SMETS1

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Could have had it all: enrolling in the DCC

    Earlier this week, the Smart Data and Communications Company (DCC) announced the installation of the two millionth SMETS2 meter. The installation was reportedly carried out by British Gas in a house in Surrey. However, with less than 15 months until the smart meter rollout deadline, and around one-third of household...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Fix Up, Look Smart – SMETS installation dates on the horizon

    Energy suppliers have a licence obligation to take all reasonable steps to install smart meters in homes and microbusinesses by the end of 2020. When installing meters, suppliers must comply with the Installation Validity Periods (IVPs) set out in the Smart Energy Code. They specify when meters complying with the...

  • Home supply and services

    Chart of the week | Northern Soul: smart installs fall as SMETS2 picks up

    The domestic energy market is now 18 months away from the smart meter rollout deadline. With the install rate declining, the recent change in technology to SMETS2 is having wide-felt impacts. In this week’s Chart of the Week, we consider whether the change in technology may rebalance regional penetration of smart meters.

  • 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...

  • Regulation and policy

    Chart of the week | SMETS1 end date slipping through BEIS’s fingers

    This week's Chart of the week looks at the delays to the end of SMETS1 installations in favour of the new SMETS2 smart meters. To ensure the greater benefits SMETS2 offers BEIS proposed an end date on SMETS1 installations. After which the installation of SMETS1 meters would no longer count...

  • Regulation and policy

    Chart of the week | The Generation Game – SMETS1 installs could hit 16mn

    Today's Chart of the week discusses the latest research from Cornwall Insight which highlighted that 11.5mn smart meters have been installed. We also explore how the majority of them have been SMETS1 devices in domestic premises. In January the government moved back the SMETS1 end date, from July to October...