Recently I received notification from my Electricity Supplier that I am to get a new Smart Meter as per the Victorian Government's program. I received a similar letter a year ago, before the government reviewed the project, thus putting it on hold.
As I already have a Solar Feed-in meter, installed 3 years ago with my Solar PV system I wondered if I needed to have it changed.
But my provider said yes it had to be changed to a iCredit 500 Meter. As the DPI says -"Smart Meters will continue to be rolled out across Melbourne and Victoria. These modern digital meters will replace the old electricity metering technology.
Electricity distributors will install a Smart Meter at every home and small business in Victoria by the end of 2013."
A quick search on Whirlpool Forums did nothing to inspire confidence in the process but on scrolling down the posts I came across more interesting ones, indicating the Feed In ability needs to be reprogrammed after installation and may even be done remotely. So I'll just have to keep checking the electricity meter and keep an eye on the Billing again. Just in the middle of summer when I'm actually feeding in electricity.
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