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Originally Posted by jfman
A smart meter can only “save” you a ton of money if you change your consumption.
If the devices are out there scaring folk into being cold to save money that can - and absolutely will - have longer term implications on the health of those falling into the trap.
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Not quite.
I am actually paying lower unit rates on my smart meter tariff. The actual unit cost is lower.
In addition my old dumb meter was faulty, it got escalated, they refused to test it, so I ended up ordering a smart meter to "force" the meter been removed, and then the readings for the same usage were considerably lower. I ended up getting a rebate for nearly 2 grand.
Octopus also last April tried to raise my DD to an amount that was about 4x my bills, I told the operator to check my smart meter readings and she fixed it within a minute after that, I expect with a dumb meter I would have had a harder time getting them to fix.
I have even been paid to use electric for periods.
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
To some people, the “ton of money” is less important than letting the company/state have its hands on your energy switch.
We can save a ton of money by turning the Hive setting down to a tolerable temperature and adding a layer of clothes.
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I can understand that to a degree but then the question is what kind of actions are they fearing?
We have seen in the news e.g. that with a dumb meter, warrants can still be obtained to force people onto prepay or to disconnect supply, a smart meter isnt required for that.
For reference I already do layer up and only sparingly use my GCH.