On 20/04/13 02:02, Arfa Daily wrote:


"Tim Streater" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Arfa Daily" wrote:

"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article o.uk,
"Dave Liquorice" writes:
Smart meters to save power customers £64 each across Wales,
report says -
19 April 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-22205299

Smart metering, as currently proposed, is entirely for the benefit
of the suppliers, not you.

Maybe, but it can be useful. We recently changed to a smart meter at
the burger joint because we could never get a 'real' reading done,
as we are not open during the day. It was a total pain to receive a
bill that had been grossly over-estimated every month, and to then
have to get it corrected and re-issued.

Why don't you read the meter every month and submit the readings
online. I do that for our village hall.

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Tim


Ha ! Have you ever tried making sense of the readings on a modern
electronic three phase meter ? It tells you just about everything from
how much gas you're using, to the mean distance to the sun ...

golly. I didnt know you could get 3 phase gas.

Is the solid gas, liquid gas, and gaseous gas?

Apart from that, remembering to do it every month is as much of a pain
as getting a wrong bill. The smart meter is magic in that it doesn't
need reading, and you get a correct bill every time :-)

Arfa
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