I haven't got the full info as I'm getting all this secondhand from Mrs Mottie. It doesn't seem right so I'm just asking here.
Mrs Motties 82 year old mum wants to have a smart electricity meter fitted. She doesn't like estimated bills (some have been way overestimated - over £600 for one quarter which she paid - twice!) and she likes to read the meter each month but it's located very high on the wall of her integral garage - she has to stand on a box with a torch and only this week she fell over (not while reading the meter) and broke her wrist. She's not too steady on her pins and Mrs Mottie would prefer she has a smart meter too. She just won't be told to not read the meter.
The problem is, she has been told that she can't have a smart meter fitted as she has two meters, one of them a white one. She's been in the house about 15 years. As far as she knows, she's not on economy 7 so is this just a load of waffle they are being told? If it came to it, could the white meter just be removed by a qualified electrician or the electricity supplier?
All suggestions welcome as I'm getting fed up hearing about it!
Mrs Motties 82 year old mum wants to have a smart electricity meter fitted. She doesn't like estimated bills (some have been way overestimated - over £600 for one quarter which she paid - twice!) and she likes to read the meter each month but it's located very high on the wall of her integral garage - she has to stand on a box with a torch and only this week she fell over (not while reading the meter) and broke her wrist. She's not too steady on her pins and Mrs Mottie would prefer she has a smart meter too. She just won't be told to not read the meter.
The problem is, she has been told that she can't have a smart meter fitted as she has two meters, one of them a white one. She's been in the house about 15 years. As far as she knows, she's not on economy 7 so is this just a load of waffle they are being told? If it came to it, could the white meter just be removed by a qualified electrician or the electricity supplier?
All suggestions welcome as I'm getting fed up hearing about it!