In a bid to get its flagship smart meter rollout back on track the government last week unveiled new proposals to promote the technology to small businesses and other non-domestic sites. By the end of 2020 the government has promised to offer every home and business in the UK a smart meter, a project set to cost over £11bn in total. But so far only around 12 million smart meters have been installed, leaving a further 39 million to be fitted before the end of next year – a challenge the National Audit Office has said will prove almost impossible for the government to meet.
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