Smart Meters and Tariffs

[Dude111]

An 87-year-old woman lived in an "icy cold" home all winter because she was so afraid of high bills caused by a suspected faulty smart meter.

Her supplier Octopus Energy said although her energy usage was in line with previous years, it had now replaced her old meter and cleared her remaining debt.

Very sad.........Poor lady

[SnoopZ]

Here goes, meters being installed right now, I hope I don't regret this!

Edit

Installation complete, no idea what happens next, but I think it takes a while.

OVO sent me an email the other day with all sorts of doom and gloom messaging in it (which isnt correct in my case). Binned for now.

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Taf

Next door had their smart meter swapped for another new one this morning. Still no communication possible.

Can you get an external aerial, I was reading this site after getting my Kaifa m120 Electricity Meter installed and there is talk about aerial?

https://www.smartme.co.uk/smets-2.html

[Taf]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Can you get an external aerial, I was reading this site after getting my Kaifa m120 Electricity Meter installed and there is talk about aerial?

https://www.smartme.co.uk/smets-2.html

I think any aerials would be internal, but the newest technology could have moved in any direction. "Mesh" appears to be a sort of LAN to help local comms.

[heero_yuy]

Going through the menus on mine the signal strength shows -127db so basically none.

[mrmistoffelees]

SWMBO moved us over to octopus , three days after being connected get an email ‘your meters are end of life’ please arrange to have a smart meter installed, no weekend appts available so that’s not happening !

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

SWMBO moved us over to octopus , three days after being connected get an email ‘your meters are end of life’ please arrange to have a smart meter installed, no weekend appts available so that’s not happening !

I was lucky I was checking daily and then 1 popped up for my last day off work(today), so all done and dusted, now the wait begins.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Paul

OVO sent me an email the other day with all sorts of doom and gloom messaging in it (which isnt correct in my case). Binned for now.

Sounds like they are being more agressive... Please continue to try and resist!!

[SnoopZ]

So I had my Smart Meters installed 6 days ago and everything seems to be setup and working as expected.

I've just registered to move onto the Octopus Tracker Tariff, I was expecting to wait weeks or months to be moved over.... Well with in 2mins I've been switched over and even have today's rates listed on my account and compared to my old flexible tariff I'm already happy.

Electricity Tracker Tariff(for today)
Unit Rate: 17.03p/kWh

Gas Tracker Tariff(for today)
Unit Rate: 3.93p/kWh

Compared this to the Flexible Tariff I was on.
Old Electricity Flexible Tariff
Unit Rate: 25.26p/kWh

Old Gas Flexible Tariff
Unit Rate: 5.97p/kWh

Standing Charges are the same for both Tariffs.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

So I had my Smart Meters installed 6 days ago and everything seems to be setup and working as expected.

I've just registered to move onto the Octopus Tracker Tariff, I was expecting to wait weeks or months to be moved over.... Well with in 2mins I've been switched over and even have today's rates listed on my account and compared to my old flexible tariff I'm already happy.

Electricity Tracker Tariff(for today)
Unit Rate: 17.03p/kWh

Gas Tracker Tariff(for today)
Unit Rate: 3.93p/kWh

Compared this to the Flexible Tariff I was on.
Old Electricity Flexible Tariff
Unit Rate: 25.26p/kWh

Old Gas Flexible Tariff
Unit Rate: 5.97p/kWh

Standing Charges are the same for both Tariffs.

Today and tomorrow for me. I have set my car to charge in the early hours to get the new rate

[Ms NTL]

Agile Octopus electricity is negative for few days now. They bought EU electricity and most Europe is negative. (16-19pm full price)

[SnoopZ]

Originally Posted by Sirius

Today and tomorrow for me. I have set my car to charge in the early hours to get the new rate

Is octotracker an app?

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Originally Posted by Ms NTL

Agile Octopus electricity is negative for few days now. They bought EU electricity and most Europe is negative. (16-19pm full price)

I still don't know if I would benefit from igile Tariff being a small household.

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Just installed Octotracker and liking it alot.

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I can't believe I wasted so much money by not installing Smart Meters and going on the Tracker Tariff!

Just comparing it to my last month's bill based on today's prices I would have saved £14 a month for Electricity used and £26 a month on Gas used, that's definitely a win for me.

Originally Posted by Dude111

Sounds like they are being more agressive... Please continue to try and resist!!

Yeah, this isnt the borg.

I will have to change at some point, since my meter is way too old.

However, I'm waiting until the summer at least, when I use very little gas and less electric, so the disruption will be less.

I may consider moving to Octopus at that point as OVO dont seem to do any kind of tracking tarriff.

[Sirius]

Originally Posted by SnoopZ

Is octotracker an app?

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I still don't know if I would benefit from igile Tariff being a small household.

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Just installed Octotracker and liking it alot.

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I can't believe I wasted so much money by not installing Smart Meters and going on the Tracker Tariff!

Just comparing it to my last month's bill based on today's prices I would have saved £14 a month for Electricity used and £26 a month on Gas used, that's definitely a win for me.

There is an app look on your apps Store,

For Iphone it is https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/octotracker/id6463722470

For Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hl=en_US&pli=1

At the latest price i am paying I am saving a serious amount over before i had tracker.

At present costs it means i am only paying the following for my trip to Manchester and back each day.

Today's tracker stats for my area.