has anyone actually done a cost benefit/analysis for consumers?
Michael Ixer ● 1957d