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Ofgem is consulting on issuing them with final orders

The new Brabazon House facility has 19 modular test labs with 2,400 smart meters test spaces and aims to facilitate the national deployment of smart meters

Residents in Tewkesbury, Bolsover and South Derbyshire are said to be the fastest adopters of the smart technology

Up to 20 smart meters are being installed every minute of the day

The supplier has failed to become a Data Communications Company user to help drive the installation of next generation SMETS2 smart meters

Currently, consumers may lose the smart services provided by the technology when they switch to a different supplier

Ofgem is moving ahead with a programme that allows people to switch energy suppliers by the end of the next working day. It is introducing a package of reforms called ‘RP2a’, which will require the Data Communications Company (DCC) to procure a new Centralised Switching Service (CSS) that will facilitate “reliable and fast switching” across […]

In an effort to reduce energy consumption and meet carbon targets, the UK government has committed to rolling out smart meters for businesses and homes across the country by the year 2020. A major energy infrastructure project in the UK, the Smart Metering Implementation Programme will see the replacement or upgrading of over 50 million […]

An IT project which is part of the government’s plans to roll-out smart meters across the country by 2020 has been delayed. The government has confirmed its key scheme, which consists of a communications infrastructure to link smart meters to energy suppliers, will now be ready in autumn. Data and Communications Company is responsible for the […]

Some elements of the smart meter rollout are being pushed back by six months, DECC has confirmed. The delay comes after the company in charge of the communications system for the technology revised its plans as “significant changes emerged in finalising the technical requirements and specifications” since it was awarded the licence 18 months ago. […]