smart metering programme

  • Regulation and policy

    Chart of the week | Per capita: DCC forecast costs continue to grow

    The Data Communications Company (DCC) continues to see its costs grow despite pressure from the regulator. Ofgem issued its decision on the DCC’s 2017-18 price control on 27 February, revealing an upward trend in both DCC’s costs incurred and its forecast future allowed revenue.

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Borrowed time: calls for smart meter roll-out extension

    Our latest Domestic Smart Metering Market Report, covering Q218, shows a record quarter for smart installations. The 1.56mn installations represent an increase of 29% on the previous quarter, and takes the total number of smart meters now deployed to 13.2mn, over 25% of all domestic meters. However, we have consistently...