The energy regulator is investigating Big Six supplier Scottish Power over alleged failures to meet its obligations to install smart meters for customers…
Continue ReadingOvo to Pay £1.2 Million After SSE Missed Smart Meter Target
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Ovo Energy will pay £1.2 million in penalties for SSE’s failure to hit targets for installing smart meters last year.
Continue ReadingEnergy suppliers will have six additional months to install smart gas and electricity meters but will face stricter yearly targets to ensure the…
Continue ReadingFully Installed Smart Meter Network Would Help Energy System Handle Coronavirus Crisis
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Good Energy chief executive Juliet Davenport has claimed that a fully functional smart meter network would make the coronavirus crisis “easier to deal…
Continue ReadingSuppliers Halt Smart Meter Installations During Epidemic
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Energy suppliers have suspended all non-urgent smart meter installations, Energy UK confirmed.
Continue ReadingOfgem Bans Five Energy Suppliers From Taking on New Customers
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Five small energy suppliers have been prohibited from taking on new customers until they enrol in the national platform for smart meters.
Continue ReadingThe vast majority of smart meters being installed in the UK are now SMETS2 meters, according to the Data Communication Company (DCC).
Continue ReadingMore Than Three Million Second-Generation Smart Meters Now Online
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Less than three months after suppliers installed the two-millionth second-generation smart meter, another milestone has been reached.
Continue ReadingEnergy UK Warns 2024 Smart Meter Deadline Could Be Impossible
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The government’s target of installing smart meters in 85% of UK homes by 2024 may be impossible, Energy UK has warned.
Continue ReadingHead of Smart Meter Rollout Opens Control Centre in Manchester
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The organisation leading the smart meter rollout has opened a new control centre in Greater Manchester, to facilitate deployment and innovation of the…
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