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Smart meter – not so smart in practice!

Posted on July 12, 2026July 12, 2026 by ecwlarcombe

My so-called smart electricity meter is not supplying electricity.

We are repeatedly told that smart meters make things easy.  I changed both the electricity and gas supplier from Ovo to EonNext.

Unfortunately the Anclara smart electricity meter has not been remotely unlocked by the supplier – a simple problem you would have thought.  I have requested – please just reconnect the meter remotely and promptly.

Today is 12/7/2026 – and the meter is 5 miles from Heathrow Airport – not in the Falkland Islands.  I am told that it needs an engineer and the first available date is 23/7/2026.  Surely this time delay is just unreasonable, unbelievable and unacceptable.

What do you think?


 

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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