We don’t want a smart meter ….thank you ….

I didn't want a smart meter, either but we live in a rental house so the landlady has control over that. I can't tell that we saved any money over what we were paying before they installed the smart meter (at out last house). The smart meter was already installed when we moved into this house. We're waiting to get bills that show how much we're saving since all the insulation, flooring, new windows were installed here and all the air leaks were plugged. The bills we get this month will show the new amounts. I prefer a visual reading because things can always go wrong with an electronic reading. (When they installed the smart meter at the last house, our first electric bill we got after that was for $1,600. When I called and complained, the receptionist told me to just pay the bill and they'd refund it if it turned out to be wrong. I told her I wasn't paying a bill that high and then wait months for them to slowly refund the overdue amount. It took them two months to get somebody here to visually check the meter, find the underground short and fix it. (Somebody had laid the electric cable on top of the water main so it was shorting across...) Good luck with it when they force you to switch.

I am lucky that everything such as utilities and my Internet are included in my rent,

@traceyjayne If companies are trying to get us to something we can be quite sure that it’s for their own benefit, not ours. Perhaps if the government didn’t spend so much on RAF fly pasts to entertain American Presidents and to satisfy their own vanity more money could be spent where it really matters.

There have been horror stories of people randomly getting bills for thousands of pounds.

I don't know enough about a smart meter to comment.

The smart meter cuts down on meter readers, dog bites, and locked patios. It's a good thing.

I’m totally with you!

Here in the U.S. most places use them. They actually save money, because one, they are more accurate in the data they collect, and they save you, or someone else, from possibly forgetting and or misreading the meter and paying more than you should, or not paying enough. They aren't as bad as most people think, and they are invaluable. Often, they come with apps, so you can monitor your usage in real-time, too and adjust habbits accordingly if needed.

Good luck if you're fighting this but in the long run I think you might just as well give in and accept it. They'll install them eventually I would think regardless of what you want. Same as everyone needing a mobile phone. You can barely operate without one as any form/registration/etc wants a mobile number.

Here also it is same.wantedly replacing old meters with smart meters.how smart meter were showing more units consumed than old meter? I don't understand.but the bills are high after replacing.we are not comfortable .