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Smart-meters

Posts tagged with "smart-meters"

12 March 2018 in Home & Energy

How much are smart meters costing you?

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smart meters

Which? research shows that energy companies would need to work round the clock – installing 24 smart meters per minute – in order to meet the 2020 roll-out target. Guest author Steve McCabe MP tells us why this isn’t good enough…

(more on smart meters…)

5 March 2018 in Home & Energy

Have you been left hanging by an appointment no-show?

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Appointment

You’ve arranged to work from home or taken the day off, popped the kettle on and are ready to go for 9am when the smart meter installer promised to come round. They’ve agreed to turn up within a time slot but as that window closes, your rage rises. Is this a familiar story?

(more on missed appointments…)

21 June 2017 in Home & Energy

Queen’s Speech 2017: did it deliver for you?

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Queen's Speech 2017

After a tumultuous few weeks in British politics, the Government tried to introduce some certainty in today’s Queen’s Speech by setting out a big agenda of new legislation it wants to pass in the next two years. So what do you make of today’s proposals?

(Queen’s Speech 2017…)

7 March 2017 in Home & Energy

Have any utility providers ever overcharged you?

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smart meter

Earlier this week, some SSE customers found their smart meters were overestimating their bills by up to £33,000 for a day’s power. Thousands is laughable, but would you notice if you were overcharged by a few pounds here and there? (more on smart meters overcharging…)

8 January 2017 in Technology

CES 2017: Has technology reached ‘peak smart’?

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Smart fridge

How did you sleep last night? Did you give your pearly whites the best possible clean this morning? Did you splash a drop of milk into your morning brew without realising it had turned? And will you remember to pick up some more from the shops later today? (more on CES 2017…)

16 December 2014 in Home & Energy

Ofgem: Why energy regulation must focus on consumers

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Pound coins on energy prices

At a Which? event, Ofgem’s chief Dermot Nolan outlined his vision for getting customers involved in the energy market. In this guest post, he explains more about this vision.

(more from Ofgem…)

7 October 2014 in Home & Energy

The Government must urgently cut smart meter roll-out costs

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Energy meter

Have you had a smart meter installed in your house? The official roll-out’s due to start next year, but we’re concerned about the £10.9bn cost. That’s why we’re calling on the Government to urgently cut costs.

(more about smart meters…)

13 May 2013 in Home & Energy

Smart meter roll-out delayed – time to get it right

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Green sand timer

News reached us last week that the introduction of smart meters into 30m UK homes would be delayed by a year. Time enough for the government to make sure the £11bn cost doesn’t spiral out of control.

(more about smart meter roll-out…)

24 September 2012 in Home & Energy

Rewarding high energy users sends the wrong message

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Young girl by radiator

The majority of us struggle with our household bills. While offering discounts for high energy users might help some, does it really deliver the government’s objective to ensure we cut back on our energy usage?

(more on low energy users…)

25 June 2012 in Home & Energy

Will knowing your neighbour’s energy use help you cut back?

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It’s official; I’m ‘GREAT’. That’s according to First Utility’s new energy savings plan which was launched last week. The idea is that you get a personal comparison with your neighbours in terms of energy comparison.

(more about energy use…)

24 April 2012 in Home & Energy

The smart meter roll-out can’t just be an £11 billion calamity

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Last night John Healey, MP for Wentworth and Dearne, led a debate on smart meters in the House of Commons. He’s here to discuss his concerns with the government’s current plans for the roll-out.

(more on smart meters…)

15 January 2012 in Home & Energy

Stop and rethink the smart meter roll-out

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Last year your comments about the government’s plans to roll out smart meters leapt to our attention. Some of you clearly weren’t happy. Today we’re calling for the government to stop and review the roll-out.

(more about the smart meter roll-out…)

18 August 2011 in Home & Energy

Smart meters – how you prompted us to review the roll-out

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Smart meter

Today DECC issued a consultation on what companies should do during the smart meter roll-out. After a lot of discussion here about smart meters, we thought we’d explain how we’re taking your concerns on board.

(more about our smart meter campaign…)

27 July 2011 in Home & Energy

Is the smart meter roll-out a good idea?

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First Utility smart meter

When we launched our smart meter challenge, we were surprised by how many said they didn’t want one at all. And although we support the roll-out, we’re working hard to tackle the issues that could be bad for consumers.

(more about the smart meter roll-out…)

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