Electricity Smart Meters
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Submitting estimated meter readings can easily result in your business receiving significantly higher energy bills than it would have done had you submitted ‘exact’ readings. However, finding the time to take regular and accurate readings can be very difficult – which is where an electricity smart meter from Apollo Energy can help.
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What is an electricity smart meter?
What is an electricity smart meter?
A smart meter acts as a replacement for your current electricity meter. It will be installed as a new electricity meter and will automatically send meter readings to your energy supplier every half hour; ensuring that an accurate account of your energy usage is documented, rather than a broad estimate.
How do smart meters work?
With a smart meter, you will never need to take a meter reading yourself – your meter will automatically communicate your half-hourly readings with your energy supplier/meter operator. It does this over a mobile phone network.
How could my business benefit from electricity smart metering?
Aside from the obvious benefit of having your meter read automatically, there are several other key advantagessmart meteringfrom Apollo Energy can offer your business. For example:
- You can put an end to estimated and inaccurate bills. From now on, your bills will accurately represent the volume of energy your business has consumed.
- Managing and making payments should now be easier – with much less administrative work attached. You won’t have to ‘balance the books’ if you have under-paid, and you won’t have to chase your supplier for money if you have over-paid.
- With accurate readings, it should be easier for you to highlight areas of ‘high consumption’ – which will allow you to set targets for your business to become more efficient and reduce its costs.
While a smart meter for businesses won’t save you money overnight; it could help to reduce the cost of your electricity bills in the long-term.
How much does a smart meter cost?
You may find that some business energy suppliers charge for business smart meters – while others won’t. You may also find there is a charge depending on the sort of meter you are currently using.
If there is a charge for your business, our in-house account managers will work with your energy supplier to calculate this – and will also compare prices from other suppliers to make sure you are receiving the very best service on the market.
How do I get a smart meter for my business?
Under recent changes to government policy, all businesses with profile class 05-08 electricity supplies will have to have a business smart meter installed by 2014 to replace their current meters. Smaller businesses will be required to do the same by 2019.
Of course, you don’t need to wait this long to replace your electricity meter with a smart meter; you can start benefiting much sooner than your competition; and ahead of the expected rush.
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