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Originally Posted by mark
is BC Hydro billing peak and off peak rates with the monitors?
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To the best of my knowledge, the billing scenario has not changed with the switch to smart meters. The 'monitors' for personal use are fairly new & need to be registered in order to work with your smart meter. They have a hardware MAC which needs to be approved by BC Hydro in order to communicate with the smart meter. The 'gateway' connects to your router through a standard ethernet cable. It also needs to be configured to work on your home network. I think the monitor works without having to be hooked up to a router & simply displays meter data with no other functionality. I can get most of that info already by simply logging on to my BC Hydro account & viewing the usage graphs there.
In my area, BC Hydro bills on a tier system as opposed to peak/off peak. This was an issue of contention for customers before the switch to smart meters, with BC Hydro promising they would not implement peak/off peak billing. It will be interesting to see how long that lasts. The screenshot below shows the residential conservation rate I am billed under. My rate is 7.25 cents/kWh up to 1354 kW. Once I exceed 1354 during the billing period, the rate increases to 11.27 cents/kWh. Time of day has no effect on the rate.
