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.
Drop in smart installs does not mean lack of demand
