What are Smart Meters?
Transforming how we interact with energy
Smart Meters work with an in-home display to show how much energy you're using and how much it's costing in real-time. So you can see how much you're spending by leaving your phone charger plugged in all the time, or the heating on at night. And when you can really see how much you're using, you can start to make small changes to use less and save money on your bills.
Your in-home display
Your in-home display makes it really easy to understand your energy. Traffic lights show you at a glance how much you're using in real time. If the display is red, you're using a lot - if it's green your use is low - it really is that straightforward.
You can get other useful information from your in-home display to help you manage your energy use including:
Past energy use
In half hour, daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal and annual timeslots, so you can track your usage and see how you you're reducing it over time.
Your tariff information
Including which one you're on and how much your energy is costing you.
Important messages from us
We can send text alerts to your monitor if we have something you need to know, for example, that you could change to a cheaper tariff.
Smart is coming your way
- Our dedicated team of Smart advisors will contact you to arrange an installation appointment.
- On the appointment day a British Gas Smart Energy Expert (a fully trained engineer) will install your new meters quickly, safely and with care.
- You'll be able to start enjoying the benefits of smart straight away. We'll give you a call around 2 weeks after your installation, just to check everything is running smoothly.
How Smart works
There are many electricity monitors currently on the market, similar to our 'EnergySmart™' monitor. Smart Meters are more advanced than electricity monitors because they measure actual, total gas and electricity usage as you use it. This links directly to your bill, so you only pay for what you use.
- Smart Meters take accurate readings of your energy usage every day.
- These readings are automatically sent to British Gas using wireless technology similar to a mobile phone.
- You'll receive an accurate energy bill without having to submit meter readings.
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