FROM YOUR CHAIRMAN
more but we have to do something to slow down traffic since too many drivers are just
ignoring our pleas.
Since the last newsletter we have had a meeting with Voltex and City Power, the duet
bringing us Smart Meter’s at the moment. It was an impressive group from Voltex, a
couple of directors as well as quite a few of their technical guys and project man-
ager. For those of you with three phase or still on post-paid accounts, you might not
be aware that City Power has sent Voltex into our estate and others in the locality to
convert all of the old pre-paid meters to these new, so called Smart Meters. We had
a lot of representatives from the various estates present. The discussions got quite
heated from time to time, but on the whole it was a positive meeting. The outcome
was that we were told the old meters under reported usage. Wear and tear was quoted
as a reason, and the time of year for introducing it was seen as problematic due to the
arrival of winter. We would like anyone that has been monitoring their usage for some
time to check and advise us what they find. City power and Voltex are steaming ahead
nonetheless, but you should be careful and monitor your us