FINALLY THE TRUTH ABOUT SMART METERS COMES OUT

Of course blog readers have known this for some time, but finally one of the big electricity providers has admitted that they are waiting for enough (naïve) customers to sign up for one so that they can introduce variable time charging. See here. This will mean it will be impossible to challenge your bill ever again as it will be too complicated. But one thing's for sure, your bill won't be getting any smaller, unless you stop using electricity in the peak periods, which is when everyone wants to use it to cook meals and watch evening TV, heat their homes etc. There is no escape - Big Brother is watching you!