Smart meters and in-home displays help you keep track of your electricity and gas use, empowering you to make changes and save money.
How can I save money with a smart meter?
Smart meters, together with the in-home displays they’re paired with, are one of the best solutions to help people across Britain save energy, reduce their carbon footprint, and lower their bills.
An in-home display gives you near-real time information on how much energy you are using in your home, and how much it is costing. This allows you to make adjustments, like turning off power-hungry devices, or making smarter use of tariffs with cheaper prices overnight, which saves you money.
Does a smart meter cost anything?
Getting a smart meter installed is free for UK energy customers, you need only request one from your energy supplier and they will be obligated to install one if it is possible to do so.
With the smart meter also comes your free in-home display, a device that pairs with the meter to give you reliable and up-to-date information on your energy use, empowering you to take control of your usage and spending.
A smarter energy system can save us all money
Smart meters, and the DCC network that connects them, doesn’t just enable cost and carbon savings at a household level, but also nationally.
Smart meters and metering data help reduce costs in many ways. They cut down on the need for costly engineer visits or meter readers, allow quicker and more efficient identification of faults and power outages, and enable more effective use of renewable sources of energy like solar and wind power.
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From what they are, to how they can help decarbonise Britain, find out more about smart meters and their benefits.
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