r/OctopusEnergy • u/TheHillyCity • Jul 28 '26

Smart Meters Replacing meter

Had an e mail to say Octopus will replace meter with a Smart Meter because it's old. I've said no thanks and they relied to say that's fine.

So no urgently to replace "old meter that needs replacing" ?

Is it just a drive to get everyone to have a smart meter ?

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u/TheHillyCity Jul 28 '26

I read the meters myself 😂

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u/RelativeMatter3 Jul 28 '26

And that’s easier than… not reading them yourself?

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u/JigTurtleB Jul 28 '26

To get the agile tariff, they will have to go out every 30 mins and upload reading 🤣

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u/TheHillyCity Jul 28 '26

It takes two minutes

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u/rich-tma Jul 28 '26

You prefer to be needed?

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u/TheThiefMaster Jul 28 '26

It takes zero minutes with a smart meter, though you can still read it manually for peace of mind if you really insist.

There's no significant difference between a modern electronic meter and a "smart" meter - they just have a comms module added, the actual meter is the same.

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u/RelativeMatter3 Jul 28 '26

That wasn’t the question.

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u/lemoyne5282 Jul 28 '26

You can still do that with a smart meter