"michael adams" wrote in message
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"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Phil L" writes:
In other words, you are now discovering why the power companies wanted
smart
meters installing everywhere. It's so that customers can't change
suppliers
as easily like in the past by using switching sites and apps....well you
can
swap suppliers, but you'll be given a six month runaround like this
every
time you do

Actually, main reason power companies were interested was because
they can cut off the supply without visiting the premises and
trying to gain entry.

More likely the fact that they no longer had to pay meter
readers, either directly or indirectly, to attempt to read every
single meter in the Country 4 times a year.

Long term Govt wise it also offers the possibility of energy
rationing - only so many Kw or BTU or whatever, per household
or per individual(per household) per day.

But that's hardly fair if you have electric heating.

When I has SR I used to use 18,000 units a year (and that was to keep the
house barely warm), now in a property without them 2,500. Where do you set
the limit that actually imposes some restriction on people who only use
electric for their lighting/entertainment equipment that doesn't make life
completely unbearable for people with electric heating?

It's all very well saying insulate better and change to gas, but not all
properties are suitable for that (the one in question wasn't)

tim