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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I am of the opinion that the roll out of smart meters is just so that energy companies can terminate a supply remotely if the need should arise....like when the time comes that there is just not enough to go around.
I am also very incomfortable with the fact that our energy supplies lay in the hands of foreigners.
Our energy companies should always be in British hands.
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You are right to consider that there is a plan behind the smart meters but its not to simply switch you off when there is not enough to go round. Its a bit more subtle than that. Smart meters can be made to talk to your ‘smart’ appliances such as your fridge, washing machine, car, vacuum cleaner etc., so that your house can participle in the smoothing out of peak supply demands. For example your fridge could be switch off during the advert breaks in Coronation Street to compensate for the kettle you switched on to make a cuppa, ditto the charging circuit in your battery powered vacuum cleaner. More subtle is the things it can do with your electric car which contains a big battery. During times of very high demand power could be taken from your car and fed into the grid and (hopefully) put back later before you go out in it. This of course is true for all things which have a big battery. Ever wondered why solar panel setups contain a battery and the facility to put power into the grid, its not just for the convenience of the house holder! Thats the future, its not quite there yet but its moving in that direction and is very much the plan that certain people want to implement.