Re: Energy: SMART Meters
Originally Posted by
Puddle Duck
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I thought we could decline anyway ? I have declined electricity smart meter from Scottish Power. I dare say that if we change suppliers, it will become conditional to have a meter installed.
I will refuse a gas meter, as my boiler is under the stairs.( haven't a clue why, was there when I bought the house) and there have been reports of gas explosions , due to meters being fitted incorrectly near to the gas boilers.
I hesitate to reply to your post in case this thread should be prematurely closed! Still, here goes.
Of course. We are legally entitled to decline the installation of smart meters at present, and I for one will certainly decline until the day I die, assuming I am still entitled to do so.
No, my statement was hypothetical. I should find it very interesting to see suppliers continuing to compete and watching their reaction when they have the right to demand their customers have smart meters only to see them slip away to another company that does not.
Even if they
all followed the smart meter concept, I shouldn't be surprised to see some enterprising, up-coming company offering their services 'smart meter-free'.
That's the good thing about competition: it benefits the consumer.
And let's not forget that lack of competition is one reason why Communism has always failed.