Given that my Gas meter will never connect to my Electricity meter I think I'll have a go with the Arduino (or ESP8266) and LDR to read the flashing LED:
http://www.reuk.co.uk/wordpress/solar/flashing-led-on-electricity-meter/
That's really interesting. Please do share some pics if you go down this route.
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Given that my Gas meter will never connect to my Electricity meter I think I'll have a go with the Arduino (or ESP8266) and LDR to read the flashing LED:
http://www.reuk.co.uk/wordpress/solar/flashing-led-on-electricity-meter/