Reply to post: Re: Missing the best bit...

You should install smart meters even if they're dumb, says flack

SImon Hobson Bronze badge

Re: Missing the best bit...

Hard to know if you are being sarcastic or serious ...

Smart meters to show the rough price per kWh we are using

That's what the in-home display is for

Smart meters to record the half-hour consumption data so that ...

That's what they do

But the issue is that once the suppliers have the chance, that £15/kWH in the dark winter won't be getting averaged out in the same way. That will get passed onto the users daft enough to have smart meters as a way of "persuading" them to not use lecky then. That's the point, rationing of demand by pricing - so the poor will sit in the dark, shivering while they starve, while the well off can moan but carry on regardless.

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