Smart Meters And Solar Panels Don T Mix Uk

Lastly there might be some suppliers that don t support or offer smart meters.

Smart meters and solar panels don t mix uk. Energy firms installing smart meters with solar panels. Edf energy told us it has already installed smart meters for customers with solar panels. So a smart meter will only give you useful energy information in order for you to make the right decisions about your energy usage. I want to get one but don t know if it will mess things up.

If you already have a smart meter installed and it s a first generation model the smets1 you may encounter compatibility problems with your solar panels. Of the 18 per cent of solar powered homes with a smart meter 53 per cent. Christopher pledger for the telegraph s mart meters and solar panels are incompatible and can even cause. It found 5 per cent of those with solar panels could not have a smart meter fitted as the technology was incompatible.

If we use the words photovoltaic cells you don t have to worry that we re going to go all science and technology on you. Will a smart meter work with my solar panels. It means nearly a million households in britain with solar panels on their homes could face billing chaos or being excluded from the government s roll out of smart meters. 04 03 edt 5 june 2017 updated.

And smart meters and solar panels and whether the meters interfere with the panels. Robert brown is convinced his smart meters are wreaking havoc with his solar panels credit. By rebecca rutt for thisismoney co uk. Eventually it s still up to you to make the necessary changes to save money.

Sse says it s able to install but advises its customers to wait until technical constraints are resolved. How solar panels work. Two of britain s biggest. British gas first utility ovo energy and utilita told us that they re also able to install smart meters if you have solar panels.