Home Q&A: All you need to know about the smart meter rollout

We're not quite there yet when it comes to this electrifying change, with only one in five of us using a fully digitised smart meter

Most Irish householders continue to cling to the basic information and flat 24-hour cycles of their old disc meters. File pictures

Wed, 25 Sep, 2024 - 17:00

Kya deLongchamps

Kya deLongchamps is a former self-builder with a deep interest in green building technologies, sustainable living and all aspects of design

Smart electricity meters have proven to be a point of indifference, contention and outright suspicion with many Irish consumers. Their rollout remains agonisingly slow.

Despite the continuing nationwide invitation to change up, misinformation vying with happy-clappy marketing has created confusion regarding what they actually offer and so far, only one in five of us have a fully digitised meter, with 1.8m installed in homes and businesses across the country. Let’s dig in.