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Leofric
I can see there have been previous posts on smart meters but not recently as far as I saw. I have resisted having them fitted until now but eon have pestered me to have them fitted and say it is part of the agreement for my tariff for electricity and gas. I wanted to be sure I could be free to negotiate to change supplier if I wanted in future and checked with eon and was told these new second generation meters can be used by other suppliers . When I received the email confirming the agreement to have them installed I noticed the following :-
' If you change supplier, you may lose some of the benefits of having a smart meter. Your smart meter and energy display will still communicate with each other to show you how much energy you're using, however, it will not show the cost. Depending on who you've switched to, your meter readings may be retrieved automatically and be used for billing, but your supplier may also need a manual meter reading - either from you or a visiting meter reader. Also if your smart energy display becomes faulty, your new supplier may not be able to replace it.' - that doesn't sound like what I was led to believe ! Has anybody had experience of changing supplier after having smart meters installed.
ps I don't expect any benefit from these meters apart from not having to supply meter readings ,which I didn't find too difficult anyway !
' If you change supplier, you may lose some of the benefits of having a smart meter. Your smart meter and energy display will still communicate with each other to show you how much energy you're using, however, it will not show the cost. Depending on who you've switched to, your meter readings may be retrieved automatically and be used for billing, but your supplier may also need a manual meter reading - either from you or a visiting meter reader. Also if your smart energy display becomes faulty, your new supplier may not be able to replace it.' - that doesn't sound like what I was led to believe ! Has anybody had experience of changing supplier after having smart meters installed.
ps I don't expect any benefit from these meters apart from not having to supply meter readings ,which I didn't find too difficult anyway !