SMETS1

  • Home supply and services

    DCC systems now supporting over 4mn meters

    One year ago, the SMETS1 end date was approaching for suppliers with derogations and for smart meters installed for prepayment customers. At this time, there were only around half a million SMETS2 meters installed, with almost 12mn SMETS1 meters deployed. A year on, SMETS2 installs have ramped up significantly, and...

  • Announcement

    BBC Radio 4 Interview: The decline of smart meter installations

    Robert Buckley, our Head of Retail and Relationship Development, spoke live on BBC Radio 4’s You & Yours programme about Cornwall Insight’s latest research on smart meters. The research showed that to meet the 2020 deadline, the installation of smart meters would need to quadruple to reach the target; instead,...

  • Commercial and market outlook

    Five things we learnt from Energy Spectrum | 658

    As the details of the three domestic and small business energy efficiency measures announced in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement – a new Future Homes Standard, a commitment to “green the grid” and a proposed scheme for SMEs – are firmed up, we believe that innovation, affordability and diversity in setting...

  • Regulation and policy

    Government moves to mandate SMETS2 installations, but at what cost?

    There is little more than a month to go until 15 March, after which date first generation smart meters (SMETS1) installed for prepayment purposes or by suppliers with derogations will not count towards smart meter roll out targets. However, there is now another deadline looming, with BEIS consulting on its...

  • Home supply and services

    What should be the smart response to the smart meter rollout deadline?

    Suppliers are expected to take all reasonable steps to complete the smart meter rollout to all homes and eligible small businesses by 31 December 2020. With just 25 months remaining the National Audit Office’s (NAO) recent report on the programme has found that the number of meters that will be installed will...

  • Regulation and policy

    Smart meter rollout: Ofgem’s latest thinking

    Ofgem’s latest thinking on the smart meter rollout was captured in an open letter on 15 May.  This letter is Ofgem’s fifth concerned with the rollout and taken collectively the letters set out what the regulator expects from suppliers. The latest letter is essential reading for everyone involved in the...

  • Home supply and services

    SMETS2 is coming – but who’s going to install it?

    In the world of smart metering, many of the impacts of the delayed transition to SMETS2 technology are well understood and discussed. Indeed, the derogations given by BEIS to 12 suppliers supplying 86% of the market to install further SMETS1 meters between October 2018 and January 2019, and the consultations...

  • Home supply and services

    Why are suppliers pushing customers so hard on smart?

    As the 2020 deadline for domestic smart metering looms, suppliers across the board are ramping up their install rates. During the first three months of 2018, we’ve witnessed a variety of tactics used to increase installation rates – some of which have drawn criticism from the press. So why the...