Don’t they like us?

[Squag1]

Not sure if it's still the case, but there was a charge for "low usage" of electricity at one time.

 

[Duck n Dive]

Not sure if it's still the case, but there was a charge for "low usage" of electricity at one time.

You're thinking of the Renewable Heat Incentive.

 

[Squag1]

You're thinking of the Renewable Heat Incentive.

Don't know what it was called

 

[andyBeaker]

Not sure if it's still the case, but there was a charge for "low usage" of electricity at one time.

With a smart meter there are occasionally times when you get paid for using electricity - tariff dependent.

The daily charge remains irksome, particularly on days when we generate in excess of three times what is needed for our use.

 

[Duck n Dive]

Don't know what it was called

Sorry my bad, I forgot that was a scheme to heat unused warehouses at a profit with government money

 

[Pow-Lo]

We were (for want of a better word) harrassed by our energy supplier to have a smart meter fittedfor almost a year until we made a formal complaint. Started off by 'the benefits are using less energy so saving money'. Untrue as to use less energy assumes customer action to reduce their energy use.

Next up was 'all our customers are being moved across to smart meters in line with Government guidelines'. Nope, not true either.

This was followed up with 'It's now law that smart meters have to be fitted and you can be fined for not having one'. Complete bull$h1t.

After that it was 'we can legally stop supplying you with electricity unless you allow our installation engineers access to your property to install a smart meter, it's the law!'. At which point we complained and changed energy suppliers.

Thing is, smart meters use the mobile network, not only do I not have a mobile signal where I live, my house walls are nearly 2ft solid stone, so even if we could get a signal, a smart meter is unlikely to work unless it's installed outside.

And I'm still not going to go into Greggs!

My supplier, EDF, carpet bombed me with phone calls and letters for months trying to harass me into having a smart meter. At one point, I lost my sense of humour and became quite impolite when they rang. Next time, bearing in mind I'd already told them where to stick their meters and suggested they might want to take me off the list, a girl rang; before she could launch into her script, I advised that if she was ringing me to offer me a smart meter, the tone of the conversation would take a distinct turn for the unpleasant. I haven't heard since.

I also have very thick walls but do have a mobile signal in some parts of the house, albeit very weak. We have a smart meter but it's an older one and is crap.

I'm not going to Greggs either.

 

[Robbi]

Sorry my bad, I forgot that was a scheme to heat unused warehouses at a profit with government money

Cash for Ash

 

[andyBeaker]

We were (for want of a better word) harrassed by our energy supplier to have a smart meter fittedfor almost a year until we made a formal complaint. Started off by 'the benefits are using less energy so saving money'. Untrue as to use less energy assumes customer action to reduce their energy use.

Next up was 'all our customers are being moved across to smart meters in line with Government guidelines'. Nope, not true either.

This was followed up with 'It's now law that smart meters have to be fitted and you can be fined for not having one'. Complete bull$h1t.

After that it was 'we can legally stop supplying you with electricity unless you allow our installation engineers access to your property to install a smart meter, it's the law!'. At which point we complained and changed energy suppliers.

Thing is, smart meters use the mobile network, not only do I not have a mobile signal where I live, my house walls are nearly 2ft solid stone, so even if we could get a signal, a smart meter is unlikely to work unless it's installed outside.

And I'm still not going to go into Greggs!

That’s what happens when lots of casual labour is hired to sell product on a commission basis and aren’t properly monitored or supervised.

On the positive side I get lots of calls from ‘EE’ trying to get me to change tariff. Except it isn’t EE and I have a lot of fun when I have the time. They get really really excited when I give them a made up credit card number.