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Drop in smart installs does not mean lack of demand

Drop in smart installs does not mean lack of demand

There has been no cooling off in demand for smart meters, despite the latest figures showing a year-on-year decline in installations in the first four months of 2023, an industry expert has said. Data from Electralink shows there were 170,000 installations across Great Britain last month, 9% lower than April 2022. But independent energy systems specialist Jeremy Yap told Utility Week that 2022 “might be seen as an outlier” because the sector was making up for lost time from the pandemic.

1 year ago

British Gas ends contract with PPM fitter

2 years ago

Ofgem considers tweaks to debt allowances after PPM pause

2 years ago

Energy suppliers should absorb bad debt, consumers say

Britons “instinctively oppose” the force-fitting of prepayment meters (PPMs) as a debt recovery measure, Ofgem’s review into the practice concludes. Instead, British energy consumers believe that suppliers should absorb debt within their perceived profits. The consumer research was released alongside a new code of practice which tightens the rules on forced PPM installations.

2 years ago

Firms face ‘severe’ fines for missing smart meter targets

2 years ago

DCC network ‘clearly not up to scratch’

2 years ago

Call for smart meter mandate to complete rollout

2 years ago

Ready for the new era of billing and collections?

2 years ago

Installation scandal must not consign PPMs to history

The future of prepayment meters (PPMs) hangs in the balance following Ofgem’s call for evidence on their future use. Matthew Cole, head of the Fuel Bank Foundation, explains why recent scandals over forced installations must not spell the end of the prepayment tool.  

2 years ago

PPM customers asked for ‘frank’ feedback

2 years ago

Evolving the Warm Home Discount scheme

2 years ago

Smart meter network rollout reaches half of all homes

Half of all the homes in Britain are now connected to the national secure smart meter network, according to Data Communications Company (DCC). This milestone means that the network now supports almost 25 million meters, more than double the 11.7 million homes served by full-fibre broadband.

2 years ago

Standardisation across utilities

2 years ago

Distributed energy: Press accelerate to win the smart energy race

2 years ago

Ofgem seeks alternatives to forced PPM installs

2 years ago

Ofgem chief warns PPM ban could increase energy bills

2 years ago

‘Energy suppliers need to stop hiding behind call centres’

2 years ago

Suppliers lagging on non-domestic smart meter rollout

2 years ago

Smart PPM disconnections up one third following price cap hike

The number of smart pre-payment meter automatically disconnected by their supplier shot up by a nearly a third between the first and third quarters of last year, the energy minister has admitted.

2 years ago

Millions of smart meters risk going dumb during 3G switchoff

2 years ago

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