Smart Meters

I was just told that a smart meter was going to be fitted and since I didn't have any strong feelings one way or another I let them get on with it.

However I find it quite ridiculous that when we have a competitive energy market where consumers can change suppliers at frequent intervals that it never occurred to either the energy suppliers or the government that all smart meters should be compatible.

As thing stand at the moment, by 2020, or whatever the date the government set for every home in the country to have a smart meter, that could happen, but the majority of the meters will have no more functionality than meters they replaced because the majority of us will no longer be buying our energy from the company that fitted the meter.

In other words, across the country the energy companies will have spent hundreds of millions of pounds, all paid by us in our fuel bills, to fit meters that only work if you stay with the same supplier.

Hi - I received a letter telling me that I was going to get a Smarty-Arse meter (whether I want it or not) due to my current meter being made obsolete.

I was informed that this was FREE! And then on BBC Radio 4's Moneybox programme a rep from NPower owned up that one reason for increasing energy prices was being installing a Smart Meter was costing approx. £400.00p per household....well, fancy that!

I've refused installation. I don't see how it advantages me at all.

I'm with first utility, read the meters every month, not a hassle. Someone kept ringing and asking to speak to me 're meters (bill is my name,) when I finally spoke to salesman I said no and he was fine
As someone has already said if you change suppliers you'd have to get a new meter, why didn't Ofgem insist that the meters were compatible?