Am I economy 10 & can I get a smart meter?

Hey ​@Susie901 !

Could you show us some photos of the meter(s) and the area around them real quick? This will help us give you the advice you’re after.

Thanks!

I can when I get home in work at the moment. I only have one meter which I take the 2 readings from although I have 3 periods of cheaper electricity. 

• 3 off-peak hours in the afternoon 2pm – 5pm
• 2 in the evening 9pm – 11pm
• 5 overnight 1am - 6am

No worries. We’ll be here when you’re ready.

Ok, gotcha. Thanks for this.

It’s not Economy 10 by itself that’s going away, but RTS controlled Economy 10 - this may be why you haven’t been contacted.

With that being said… Have a word with OVO via https://ovoenergy.com/help as they may be able to get you an upgrade anyway. Make sure to tell them what you’ve told me though!

Great I will thanks for your help

When talking to OVO you should make them aware of that height, you don’t want an engineer coming out who isn’t equiped for working at height so has to go away again without changing the meter.

Is it above the stairs, or anything such as that, which would make access to replace it more awkward?

To me it also looks a bit tight for space to fit a combined meter/coms hub, but there may be space if a flying lead is used to seperate them.
A wider shot of what is there around the meter might help.

Hi thanks for the reply, yes they know where it is there are 3 meters as there are 3 flats mine just happens to be at the highest point. They are outside in a communal passageway, nothing can be done to change or alter them without my landlords permission, I was just concerned that economy 10 was going to be phased out and I had received nothing bout the changes. On a personal note I hate e10, with out storage rads there is no use having my heating on over night so I can only use it for 3 hours in the afternoon (when I am at work) and 2 hours at night unless I want to pay more.

Just a heads up - your Landlord cannot block a Smart Meter upgrade if you’re the one paying the bill directly to the Supplier.

Suppliers need access to their equipment 24/7/365 for maintenance purposes - and the rules are written so that difficult Landlords cannot argue with that! :)