SMART METERS TO LIFTPOWER COSTS .. [Courier Mail July 1st]

Just like the Government not thinking things thoroughly. Certainly the Technology is there but like Communism – a utopia ideal but by it’s very definition – it ain’t gunna work.
The argument is that we charge people more/Kilowatt Hr during peak demand. Here-in lay’s the rub. What exactly IS the time of peak demand? Is it not when everyone wants to use the power simultaneously? and is not this a choice by the majority ?. What this all means is that if most of us DO use power sparingly and WE ALL spread the power evenly, then the time of peak demand disappears. The new meters become redundant.
The only way [ by Theoristics ] this methodology can really work is if the USER of the electricity knows EXACTLY what he is being charged in real time; hour by hour. It doesn’t matter what the high point of demand is and what time it shifts too as long as the consumer is notified on site what the price is INSTANTLY and on inquiry. Supplemental to this; the consumer MUST be alerted ON SITE !! when the price changes hour by hour.
It follows, therefore , the meters must incorporate a system of visual and audible alarms that can be heard and seen by the consumer, on site, when the price is ABOUT to change.
If you ignore this Methodology and set the peak time within specified hours; it won’t be long before this time changes as EVERYONE will start to use power at the cheapest time AND THEN this time becomes peak. So you see it’s not as easy as that corrupt ignorant clown Robinson tries to make out. The cost of power will rise anyway to pay for the cost of the new meters which will be eventually, a total freeking lemon.
This is tackling the problem from the point of view of making the consumer feel it’s HIS fault for not doing the will of the supplier. The main problem here is not Electricity supply from the Generators but infrastructure to get it to the consumer. The corrupt Labor Government has been screwing the people for decades with regards to neglecting infrastructure and taking power profits. To add insult to injury, the government has made absolutely sure that cheap electricity is denied the consumer by turning the rebate on Photo-Voltaic into useless carbon credits STILL under the control of the profiteering hands of the Government. The greedy manufacturers have colluded to make the COST of the power panels so high, that most people can’t afford them. And if you can afford them, it would take longer to recover the cost compared to the life of the panels themselves. What Power panels would do [ if everyone could afford them ] is feed power from both directions and reduce the load on the feed infrastructure.
A simple bit of engineering and a modest cost would see ONE industry get power for nothing and pump ten times their consumption back to the grid - and it doesn’t even involve Power Panels. I put forward this suggestion to the niche industry of Crematoriums but so far, no one has done jack.
I digress; we must tackle power usage from the point of view of SUPPLY.