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Update on the rollout of smart meters

Status: Closed Opened: 17 May 2023 Closed: 14 Feb 2024 5 recommendations 20 conclusions 1 report

Energy suppliers are legally obliged to meet bespoke annual individual minimum smart meter installation targets for domestic and small business customers in Great Britain in the period from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2025. At the end of December 2022, 55% of all meters were smart, meaning they can provide near-real time information to …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventy-Second Report - Update on the rollout of smart mete… HC 1332 20 Oct 2023 25 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
24 Conclusion Seventy-Second Report - Update on the r… Not Addressed

Consumer smart meter demand potentially overstated due to practical installation barriers.

The Department characterises smart meters as a change programme, and recognises that it needs, at some point, to stop being so and become business as usual in the energy retail market.75 However, it considers that there remains significant unsatisfied demand which its current proposed target framework to 2025 recognises, claiming …

Government response. The government's response details a commitment to share annual cost and benefit information and plans for program closure, which does not address the committee's observations regarding differing views on smart meter demand and rollout pace.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
22 Jun 2023 Anne Pardoe · Citizens Advice, Clive Maxwell · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Daisy Cross · Energy UK, Daron Walker · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Marcus Shepheard · Climate Change Committee, Neil Kenward · Ofgem View ↗

Correspondence

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DateDirectionTitle
11 Jul 2023 — Correspondence from Daisy Cross, Head of Future, Retail Markets, Energy UK, re …
10 Jul 2023 — Correspondence from Dan Brooke, CEO, Smart Energy GB, re Update on the rollout …