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Hoping someone here can help because this has been an on-going battle since before OVO took over SSE and it’s gotten progressively worse recently. 

I live in a house that’s meters haven’t been checked, inspected, whatever since at least 1993.  I have two meters - one for my storage heaters and water tank, and one for standard electricity.  I’ve been trying to get this changed to either a smart meter if available OR just a standard single meter with a day or night rate. 

I have email chain(s) going on with SSE/OVO (One email chain is using @sseenergyservices.com and the other is @ovo.com hence posting here) that I seem to just be going around in circles.  I finally got through to the Electric Heating Team (EHT) about two weeks ago who changed me onto a single rate THTC tarrif, so both my standard and heating meters are at the same rate - but based on the readings that I’ve been providing, it’s still nearly 500 a month just for two storage heaters and a water tank.

Has anyone else had problems being switched to a single meter?  It’s driving me insane and I can’t change providers even if I wanted to because I’m currently bent over a barrel with an old meter system that they won’t change that no one else supports.

 

Edit: Just to add, it’s Radio Teleswitch Total Heat Total Control (THTC) to be specific.

OK, thanks for helping.


Hey @Mdon2024,

 

Amazing to hear that you managed to get booked in so quickly for your meter exchange! @Blastoise186 is correct that your new smart meter will be able to do the task of 2 meters and you can ask the engineer whether they’ll configure the meter or if you need to call and have it done remotely. This is called an ECAUL configuration and it basically means that an extra port on the meter is opened to control any time based heating or tariffs such as economy 7. 

 

If you have any specific questions about the install and what needs done you can reach out to our Support Team

 

Keep us updated on your progress and if you have any follow up questions! 


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