Our Green Star energy meter is anything but smart

We've been losing income from our solar panels since it was installedWe have a problem with our energy supplier, Green Star. In February it offered us the free installation of a smart meter, and it seemed like a good idea to go ahead. A young man changed both the electricity and gas meters. He was only here for a very short time, even though he initially expressed concern that it would be impossible to fit a new gas meter because of the lead piping attached to the old one.A week later, on a sunny day, I noticed that our wireless "Sunny Boy" meter was recording no energy generated by our eight solar panels. Further investigation revealed that the inverter, that processes  the energy produced, had stopped working due to a "voltage error". It happened at the exact time that the smart meter installation was going on, so I feel it is safe to assume that the two incidents are connected. Continue reading...