How smart is the Government’s rollout of smart meters? by Chris Choi, ITV Consumer Editor The rollout of smart meters across the UK is estimated to cost every household £215. Photo: Jens BÃŒttner/DPA If you are an energy customer this affects you. How much by? £10.6 billion […]
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[SSM UK note: Given that the UK’s smart meter programme is costing a total of £12bn (excluding any unforeseen ones), the real cost to be met by each of the UK’s 28mn homes and 2mn small businesses is actually £400 – not £215. Additional costs may include […]
Read more →[No mention of health or privacy impacts but a very good article from today’s Mail Online. Bear in mind that, whilst Sir Bob is keeping quiet about how much he has been paid to trumpet reckless, environmentally-devastating and decidedly non-green ‘Smart’ Meters, his fee will have come from the […]
Read more →CONSUMERS are being warned that smart meters may not save them money and could increase their energy bills. As part of a government-backed initiative, the big energy companies will spend £11bn installing 50m meters — which provide real-time rather than estimated information on how much energy is […]
Read more →[SSM note: In 2007, the consultancy firm Mott MacDonald performed an appraisal of the costs and benefits of Smart Metering in the UK for BERR – and concluded that it will deliver a £4bn loss. This piece of data has been ignored by those pushing for this […]
Read more →Our thanks go to What Doctors Don’t Tell You magazine and columnist Guy Hudson for their excellent article this month on the dangers of Smart Meters. You can pick up a copy of the magazine – published monthly – in WH Smiths, or subscribe at www.wddty.com. To […]
Read more →[SSM UK – After scandalous allegations emerged this weekend that British Gas has been incentivising staff to rip-off customers, we ask: Can they interest you in a ‘free’ Smart Meter?] British Gas staff ‘paid bonuses tripling their £25,000 salaries if they inflate customers’ bills by 60% by targeting […]
Read more →Specialists from the Emerging Risks team at leading global reinsurance firm, Swiss Re, are warning the insurance industry that “unforeseen consequences of electromagnetic fields” could lead to a raft of claims and significant product liability losses in the next 10 years. In its Swiss Re SONAR Emerging […]
Read more →Big energy suppliers urge review of the £12bn nationwide roll-out of smart meters Consumers could be saddled with an extra £1.8bn on their energy bills because of flaws in the Government’s plan to install “smart” gas and electricity meters in every home by 2020, suppliers have warned. […]
Read more →The Telegraph / 26 Dec 2013 Consumers face paying hundreds of millions of pounds in unnecessary energy bill levies to fund household “smart meter” displays that companies have warned could be largely redundant. Ministers want smart energy meters, which take automatic gas and electricity usage readings and […]
Read more →With energy company profits soaring — and MPs from all sides failing to even mention the staggering £12bn cost of ‘Smart Meters’ as they seemingly struggle to find ways to help reduce energy bills — campaign group Stop Smart Meters! (UK) is calling for a full Parliamentary […]
Read more →Article 7 of the UN Aarhus Convention requires full and effective public participation on all environmental issues and demands that citizens are given the right to participate in the process and achieve justice on environmental matters. As of 2 April 2013, there were 46 Parties to the […]
Read more →[SSM] Given the on-going energy price rises scandal, the £12 BILLION price tag for ‘$mart’ Meters is highly conspicuous by its absence from mainstream commentary. At a staggering cost of £400 for every household in Britain, Smart Meters will place a huge additional burden on the consumer. […]
Read more →Germany said it probably won’t follow smart-meter guidance from the European Union – which has recommended that 80 percent of homes install the devices by 2020 – because such a move would be too costly for consumers. The EU proposal is “inadvisable” for Germany, the Economy Ministry […]
Read more →The plan to introduce smart meters into every home across Britain is a “waste of money”, MPs have been told. The units are designed to show people exactly how much energy they are using at any time, but the project has been delayed by a year because […]
Read more →[You have to wonder how much a one year delay will cost the bill/tax payer – time to revisit the business case? [/] The introduction of energy smart meters in 30 million UK homes will be delayed for more than a year, the government has announced. The […]
Read more →[SSM UK] Once in place, ‘Smart’ Meters will be able to do a LOT more than we currently give them (energy) credit for. Also see here. [/] A New York research firm that turns massive amounts of data into streamlined information, CUBRC (pronounced “coo-brick”) invested $1.2 million […]
Read more →[More scumbaggery from Big Energy, with today’s story featuring Scottish and Southern Energy. In the associated video (which auto-starts when you click the link), the Ofgem rep confirms that not only have SSE lied to customers extensively, but that there are an additional three mis-selling investigations presently […]
Read more →Wendy Mesley reports about how many insurance companies are not covering cell phone manufacturers and wireless carriers – 60% refuse to insure purveyors against future health damage suits. Dr. Devra Davis interviewed. What do big insurance firms know that most wireless device users do not? Why are […]
Read more →Interview starts around 7 minutes in after Lou played the trailer for Take Back Your Power. Mike covered quite a lot of ground in this interview. Download available here (155Mb): http://stream15.mixcloud.com/cloudcasts/originals/3/e/5/6/bea4-64c4-47f8-91c1-9ad0f9402b68.mp3 via Lou Collins Radio Show 11/2/13 Mike from Stop Smart Meters UK by Lou Collins on […]
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