Smart Meters And Solar Panels Don T Mix

As a part of a plan to push the country towards being more environmental the uk government is working on an initiative to install a smart meter in every willing home and business by 2020.

Smart meters and solar panels don t mix. Don t do it smart meters read actual export. Smart meters and solar panels are incompatible and can even cause householders to pay for electricity generated by solar panels rather than receiving money for it customers and researchers have said. I want to get one but don t know if it will mess things up. My smart meter was installed earlier this year and apparently works happily with my existing solar pv installation.

However i recently read elsewhere that all smart meters can record the amount of power i actually export. For example according to its website smart meter installations for san diego gas electric customers with solar net energy metering systems began in november 2010. I m still being paid for exporting a deemed 50 of what i generate. It found 5 per cent of those with solar panels could not have a smart meter fitted as the technology was incompatible.

By rebecca rutt for thisismoney co uk. In most utility regions smart meters now also record the energy production of your residential solar power system. Sse says it s able to install but advises its customers to wait until technical constraints are resolved. When coupled with solar panels a smart meter can save you a substantial amount of money on your energy bills and there s nothing sexier than savings.

Of the 18 per cent of solar powered homes with a smart meter 53 per cent. Two of britain s biggest. Energy firms installing smart meters with solar panels. Edf energy told us it has already installed smart meters for customers with 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. The main issues some people have reported when coping with a combination of solar panels and smart meters is that the meters connected to the solar panels are analogue meters or what we like to call. Smart meters and solar.

British gas first utility ovo energy and utilita told us that they re also able to install smart meters if you have solar panels. Will a smart meter work with my solar panels.