Technical problems with the government’s £11 billion smart meter rollout risk triggering ever-higher costs for consumers, a leaked energy industry document warns. Smart meters cannot be installed in about a third of UK homes because no solution has been found to make them work properly, according to a draft letter from Energy UK, the trade body, written on behalf of all the leading suppliers. The rollout also risks a costly hiatus this year as ministers ban the installation of basic meters, which can stop working when the customer switches supplier, before the data infrastructure to support more sophisticated, interoperable meters is working properly, Energy UK claims.
Times 28th May 2018 read more »
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