British Gas launch touch-screen meter reader to help customers set energy budgets and save money on bills.
To help homeowners control their bills and save money, British Gas
are rolling out touch screen smart meters to their customers that will
show exactly how much energy is being used in pounds and pence and allow
for energy comparisons by hour, day, week and year.
Customers can use the touch screen meter reader panel to set up a
user profile based on a few questions about the house — e.g. property
type and number of rooms — so that energy consumption can be budgeted
against realistic targets. It then uses a traffic light system to alert
users as to when large amounts of gas or electricity are being used.
Monitoring energy bills with the smart meter aims to help households
save up to 10 per cent on their bills, equivalent to £105 a year.
The touch screen pad can be placed anywhere in the home and meter
readings will be sent directly to British Gas so there’s no more
estimated bills, only bills based on exact usage.
British Gas has installed 400,000 meters in customer’s homes already
and will begin the roll out again this month to have it in 10 million
British Gas homes by 2019*. It’s a phased roll out so smart meters will
first be given to households where old meters have reached the end of
their lifecycle and need replacing. The same will apply to new customers
– a smart meter will only replace meters that have reached the end of
their lifecycle.
Find out more about smart meters at britishgas.co.uk...
