manxy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I saw this link The electric suppliers perspective is to make more money for shareholders. One way of doing this according to the article is to incorporate 'Surge Pricing' where they charge householders more for using electric at peak times. Thing is, didn't we have an abundance of energy and shouldn't they be paying off the debt instead of adding additional costs to 'their' company at the expense of 'our' household budgets? I did like this NOT FOR PROFIT link 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 7 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said: Does this mean that someone's already looking forward to a slap when it inevitably all goes wrong? ..........no!.................lessons will be learnt though and moving forward they will just do as they please with no repercussions............. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 7 hours ago, Albert Tatlock said: Does this mean that someone's already looking forward to a slap when it inevitably all goes wrong? ..........no!.................lessons will be learnt though and moving forward they will just do as they please with no repercussions............. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 1 hour ago, manxy said: I saw this link The electric suppliers perspective is to make more money for shareholders. One way of doing this according to the article is to incorporate 'Surge Pricing' where they charge householders more for using electric at peak times. Thing is, didn't we have an abundance of energy and shouldn't they be paying off the debt instead of adding additional costs to 'their' company at the expense of 'our' household budgets? I did like this NOT FOR PROFIT link And this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 19 hours ago, hissingsid said: If this is true then it should have been given as the reason we are going down the SM road. Even if the old style meters were not available the smarts would only need to be fitted as 'replacements, not wholesale change over. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambon Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Seriously! To cut electricity use? What absolute bollox! This is the same government who is trying to push electric cars, to the point that I have heard that very soon, all new houses being built have to have electric car charging points. Whether you want it or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 25 minutes ago, Cambon said: Seriously! To cut electricity use? What absolute bollox! This is the same government who is trying to push electric cars, to the point that I have heard that very soon, all new houses being built have to have electric car charging points. Whether you want it or not. Bollox indeed, its all about variable tariffs to push people into using more when they're not selling much, overnight for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 Bollox indeed!!! So all those people who shop on the internet to save a few quid would not want to save aa few quid on electricity charges? Strand street will be busy again if that is the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 18 minutes ago, Kopek said: Bollox indeed!!! So all those people who shop on the internet to save a few quid would not want to save aa few quid on electricity charges? Strand street will be busy again if that is the case. There will be a bigger mark up on the imported overnight juice as they will be buying it cheaper than we can generate it (probably). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxy Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 3 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: And this. Spot on Andy. Wouldn't it be good if the shareholders were the public and the profits went to the public (the many) instead of big eyed gollums (the few) 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Colombe Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 Smart meter rollout not looking quite so smart. Which virtually guarantees we'll get them here. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 1 hour ago, La Colombe said: Smart meter rollout not looking quite so smart. Which virtually guarantees we'll get them here. and we'll be paying even more. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 I know the Daily Wail is looked with disparagement but I read it on line and there was a very interesting article on smart meters displaying how useless and what a con trick they are. Anyone interested just get Daily Mail online and scroll, I cannot copy and paste if I could I would send a copy to all our politicians. This article was written by a very reputable organisation, not Daily Wail headlining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 It was n the Telly last night as well querying the advantage of them, none were found. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Well, it's on the way. June 2021. Anyone seen anything in the local press announcing the roll out? https://www.smart-energy.com/industry-sectors/smart-meters/isle-of-man-smart-meter-rollout-set-to-start/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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