And smart meters and solar panels and whether the meters interfere with the panels.
Smart meters and solar panels don t mix uk.
04 03 edt 5 june 2017 updated.
Christopher pledger for the telegraph s mart meters and solar panels are incompatible and can even cause.
Eventually it s still up to you to make the necessary changes to save money.
Energy firms installing smart meters with solar panels.
Lastly there might be some suppliers that don t support or offer smart meters.
By rebecca rutt for thisismoney co uk.
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.
How solar panels work.
I want to get one but don t know if it will mess things up.
This is because during the smets1 roll out energy providers weren t feeling very communicative and they each used different technologies.
How smart meters work with government schemes.
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.
It found 5 per cent of those with solar panels could not have a smart meter fitted as the technology was incompatible.
And that s before mentioning other factors like smart meters.
Robert brown is convinced his smart meters are wreaking havoc with his solar panels credit.
Sse says it s able to install but advises its customers to wait until technical constraints are resolved.
Two of britain s biggest.
So a smart meter will only give you useful energy information in order for you to make the right decisions about your energy usage.
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.
Edf energy told us it has already installed smart meters for customers with solar panels.