Comments on: Six suppliers make redress totalling £10.8M after falling short on smart meter installation

By: John Plummer

John Plummer — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:45:57 +0000

I had a second generation meter fitted under the auspices of OVO in 2020 which never fully worked. I was abandoned to the care of B Gas after the closure of Social Energy in 2021. I have informed and reminded them of the malfunctioning smart meter on a number of occasions but they are clearly unable to respond or resolve the problem. So the problem is not just about these companies not fitting meters. It is about the widespread reality that many of the ones that have been supplied just do not work. So the fine should be bigger still

By: Peter Wren

Peter Wren — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:54:22 +0000

The mad complexity of the electricity supply in UK.
Fines ultimately come from the consumer .
Suppliers who have only a temporary relationship with the property (& consumer!) mandated to cajole consumers into something many are reluctant to install.
Introduce a new standard partway thru national rollout making work so far obsolete
Different meter technologies in North & South of country to ensure extra cost

Hard to see how the program could have been made any more complex

And don’t get me started on why are we wasting billions on’Smart’ gas meters when we going to discontinue domestic gas in the near future.