I've been fitted with a new Smart Metre today. My electricity company just wrote to me asking if I would take part in the trial. The metre aims to give accurate and upto to minute readings for my electricity. It comes with a display unit which shows exactly how much I use and aims at cutting the amount I use and to the spread it over different time periods. In a few months I will be put on a new tariff where the electricity will be cheaper in off-peak times ... so these will be the times I'll be using the washer/dryer, etc! Thankfully I have a timer on the washer so I don't have to get up in the middle of the night to put the washing on!
It will show me the cost per hour and also show a graph of the last hour's electricity. In order to be "energy efficient" I need to keep it in the green zone. I can even set an alarm on the display unit and when I'm using too much electricity it will sound (I wonder how much electricity the alarm sounding uses!!!)
So hopefully I will be "doing my bit for the environment" and also on my bank balance! Will report back on my usage ... that's if I haven't limited myself to the amount of time I can use my laptop!
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