Ot water shortages

[crashbang]

Everyone should have one.

[Redshank]

Everyone should have one.

Be careful what you wish for. We live in a society that's happy for human life's essentials to be "owned" by a very small minority and sold to the rest of us for massive profit. If everyone in the UK installed a water meter - thus (in theory) significantly reducing usage/cost to the consumer - you can be sure that your bills will go sky high as "the owners" look to maintain/increase their profits.

[crashbang]

Good the wasters will pay more. My neighbours empty a reservoir a week.

[great_fire]

Be careful what you wish for. We live in a society that's happy for human life's essentials to be "owned" by a very small minority and sold to the rest of us for massive profit. If everyone in the UK installed a water meter - thus (in theory) significantly reducing usage/cost to the consumer - you can be sure that your bills will go sky high as "the owners" look to maintain/increase their profits.

Unlike with smart meters though, you do actually save money with water meters unless you have a large family.

[Shark27]

Unlike with smart meters though, you do actually save money with water meters unless you have a large family.

GF, genuine question. Are you you better off without a smart meter? If so, why?

[great_fire]

GF, genuine question. Are you you better off without a smart meter? If so, why?

They don't benefit customers and help them save energy as they say, they're for the benefit of the utility companies so they can introduce peak charging and cut off your electricity when there's too much of a load on the grid.

But in the future the cheaper deals will only be available to customers with smart meters, because they've got targets to install them, so you will save money then.

There was also the issue of them stopping working when you change providers.

[Shark27]

They don't benefit customers and help them save energy as they say, they're for the benefit of the utility companies so they can introduce peak charging and cut off your electricity when there's too much of a load on the grid.

But in the future the cheaper deals will only be available to customers with smart meters, because they've got targets to install them, so you will save money then.

There was also the issue of them stopping working when you change providers.

Would the peak charging just be for the people with Smart meters?

[great_fire]

Would the peak charging just be for the people with Smart meters?

It's "dynamic real-time pricing", you're constantly monitored with the price constantly changing, up to 48 times per day.

There's already some of these "time of use" tariffs available.