| ▲ | rswail 6 hours ago | |
Smart meters don't make things better or worse, they are technology that enables better time-of-use metering than the century of multiple meters for peak vs off-peak consumption, as well as making meter reading/billing cheaper. They enable new services like feed-in tariffs and incorporation of V2G and VPP infrastructure. Rents have not doubled in 5 years. Rental inflation peaked at ~8% and is now below 4% pa. | ||