Smart Meters
Smart energy meters / smart electricity meters are the next generation of electricity meters.
Smart energy meters will bring about the end of estimated electricity bills and meter readings, and provide customers and energy suppliers with accurate information on the amount of electricity and gas being used.
Smart energy meters will empower customers to make choices on how much energy they use. Suppliers will install two-way communication systems that display accurate real-time information on electricity use in the business, both to the consumer and back to the energy supplier.
In addition, smart energy meters / smart electricity meters enable:
- Flexible electricity tariffs that measure consumption over set time periods
- Suppliers will be able to differentiate their tariffs and services through offering alternative means of displaying energy consumption - i.e. through mobiles, the internet or via digital TV
- Improved accuracy of forecasting energy demand at different times of the day
- Conserving energy is important, not only because it saves you money, but because it will have a real impact on the environment
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We provide a range of energy metering (Smart Energy Meters / Smart Electricity Meter) and data collection solutions, all aimed at putting you back in control of your costs.
Electricity supplies with a demand of less than 100kW are not obliged to have half hourly metering equipment installed and are known as non-half hourly (NHH) supplies. The charges for these services are often recovered via the chosen electricity supplier’s bill. However, there is an active and extremely competitive market for smart electricity meter operation services within the UK for both (NHH) and (HH). Many customers, particularity those with multiple sites can achieve significant cost savings and service enhancements by sourcing a national agreement.
If you think smart energy metering will increase your costs, reconsider. Smart energy metering has reduced in price significantly over the last twelve months and the difference between the cost of monthly manual reads and the cost of obtaining remote reads and online half-hourly data has narrowed dramatically.
According to the Carbon Trust, introducing smart energy meters can actually save you money. Last year, they undertook smart energy metering trials and the results showed that smart energy meters, when combined with consumption data and energy-saving advice, gave potential average savings of 12% a year.