Updated on 13/10/26 by Ben_OVO
Interesting.
Just got to a section of this month's PC Pro magazine that has a whole lot about how to get more out of your smart meter and a full explanation on how the whole thing works. You can get direct access to the system your smart meter sends the data to before it gets to your energy provider. Might be this afternoon's entertainment.
It is in Issue 332, June 1st for those interested.
Useful write up, including on Bright which has been written about on this forum. The only thing i would say is the Bright app will update in the day rather than being a day out, simply refresh the data a few times and it will update with the latest 30min reading without the IHD CAD. There is also the trial site from the same company that lets you download your readings to a csv file https://smarttariffsmartcomparison.org/home.
For those interested, if you have a library card you may be able to read the magazine for free online. Press Reader is a useful app for reading lots of magazines and newspapers for free with your library card. Not all libraries support it.
https://care.pressreader.com/hc/en-us/articles/211272703-Library-Card-Sign-In
You don't have to be in the library to use it.
There are other apps using smart meter data like https://loop.homes/
And the ive bud from Chameleon working with uswitch and Samsung smartthings https://ivie.co.uk/
I expect we will see more like this.
As an OVO customer the best place to check out usage data we receive from your smart meters is your online account / OVO app (download for Android or iOS):
Some more useful articles on this subject:
