What is a 24-hour night storage heating meter?

This meter type comprises of one 24-hour meter and one-night storage heating (NSH) meter. The storage heating meter is controlled by ESBN timeclock which, when switched on, records consumption on the customer heating board. When the storage heating meter is recording heat consumption, the 24-hour meter simultaneously records all other consumption.

How to change from a 24-hour night storage heating (NSH) meter to a Smart Meter?

You can apply trough your electricity supplier for a prioritised installation of a smart meter. When contacting us you'll need your 11-digit MPRN number to hand. We as your supplier will send a request to ESBN to include your meter in the Smart Meter exchange programme. Following this request, ESBN will then contact you about the installation.

Once your meter is in the exchange programme, ESBN will then send out some correspondence, notifying you when they’re due to exchange meters in your area. Additionally, they’ll send out a letter closer to the time of the exchange.

The estimated Smart Meter exchange date will be a minimum 4-7 months from the date SSE Airtricity contact ESB Networks on your behalf. Once you receive confirmation from ESB Networks on when the exchange will take place.

Please note if you do not contact your supplier and you have this meter type you don’t need to do anything as your meter is automatically in the Smart meter exchange programme.

What will happen to my Night Storage Heating (NSH)?

ESBN will check your NSH for the presence of heating consumption before your meter exchange is planned. If there is no recorded NSH consumption in a two-year period, this means your NSH meter is dormant. Once ESBN have confirmed this they will remove you NSH meter. This means your meter will operate as a single smart meter.

If you do not want your Night Storage Heating meter removed, then you must notify your supplier of this to opt out of the national smart metering programme. This means you will not receive your smart meter exchange.

What will happen after my Smart Meter is installed?

Once your current meter type is exchanged, your new Smart Meter will be installed as a smart 24-hour meter type which will allow you to remain on your 24-hour rates until you can activate your smart services. ESBN will begin to establish the level of connectivity they have to your meter. It’ll take 30 days for ESBN to establish your meters connectivity level.

If after 30 days you’ve a connectivity level of 3 or 4, more Smart Services will become available to you, such as Interval Smart Services.