hanja wrote:


"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 08:59:15 +0000, Tim Watts wrote:

There are other objectives here I think - such as being able to ramp
costs up and down in the day according to demand, as they will not be
able to generate enough in a few years.

Without any linked, automatic, method of load shedding when the price
is high all the adjusting the rate for the consumer is going to do is
make the costs totaly unpredictable. Even if you could load shed I
doubt the savings will be that great.

Smart meters arent about load shedding, they are
about charging a different rate for the power you
use depending on the time of day you use that power.

There is only one reason for smart meters, MONEY, they would not bother
if they were not going to get more money out of the consumer.(Or save
money by not having to update supply equipment)