On 21/01/2018 10:57, alan_m wrote:
On 21/01/2018 10:00, Rod Speed wrote:



But that can be because they dont need an army of meter readers.


But what about the yearly "safety checks" that the meter readers perform?

BG were fond of sending letters with red print stating that they could
get a court order to obtain access to your property if you didn't make
an appointment to let the meter reader in to perform the "SAFETY CHECK".
These letters were routinely sent out if the meter hadn't been read for
18 months irrespective of providing multiple self reads. However, most
meter readers were in it for an easy life and this meter read could be a
self meter read if you filled in the numbers on a card and left it
outside for them to collect.




I think you will find there is a legal obligation to perform checks
periodically.

You will also find that they can't just cut you off even if a smart
meter would allow them to do so.