Got a letter regarding smart meter

graememk

Yes they don't need an appointment, as it's accessible but they do need to cut your power.

So it's preferable to have an appointment rather than just showing up and pulling the power. Someone could be in the middle of work/whatever don't want to be surprised by an avoidable power outage

DC999

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122162705#Comment_122162705

Should you say no? Depends. If you’ve an EV or a battery and can load shift stuff to night time (dishwasher washing machine…), then export the bulk of the solar – then a smart meter can work well. But you need to some quick maths in excel. See the other thread here on energypal.ie

I did the maths and the backwards spinning meter works out more expensive.

I moved to a 4 hour night rate on the smart meter (Energia Smart EV plan 2am to 6am (not the exact name of it)): ~8c for cheap night rate. ~33c day rate (other 20 hours). No peak rate. ~24c export on FIT. So now I use 2/3s of my juice in the cheap rate and export most the solar.

If I had a backwards spinning meter there’s no cheap rate. I’m paying full rate all the time. Ok, my export gives me that full rate (so it looks good on paper) but I’ve overspending on what I could load shift – that make sense?

con747

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122333528#Comment_122333528

If you don't need a smart meter to avail of a plan that saves you money then don't be wrecking your head about it and let them do it if they ever bother to. Or as said earlier if you don't want one tell ESBN to take you off the list.