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>in the UK, do the smart meters come with an in-home dashboard that customers are expected to read? That's the idea. >And then report back what they see on an
by timthorn 4y ago
>in the UK, do the smart meters come with an in-home dashboard that customers are expected to read?
That's the idea.
>And then report back what they see on an honor system?
No, the meters should report usage to the utility companies autonomously. The goal of the in-home display is make householders aware of their energy use with a view to reducing consumption.
What the article/letters are about is a comms problem that had arisen between some meters and the infrastructure, which then results in the householders having to submit manual readings.
- solardev 4y agoSo what did this quote from the article mean? > We have to read almost all of them and are frequently required to provide dated photographs for all phases plus the total, on each meter – sometimes four photos for each reading – since the power companies don’t trust customers to provide accurate readings. Who is the "we" there? That sounds like they're still sending as many people out to read the meters as before, except now they have to take pictures of each screen too. Why would they have to do that if the meters report back automatically?
- mytailorisrich 4y agoIn this guy's case the smart meters do not work so he is asked to manually report readings...