Smart meters
What is a smart meter?
Smart meters are a replacement for the traditional manually read meters; they collect information about your business’ energy use electronically. This eliminates the need for meter readings to be taken as energy suppliers can communicate directly with the smart meters.
Other benefits include:
- Regularly submitted meter readings based on your exact energy use means more accurate bills
- The accurate monthly billing data will enable improved forecasting and budgeting
- Consumption data can be made available to the customer through an online reporting functionality. This will enable businesses to keep track of their energy usage and compare daily/weekly and monthly consumption; helping them use less energy and encourage energy efficiency
How can I get a smart meter?
The UK government has made the pioneering step, due to the innovative energy efficiency benefits of smart meter technology, of announcing that every UK home will use smart meters by 2020.
For UK businesses smart meter technology is available through your energy suppliers. Energy suppliers offer smart meters at varying costs, some even offer them for free so shop around and make them a consideration next time you switch.
