UK smart metering plan: highlights and pitfalls

13/05/09

Following the publication of DECC's proposals for a smart metering roll out in the UK, Sentec gave SmartMeters.com their first thoughts on the potential impact of the plans.

Mark England, managing director of Sentec, said: “Smart metering is a key enabler in the government’s push towards reducing carbon emissions in line with EU targets and has the potential to transform the way we all produce, consume and pay for our energy: it would be difficult to underestimate the impact of the national roll-out programme on the energy industry and its stakeholders. This report from DECC gives us a much clearer picture of the way the market is likely to be structured and after chomping at the bit for a number of years, market participants have now been let out of the starter gates.”

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