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Start and finish readings can also be read remotely and therefore provide great accuracy for both usage and for solar feed-in.'being a spin doctor for a retailer - any retailer - is an unfortunate career choice'Smart meter reads moved from 15 minute intervals to 5 minute intervals several years back.This in an effort to reduce the missing read of partial intervals that occur when there is a power outage. The missing interval could be 4mins 59sec with the 5 min system. Could also be just 1sec. ...

Retailers want everyone to transition to peak and off-peak billing system > not for the consumers benefit. Hence they need to be able to monitor usage in increments through-out the day for the retailer to take advantage of the peak and off-peak billing process.Start and finish readings can be read remotely and therefore provide great accuracy for both usage and for solar feed-in. The retailers choose not to do this nowadays.Here is why.Smart meter reads moved from 15 minute intervals to 5 minu ...

I have same issue.Retailers have managed to get 'laws' passed that absolve them from any sort of accuracy for start and end readings. In fact the plan is to stop providing these readings and simply nominate a value for what they have determined is your usage.From what I can determine some pulse readings are missed.(oh, the consumption they advise you is the total of all the individual pulse readings they take)it appears to me that when there is a power outage some pulse reading are either missed ...