G'day OldAppy. Welcome to ECN.

Christchurch might get the toys first ( We got EFTPOS first too ). But the rest of NZ will get the toy eventually.

The new meter reading gadgets are claiming to help us monitor our power use. This would only be beneficial if it could then CONTROL our power use.

Do the new meters interface with home automation systems like C-Bus etc. ? If they don't then what's the point ?

Seems like the only purpose of the new meters is to make meter-readers redundant. Anything else they claim is just SPIN.