Energy firms installing smart meters with solar panels.
Smart meters and solar panels don t mix uk.
It means nearly a million households in britain with solar panels on their homes could face billing chaos or being excluded from the government s roll out of smart meters.
04 03 edt 5 june 2017 updated.
By rebecca rutt for thisismoney co uk.
British gas first utility ovo energy and utilita told us that they re also able to install smart meters if you have solar panels.
Will a smart meter work with my solar panels.
Smart meters and solar panels are incompatible and can even cause householders to pay for electricity generated by solar panels rather than receiving money for it customers and researchers have said.
When coupled with solar panels a smart meter can save you a substantial amount of money on your energy bills and there s nothing sexier than savings.
If we use the words photovoltaic cells you don t have to worry that we re going to go all science and technology on you.
A further 32 said they hadn t been offered smart meters yet.
And that s before mentioning other factors like smart meters.
Some 10 of the solar panel owners who didn t have smart meters said that their energy company told them it couldn t fit smart meters owing to their solar panels.
I want to get one but don t know if it will mess things up.
Edf energy told us it has already installed smart meters for customers with solar panels.
Residential solar panels are now over 50 cheaper than in 2011.
As a part of a plan to push the country towards being more environmental the uk government is working on an initiative to install a smart meter in every willing home and business by 2020.
Two of britain s biggest.
How solar panels work.
Sse says it s able to install but advises its customers to wait until technical constraints are resolved.
I would be wary of smart meters with solar panels i had mine taken out and a standard meter that does not register export installed.
And smart meters and solar panels and whether the meters interfere with the panels.
It found 5 per cent of those with solar panels could not have a smart meter fitted as the technology was incompatible.
Even with a smart meter your energy supplier will need to be able to get the export meter readings.
Seg will build on the previous government subsidy scheme which drove the installations of 850 000 small scale renewable projects.
