Is there any reason left not to go smart meter?

The graph didnt allow me to select the last week. The dates were greyed out.

However, they must have heard me talking about them.... it updated since and it is now showing data upto 16 Oct so 6 days got dumped into the website in the last hour or so.

Well I got my RM108 installed on Monday moring and I can now see my data Wednesday afternoon...that was quick enough, I was expecting a week maybe.

Not much to see although it does show power sent to grid which is useful...now to change my Tarriff 🤘

The email you got this week congratulating you on your export is for the month of September.

After the 14th of each month they send an email with the previous months export payment.

Omce they sort your app your new monthly statement for the previous month would be on it on the same day you receive that email.

Have you had a final Energia bill ? And was the reading correct ? My actual usage was 4, but the have billed me for 46, of course all at the 24hr rate.

I'm still awaiting a reading from Pinergy

I am curious about the reactive power components. Are they useful?

Just got my new RM108 yesterday - swapped out my Day/Night meter (it was great while it lasted!).

I am in contract with EI - on a DAY/Night plan - I have over 50% night usage based on charging up my little 5Kwh battery and some load shifting on washer/dryer. I was happy with my setup last two years, paying very small money annually with FIT from my PV and the Gov. Grants

I am thinking - rather than break contract with EI - why not switch to "Home Electric+ Night Boost" tarrif? In my case the day and night rates are almost the same, and i get that cheap 2 hour boost window i can use for the battery? Am i missing something here? Is there a catch? There is no point avoiding the "smart Tariff" anymore if i can make it work right? i mean thats the point of this thread... i spent ages reading back on old posts before i put this up.

I have both. 19 panels east west givng me about 6000KW annually... really helps bring down the summer months - and then the battery i included was cheap when i bought it with the install but its only 5kw - so doesnt cover 100% my winter usage.

2 hrs is a short boost window

Make surely to check out the rest of the night rate. Some providers are scandalous. Energia have a 4 hr window, Pinergy a 3

Plus FIT rates of course

I was in this EI boost but just switched to energia for lower day rates, longer EV/battery charge time, lower standing charge and higher FIT.

I ve been looking at my consumption on the ESBN site and it seems patchy over the last few days and its not recorded for a couple of hours (I have it only installed a week) I have good enough phone signal where I am and for the first few days it was grand.

IS this normal

That's the right idea, but at those rates, your gain would be very marginal indeed.

This thread started because people (like me) dumped our safe haven Day Night meters and jumped to an RM107 meter, to avail of proper cheap night rates and great Export rates.

A number of us jumped to Pinergy, for 5c night rate, 28c export, and a €100 joining cashback.

The thread is now muddied due to the new RM108, but in fact, there is a real case for you to jump to a proper Smart Tariff if you can use enough night units to offset and day imports, taking account of the value of FIT exports.

The Energia EV tariff must surely be a real option

They are still available but the providers are making it harder for people to signup to them by burying them in their websites.

Energia's best d/n rate at the moment is with a 20% discount which currently equates to 36.10/17.32c inc vat per kWh.