Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Sign in
Search jobs
Search
The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian

Smart meters

May 2024

  • a smart meter next as a woman pours herself a cup of tea from a freshly boiled kettle

    Almost a third of household smart meters not working properly, says Citizens Advice

  • Woman looking at British Gas Smart Meter in her kitchen

    When smart meters save money – and the overheating planet

  • A smart meter

    The shocking stupidity of the smart meter system

  • Close up of a house smart meter reading £6.20 used so far today

    British Gas boss says all UK households should be forced to fit smart meters

March 2024

  • Smart energy meter

    New blow to British smart meter rollout as number of faulty machines leaps to 4m

    Fears of overcharging on bill grows after jump from 2.7m machines is blamed on reporting errors from energy providers

December 2023

  • British Gas requests a meter reading.

    Your problems, with Anna Tims
    Why can’t British Gas install a smart meter that works?

    We’ve been waiting more than two years for all of our problems to be solved

October 2023

  • Smart meter on a worktop with gas ring on in the background

    UK ministers ‘have failed to convince public of smart meter benefits’

  • Home electricity smart meter in kitchen

    Smart energy meter seemed to send our bills through the roof

December 2022

  • E-Scooter Pilot Program Launches In London<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 07: Scooters are lined up in a bay during a photo-call at the launch of an E-Scooter pilot program on June 07, 2021 in London, England. Local government have allowed e-scooter operators Lime, Dott and Tier Mobility to run a 12-month trial of scooter rentals in several London boroughs, including Canary Wharf, although a ban on personal e-scooter use on city streets remains. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

    From super scooters to smarter meters: six firms to watch in 2023

    Times are tough for businesses old and new, but the pace of change in many sectors this year will be relentless

October 2022

  • The 52p per KW hour incentive for UK homes with smart meters to use electricity has been boosted sixfold to £3 per KW hour.

    National Grid to pay households more to use off-peak power

    Homes with smart meters to be paid £3 per KW hour to boost use at night and take strain off power grid

June 2022

  • Electricity pylons and wind turbines

    National Grid will pay households to shift electricity use to avoid blackouts

    Scheme encourages customers with smart meters to use less energy at peak times and reduce carbon emissions
  • Close Up Of Smart Energy Meter In Kitchen Measuring Electricity And Gas Use With Woman Looking At Bills With Calculator

    Smart meters are not just ‘dumb’ but a scandalous waste of money

    Letters: John Curtis, Ray Chalker and Andrew Pearson on the sheer frustration of having smart meters that don’t work
  • A smart energy meter, used to monitor gas and electricity use

    Energy bills: why are so many smart meters in Britain turning ‘dumb’?

    Hundreds of readers tell of lost connectivity as official figures show millions of devices have to be read manually

December 2021

  • SHEEP ON THE NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS OVERLOOKING RAF FYLINGDALES

    Consumer champions
    I can’t charge my electric car cheaply because I’m too close to an RAF base

    I can’t have Octopus Energy’s Go tariff because the meter would interfere with air force systems

November 2020

  • An EON electricity smart meter.

    Consumer champions
    Smart meter wrecked our boiler but E.ON won’t pay

    We just wanted the money to pay to have the circuit board repaired

September 2020

  • Anita Grant’s boiler failed to restart after a smart meter was installed. Her son faced a battle to get SSE to replace it.

    Installation of smart meter leaves elderly woman facing £4,000 bill

    Vulnerable 94-year-old’s boiler had to be scrapped following work by SSE

May 2020

  • Smart home automation app on a mobile with a home interior in background

    'Hey Google, dim the lights': how smart home devices can save money

    From energy-saving bulbs to leak detectors, smart tech offers many benefits at the touch of a button

September 2019

  • A smart meter

    Smart energy meter rollout deadline pushed back to 2024

    Government decision follows critics saying 2020 deadline had no chance of being met

July 2019

  • EDITORIAL USE ONLY Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer kick off their smart meter campaign for Smart Energy GB in London. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Friday May 25th, 2018. Photo credit should read: Dan Goldsmith/PA Wire

    Not so smart: bad meter installations leave users in debt and in the dark

    Consumers are left footing the bill when a much-vaunted new technology goes wrong

November 2018

  • A person holding a smart meter.

    Smart meters rollout labelled a 'fiasco' as consumers face extra £500m bill

    National Audit Office says that with 39m meters still to be replaced, government has no chance of hitting 2020 deadline
About 146 results for Smart meters
1234...
Explore more on these topics
  翻译：