We have had Smart meters since last year so much to my surprise someone came to read my meter. The odd thing was that he only read the electric meter. This is the first meter reading we have had in years and there was me thinking that all this was a thing of the past.

So what was he doing are they comparing actual readings with what is being transmitted back to them? Other than that it was a third party company - Morrison Data Services and I wonder if it was piece rate and they have to read X number of meters to get paid whether they need reading or not!

Richard

On 01/01/2021 11:05, Tricky Dicky wrote:
We have had Smart meters since last year so much to my surprise someone came to read my meter. The odd thing was that he only read the electric meter. This is the first meter reading we have had in years and there was me thinking that all this was a thing of the past.

So what was he doing are they comparing actual readings with what is being transmitted back to them? Other than that it was a third party company - Morrison Data Services and I wonder if it was piece rate and they have to read X number of meters to get paid whether they need reading or not!



Suppliers are no longer required to try to visit at least once every 2
years but they have still responsibilities such as H&S legislation which
may lead them to commission "meter readers" to take a look.

Ofgem envisaged suppliers using risk indicators but it may be that your
supplier wants a wider sample, so ISTM the visit is not /necessarily/ a
sign they think you're likely to engage in cannabis farming


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Tricky Dicky wrote:
We have had Smart meters since last year so much to my surprise someone
came to read my meter. The odd thing was that he only read the electric
meter. This is the first meter reading we have had in years and there was
me thinking that all this was a thing of the past.

So what was he doing are they comparing actual readings with what is being
transmitted back to them? Other than that it was a third party company
- Morrison Data Services and I wonder if it was piece rate and they have
to read X number of meters to get paid whether they need reading or not!

The only smart meter I am having to deal with is one at our church,
loads of fun and games.

The latest hassle is that British Gas (who supply the church's
electricity) want a photograph of the smart meter specifically
including its serial number. That's nowhere near as easy as it
sounds!

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Tricky Dicky pretended :
So what was he doing are they comparing actual readings with what is being
transmitted back to them? Other than that it was a third party company -
Morrison Data Services and I wonder if it was piece rate and they have to
read X number of meters to get paid whether they need reading or not!

They were just checking you had not interfered with their meter to run
a cannabis farm in your loft.

They have been a third party company for some time. They probably do do
random test readings, I have no idea. Does seem a bit odd, since it does not
sound like they trust their own gear and it might put some of us off getting
one.
I only have electricity here, and still cannot get a smart meter and
talking remote fitted.
Brian

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We have had Smart meters since last year so much to my surprise someone came
to read my meter. The odd thing was that he only read the electric meter.
This is the first meter reading we have had in years and there was me
thinking that all this was a thing of the past.

So what was he doing are they comparing actual readings with what is being
transmitted back to them? Other than that it was a third party company -
Morrison Data Services and I wonder if it was piece rate and they have to
read X number of meters to get paid whether they need reading or not!

Richard

On 01/01/2021 11:05, Tricky Dicky wrote:
We have had Smart meters since last year so much to my surprise someone came to read my meter. The odd thing was that he only read the electric meter. This is the first meter reading we have had in years and there was me thinking that all this was a thing of the past.

So what was he doing are they comparing actual readings with what is being transmitted back to them? Other than that it was a third party company - Morrison Data Services and I wonder if it was piece rate and they have to read X number of meters to get paid whether they need reading or not!

My impression is that it's a combination of general checkup that their
automated readings are right, nothing untoward, and a general H&S check.
I have just had my smart meters replaced. They were installed Sept
2011. so just under 10 years use, and I now have SMETS2.

On 01/01/2021 11:05, Tricky Dicky wrote:
We have had Smart meters since last year so much to my surprise
someone came to read my meter. The odd thing was that he only read
the electric meter. This is the first meter reading we have had in
years and there was me thinking that all this was a thing of the
past.

So what was he doing are they comparing actual readings with what is
being transmitted back to them? Other than that it was a third party
company - Morrison Data Services and I wonder if it was piece rate
and they have to read X number of meters to get paid whether they
need reading or not!

Who knows. The guy gets given a list of meters to read. I see the same
guy in the same nPower van in the village reading meters for different
suppliers on a fairly regular basis. There is neither rhyme not reason
to it. I'm a keyholder for various premises on different suppliers in
addition to my own home supply. Same guy same place multiple times for
each of the various billing organisations. It is utter madness!

The village hall's smart meter lasted for about 2 months before losing
its connection to the real world. They have to come and reset it more
often than they ever used to read it in the past. Saving money???? NOT!

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Martin Brown wrote:

Same guy same place multiple times for each of the various billing
organisations. It is utter madness!

Especially the bit about turning-up to read e.g. elec meter only
(despite gas being dual-fuel from same supplier) and flat-out refusing
to read the other meter while he's here, I've had that twice.

On 01/01/2021 11:40, Harry Bloomfield wrote:

They were just checking you had not interfered with their meter to run a
cannabis farm in your loft.

I don't think they check the condition of anything. Our electric meter
was replaced about 11 years ago and in the process the installer snapped
off the lugs for the seals on the main fuse. The meter has been read
about once a year since then and nobody has ever been said anything
about there being no seals.

On Friday, 1 January 2021 at 17:06:39 UTC, Andy Burns wrote:
Martin Brown wrote:

Same guy same place multiple times for each of the various billing
organisations. It is utter madness!
Especially the bit about turning-up to read e.g. elec meter only
(despite gas being dual-fuel from same supplier) and flat-out refusing
to read the other meter while he's here, I've had that twice.

Same here, dual fuel supplier but he only read the electricity meter. As for checking if there is a Cannabis farm our loft at 22 deg pitch means crawl space only.

Richard

On 01/01/2021 11:05, Tricky Dicky wrote:
We have had Smart meters since last year so much to my surprise someone came to read my meter. The odd thing was that he only read the electric meter. This is the first meter reading we have had in years and there was me thinking that all this was a thing of the past.

So what was he doing are they comparing actual readings with what is being transmitted back to them? Other than that it was a third party company - Morrison Data Services and I wonder if it was piece rate and they have to read X number of meters to get paid whether they need reading or not!

Richard


Checking for electricity theft of course.

Mike