Kopek Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Look on the bright side, could the backwash from these windmills be directed into a tube to propel passenger pods to England??? An alternative to the Monorail? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Or use it to propel tbe shite around the IRIS project as the pumps are proving problematic and costly. Who would of thought electric pumps would cost so much to run, still can not see the advantage of all your heating being electric. Oh dam 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Regarding Smart meters has the cost of installing them been written into the estimated cost of the complete job ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 45 minutes ago, Fred the shred said: Regarding Smart meters has the cost of installing them been written into the estimated cost of the complete job ? I would have thought the cost of fitting them will be the biggest cost of the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 The cost was stated as being passed on through elec bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 10 minutes ago, Kopek said: The cost was stated as being passed on through elec bills. It was stated as no cost to the customer. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 That's business speak for not sending you a bill for the meter! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 "About 50,000 analogue devices will be replaced with smart metres, at a cost of £18.2m. " "Dr Alex Allinson, chairman of Manx Utilities, said the cost would "not be passed onto the consumer"." 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 40 minutes ago, finlo said: It was stated as no cost to the customer. By Dr Alex Allinson. A man without finance qualifications (AFAIK). Who's now in charge of the nation's finances. A more accurate statement would have been, "at no more cost to the customer" than the £20M he was quoting at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 So according to 3fm news a load of tem have have got problems and customers are being asked to cotact MEA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 2 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: So according to 3fm news a load of [them] have have got problems and customers are being asked to contact MEA. The problem doesn't seem to be with the meters themselves, but the app that people use to top up prepayment meters, which isn't registering some recent payments. Which isn't to say there aren't problems with the meters as in the UK, but we haven't been told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Which have done a survey of Smart Meters the result was not confidence building. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the shred Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 I have heard that the cost of installation will be met through increases in standing charges, which is already happening next increase in April, I have no solid evidence of this but it seems likely that this is the case as they have to raise the money somehow. So even if you do not agree to have one you will still be paying for the whole operation. Seems about right this is the way things usually turn out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 17 minutes ago, Fred the shred said: I have heard that the cost of installation will be met through increases in standing charges, which is already happening next increase in April, I have no solid evidence of this but it seems likely that this is the case as they have to raise the money somehow. So even if you do not agree to have one you will still be paying for the whole operation. Seems about right this is the way things usually turn out. Someone has to pay. That is obvious. Now consider Allinson's statement that the consumer will not be charged - this was not an isolated comment in the press; there is also a YouTube interview with Moulton where Allinson says "The MUA will pick up the tab". So I see there being only two possibilities here: 1. He is stupid 2. He is lying Anyone got another possibility? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 If the conversion/installation really was at no cost to the customers then it would have had to be paid for out of MUA reserves (which will still be coming from the consumer, ultimately). Standing Charges will be rising to compensate partly (for the MUA) for the drop of cost in unit prices which they are effectively obliged to do with the fall in wholesale gas prices eventually filtering through. But make no mistake, it's all about servicing the MEA debt which isn't going away any time soon. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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