Ashley Burton
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Couldn’t agree more. I too have a smart meter which takes readings allegedly every hour. Apart from the issue of my supply company not taking by Direct debit the amount I think they should, why is the tariff across the day constant. I used to work in a private power station & whilst electricity we generated during the day fetched a fair price, at night we virtually couldn’t give it away. Why don’t smart meters offer different tariffs across the day?
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Because that would cost them money. Why, when they're trying to reduce consumption, is power per unit cheaper once you've used a certain amount? (Or has that all changed now?)
gaz1
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new tarrifs are coming if they can force enough people to have them fitted in there property
the day price is gonna be expensive but the night price is gonna be standared tarrif to get people to use gear at night than during the day
the house fires will increase dryers and washing machines fires that is and then theres your electric car that needs charging at night
Depending upon your DNO you can have different billing across the day e.g. economy 7 or 8 or 10. At the moment the flat rate billing you get will be based upon an estimate of how much electricity is used throughout the day / night and the different rates companies pay, if you use more during the day you gain, if you use more at night you lose out. If you go on a split tariff you would pay less during the night and more during the day.
I have an Economy 7 meter but always look for companies that will bill at a flat rate as it is cheaper for me
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They are using some pretty low methods to get people to install them. My dad had several letters asking him 'to confirm the date they will install his smart meter'. I told him to ignore them, there is nothing booked, they are merely fishing/pressuring people. He was worried about it, mentioned it every time I visited him, but when 'the day' came, and nobody turned up he seemed quite relieved.
Eventually he did have them fitted, at his request, but that was really to save him the hassle of having to go crawl around and take the readings himself.
British Gas took four attempts to fit a working 'smart' gas meter though, which is another story of epic incompetence on their behalf.
I have been told that the whole deal with them is so they can charge various price bands depending on individual peoples use, but my electric consumption is pretty minimal, so cant see much point myself.
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im not changing mine untill im at gun point or the law states it
just be on the look out when it time to go looking for new deals when the contracts up i think i posted before i signed up with a company that only stated in the welcome pack that you need a new meter
i got on the phone stated if i had known i would not have signed up oh sorry sir you gone passed the 14 day cooling off sorry your signed up if you leave you will have pay charges
they soon changed there mind after i said i had photo shots of the web site clearly showing there was not mension of new meters on the web site and i will be going to offgem to protest
the manager come back and said oh we can change you to another contract where you dont have to change but its more expensive
cut long story short they evenutaly agreed to let me go with no charges, as i said as soon as i put the phone down i will be calling offgem
just be on the look out when it time to go looking for new deals when the contracts up i think i posted before i signed up with a company that only stated in the welcome pack that you need a new meter
i got on the phone stated if i had known i would not have signed up oh sorry sir you gone passed the 14 day cooling off sorry your signed up if you leave you will have pay charges
they soon changed there mind after i said i had photo shots of the web site clearly showing there was not mension of new meters on the web site and i will be going to offgem to protest
the manager come back and said oh we can change you to another contract where you dont have to change but its more expensive
cut long story short they evenutaly agreed to let me go with no charges, as i said as soon as i put the phone down i will be calling offgem
gaz1
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They are using some pretty low methods to get people to install them. My dad had several letters asking him 'to confirm the date they will install his smart meter'. I told him to ignore them, there is nothing booked, they are merely fishing/pressuring people. He was worried about it, mentioned it every time I visited him, but when 'the day' came, and nobody turned up he seemed quite relieved.
Eventually he did have them fitted, at his request, but that was really to save him the hassle of having to go crawl around and take the readings himself.
British Gas took four attempts to fit a working 'smart' gas meter though, which is another story of epic incompetence on their behalf.
I have been told that the whole deal with them is so they can charge various price bands depending on individual peoples use, but my electric consumption is pretty minimal, so cant see much point myself.
theres a new dirty one have them fitted or you cant have any new tarrifs so your stuck on the high prices or stock price as they call it
