that's because
(a) All the Smart Meters installed to date have been to different specifications
(b) the "magic fairy dust network" called the DCC which is used for Suppliers to talk to Meters managed to limp "live" only last month (at least it went live in the correct year even if not the correct season)
(c) the Smart Meters installed to date (at best SMETS1) are not compatible with the new "magic fairy dust network" called the DCC (which wants SMETS2 meters).
(d) HAVE you seen what suppliers are being charged to connect to the DCC? The "reference" version of connection software being £1M. I can't remember if that was a per-annum figure because I spent the rest of the hour time flailing about on the floor.
(e) I can't go on, it's too depressing
Biting the hand that feeds IT
