Secretary for Energy and climate change, Ed Miliband, has recently disclosed the government’s national smart meter program.
The program has been designed to make the citizens more energy conscious, enabling them to save as much as they can, by installing meters in their homes.
The meters will help the residents to keep track of their energy consumption, motivating them to minimize any unnecessary wastage.
Initially, the devices will be installed in 26 million homes by 2020, in order to help people become more energy efficient.
The recent climate change has increased the need for new meters, that have will help us to save more energy.
These smart meters will enable all consumers to monitor their own energy use and make reductions in energy consumption and carbon emissions as a result.
This also means that there won’t be any inaccurate bills and estimated meter readings.
According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the scheme will help to save up to £3.6 billion on energy bills over the next 20 years.
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Smart meters should in my view not just be about
“if you’ve got a light bulb switched on”
They should be about easy real time switching to other service providers in a grid opened up to competition,
so you get the CHEAPEST electricity at any time – as some industries can do.
The grid has separate ownership
(grid owners have to divest themselves of electricity generating plants – or vice versa)
The advantage of multifold competition within a neutral distribution network is also seen in the billing procedure:
Regardless of how many different providers are used, the consumer still gets a single itemized bill.
The consumer needn’t get particularly involved with who is supplying what or when, if he or she does not want to, benefiting from lower prices anyway, and can simply set to constantly receive for example the cheapest energy at any time.
A little like pay-as-you-go telephone call charges, compared to monthly subscription options.
Single billing in this regard also means a consumer can easily see how much they are owing at any given time,
and can equally easily see how any current subscription choice stands up to the other options of buying electricity.
Understanding Electricity Distribution and Consumer Smart Metering
http://ceolas.net/#di1x
Thank you for sharing this information with us. I agree that the consumers should be given the option to choose the lowest possible fare possible, but if that lowest fare is combined with a renewable source of energy, it would be great!
Thanks Noor
Yes, renewables will gradually get cheaper,
both from research/development (eg cheaper solar cells)
and from old fossil fuels running out, and getting more expensive
- and/or from governments taxing them before that, or fossil fuel power companies having to raise prices, to deal with emissions (not just CO2)