Moving an Electricity Meters

[NextDoor2017]

Has anybody done this before?
I am looking to move mine and my neighbour's (with his permission) electric meter out of our hallway to the exterior of our house.
Is this easy to do? Who would I call? And how much would it cost?

Any advice would be appreciated.
TIA

The whole thing is a cockup even bigger than the green deal. Smart meters have no consumer benefit for anyone who can read numbers, write them down and do some simple sums, or send them to their suppliers website.

The cost of the programme could insulate every house in the UK.

What smart meters will do is allow demand management - decades of art student energy policy (partly to do with EU directives but mostly our own fault) means we are on the edge each winter.

special - that's so interesting about demand management. Can you explain a bit more? I don't know much about energy policy. I was a bit at the price the government is paying for this, and don't quite understand what the benefits might be that would justify it.

Ifailed - I will look out for those, thanks! Agree with you that the failure to look into compatibility issues seems short-sighted at very least.

"the price the government is paying for this"

Hahahahaha!

It is being paid for by a surcharge added to all energy bills.

So you and I are paying for it.

The government has found a cunning way to tax us without it appearing in the tax accounts.

The benefits are that the energy companies will be able to control your meter remotely, for example turning off your power if they think it necessary, or increasing the price at times of high demand.

Were you thinking that the customer would see a benefit?

Think again.

And there was me naively thinking it was eco-friendly! So basically, we should all avoid getting one of these like the plague, then?

I do.

Bear in mind that they are read, and the settings changed, over the internet.

Reflect that banks, the White House, and nuclear power stations have all been hacked in the past.

I'm with Piglet John. when everyone has been forced to buy one of these, look forward to getting messages like:
" You seem to be using a lot of electricity. Please turn something off or we'll move you to a higher tariff. "
They'll send these out when there's a risk the Supplier may have to buy in bulk power at a higher tariff, and thus eat into their profits.

Rocketing population, stupid energy policy, reducing generation - enforced cuts and higher prices have to happen.

We could use less - not build arty skyscrapers that need aircon, boycott shops that leave the door open, turn things off, don't buy a crappy phone that needs twice daily charging . up for it?

Agree that reducing or avoiding use would seem a good answer, along with microgeneration to cover some domestic use, maybe?

I'm 😲. I had always thought smart meters were good, eco-friendly things, not something the supplier would use to hike up prices !

A smart meter will do nothing to reduce your consumption. That is 100% up to you.

Is there any advantage to accepting the type 2 smart meter? Can we refuse them or not?

These smart meters don't seem to have any smarts for the consumer...

We did this. Cost £1000 to move it about 2 metres!

Is there any advantage to accepting the type 2 smart meter? Can we refuse them or not?

No. and they cost a few quid to make but will cost £100s to install.