smart meters

On this week’s podcast Martin gives his tips on how we can make the most of the fall in the energy price cap that’s due to take effect on Monday 1st April. He also shares his thoughts on smart meters, following recent reports that many of them might be faulty. Martin also has banking tips for 16 and 17 year olds, as the financial year draws to a close.

With rising energy prices, Small businesses are keen to take more control over their bills. Smart meters can help companies understand in detail how they are using energy, which can help find ways to make things more efficient.

In this special episode of Spotlight, in partnership with Smart Energy GB we speak to Josh Kay, co-founder of a production and art fabrication company the Syrup Room and Victoria Bacon from Smart Energy GB about how Smart Meters can help

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The energy market is complicated. Consumers are understandably confused by the range of tariffs and suppliers – and even by where energy comes from. In 2021, 40 percent of our electricity was generated using gas, around half of which was imported by pipeline from Norway or by ship from places such as Qatar, the United States and Russia.

Smart meters enable the opposite of this opaque system. They offer visibility and transparency that can help consumers make the best decisions for themselves.

In this special episode of Spotlight, in partnership with Smart Energy GB we speak to Anna Moss, senior consultant at Cornwall Insight about how Smart Meters can help with energy security.

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The Government wants to scrap gas boilers in new homes by 2025 – but what are the viable alternatives? And how much will they cost?

This week, This is Money editor Simon Lambert, reporter Grace Gausden and host Georgie Frost explore the options.

And on the energy theme, you can now ask Alexa: when will my electricity bills be cheapest?

Energy company Octopus has teamed up with Amazon, the creator of Alexa, and will pay customers to use electricity at off-peak periods. Sound too good to be true?

We also talk 'dumb' smart meters and reveal which energy firm we're leaving en masse...

Plus the team teach you the tips of the successful haggle as it emerges which telecoms giants are easiest to bargain with.

Enjoy.

The Government's £11billion scheme to install 53million smart meters in homes and small businesses by the end of 2020 has been plagued by problems.

Now it appears there may be more hidden nasties. A wireless tech expert says they have the power to take over customer accounts. 

In theory, this means suppliers could cut off a household's electricity or gas without visiting the property, add debt to a meter, remove credit on an account, change the charge levied or turn the meter into a pre-payment device.

Authority to use these functions has yet to be granted – but it all sounds a little big brotherish.

In this week's podcast Simon Lambert, Lee Boyce and Georgie Frost question, is it time to rethink the smart meter push? 

Also on this week's show, we talk secondary tickets after Ticketmaster axed Get Me In and Seatwave, discuss what to do with £10,000 in order to get onto the property ladder and the motivation you need to prevent becoming a CV cliché.

British Gas have revealed this week that more than four million households face a 5.5 per cent bill increase from the end of May thanks to changes to its standard variable tariff.

Hot on its heels, EDF Energy announced it will be hiking the cost of energy bills by 1.4 per cent for 1.3million customers.

In this week’s podcast, Rachel Rickard Straus and Lee Boyce say it is time for people to fight back and switch.

Energy: The latest podcast looks at the latest energy price rises - and the furore around smart meters

On the energy theme, we talk about our campaign to stop power firms using bullying tactics in order to force households into getting a smart meter – and why it is better to wait until the end of the year.

We take a look at some of the methods to make your home more energy efficient, including insulation and wood burning stoves.

We also discuss how to give money to charity in a tax efficient way - and whether or not loyalty cards are still worth having.

The latter comes as changes to Avios and Nectar are imminent, and Virgin Money unveils two credit cards to garner miles for Virgin Atlantic flights.

Households are being pushed into having smart meters fitted by energy giants trying to meet their own targets. But despite delivering accurate billing many are unhappy at having the meters fitted. So what's the problem with them? Lee Boyce, Georgie Frost and Simon Lambert, discuss smart meters on this excerpt from the This is Money podcast.