How Are Smart Meters Beneficial to Dual Fuel Customers by Xander Palmer
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The United Kingdom is planning to get smart meters installed in all the homes by 2020. What is so exceptional about smart meters and how are they beneficial to customers?
There have been many countries where these meters have been successfully installed and these countries have proven that the smart meters are not just a facility but a necessity.
Between 2000 and 2005,
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The smart meters have many facilities like remotely controlling the supply of gas/electricity to the property,
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Compare this to the situation where smart meters are not installed. Let us assume a locality in a country has got digital non-smart meters installed. These non-smart meters have to be read regularly so that the bills can be generated on time. This causes excessive work load on meter operators and the utility companies alike. The customers usually expect the meter operators to read the non-smart meters and this misinformation can cause a lot of errors in the bills leading to customer dissatisfaction and extra work being done to rectify the errors caused due to estimation, taken in absence of an actual read.
Also, in the U. K. all those who are unable to pay their gas and electricity bills get a prepayment meter installed at the property if the utility company deems fit. All the debt is transferred on the prepayment meter and every time the customer tops the meter up, an agreed amount is deducted from the top up that goes to settle the debt. This is how a utility company is able to recollect any unpaid bills. To achieve this purpose, the whole meter unit has to be exchanged and this exchange is free of cost for the customers. This is a huge investment for the utility companies.
Smart meters help eliminate all such issues that had to be previously borne by utility companies. This has been successfully proven by the use of these smart meters in Italy. This is why many service providers have found the impetus to get smart meters installed at the consumers' houses. Now the customers do not have to worry about reading the meters and waiting for their request for a prepayment meter or worry about the bills being incorrect. The smart meters take care of that. On the other hand, the utility companies save a lot time and resources by managing a customer's account remotely with the ability to change tariffs, meter type(credit to pre-payment and vice versa) etc. The benefits of smart meters are immense for all.Topics related articles:
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