Day/Night meter

If you get a day/night meter mid contract, do you start a new 12 month contract with your provider, or finish the old contract under new terms?

We asked for a day and night meter also but they said no , you get a smartmeter and thats what they installed last week

What's the downside to a smart meter over a night meter?

I'm in the same boat myself, contract ending in a few weeks and want to switch to a night meter for a new EV. I had planned to request the day night meter from my current provider closer to the end of my contract. How close will depend on the lead time for an installation so I'd be interested in hearing from the OP what the time was between requesting and receiving an install.

Depends on what time you will use power We use at the cheapest time Nighttime the most at the moment so we will always cheaper than with an old meter

Hi OP, did you get the meter installed? How long was it between requesting the meter and installation?

Thanks

BG

AFAIK day/ night meters will be phased out. Everybody will be on smart meters within 1-2 years. The main reasons are, there is no requirement to read smart meters it can be downloaded remotely. In future if you change providers the ESB will update readings automatically. As well it will allow consumers to see there electricity usage in half hour segments.

It will encourage consumers to use night rate for washing machines and dishwashers rather than daytime use. Charging will probably be split into at least 3 segments if not 4+. Peak, off peak and night-time. There is information coming that there will be different morning and even peak rates as the highest peak is evening time 5-8pm

They aren't going to sort anything out to the advantage of the consumer, it will all to be of benefit to the supplier. Look at the current frequent price increases, the consumer will have to radically change their habits just to save money from the constant price increases. Cheaper ... electricity, yes (if you can manage your life around the restrictions required to reduce the impact of increases). Cheap electricity as a result of smart meters? ..... no.

No electricity supplier is interested in you using less electricity.... unless you are going to pay more for using less. The consumer will never win when supply is commercially motivated and when we are buying in a very small market base, with little or no competition between providers, inept government planning and ineffective independent regulation.

It's going to be an expensive cold winter.

And many will still refuse to run those kitchen appliances (wm, dw, td) at night out of safety concerns.

I try to run them as much as possible at night, but have to start them when going to bed arournd 10-10:30. None of my 3 appliances have a delay function and have to be manually started if disconnected from the power so a smart plug won't help.

Smart plans definitely punitive for me, so will be hanging onto my old day/night meters as long as possible.