Delivering smart meters to homes and businesses
On 27 July 2010, the Government with Ofgem published a prospectus containing proposals for the delivery of electricity and gas smart metering…
On 27 July 2010, the Government with Ofgem published a prospectus containing proposals for the delivery of electricity and gas smart metering in Great Britain. This covered both domestic households and small and medium non-domestic sites.
The prospectus document, which represented the joint views of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA), set out proposals for and asked for views on how smart metering will be delivered.
This consultation is now closed and the Government would like to thank respondents for their contributions.
On 30 March 2011, the Government and Ofgem jointly published the Government’s Response to the Smart Meter prospectus.
The document sets out the Government’s conclusions in response to the questions asked in the prospectus, including those in relation to: the overall strategy and timetable for the rollout, the benefits smart meters should provide for consumers and the energy industry, and the strategy for establishing the communications needed to support the national rollout.
It also describes the Government’s approach to updating consumer protections so they remain relevant for the smart world, including data access rules.
The prospectus response and supporting material are below on this page.
Contact usTel: 0300 068 5163 Email: smartmetering@decc.gsi.gov.uk Post: Smart Metering Team
Department of Energy and Climate Change
3 Whitehall Place
London
SW1A 2HH
Smart Metering Implementation Programme: response to prospectus consultation - overview
Supporting documentsConsultation responses are available on the Ofgem website.
Impact assessment: Smart Meter rollout for the domestic sector
Impact Assessment: Smart meter rollout for the small and medium non-domestic sector
Data access & privacy - Smart Metering Implementation Programme
Roll-out strategy - Smart Metering Implementation Programme
Design requirements - Smart Metering Implementation Programme
Design requirement: Annex - Functional catalogue - Smart Metering Implementation Programme
Central communications and data management - Smart Metering Implementation Programme
Implementation plan - Smart Metering Implementation Programme
Consultation documentsSmart Metering implementation programme: prospectus - letter to consultees
Smart Metering implementation programme: prospectus document
Supporting documentsImpact assessment: GB-wide smart meter roll out for the domestic sector
Impact assessment: GB-wide advanced/smart meter roll out to small and medium non-domestic sites
Disablement / enablement functionality for smart gas meters
Analysis on disablement/ enablement functionality for smart gas meters
Smart Metering implementation programme: statement of design requirements
Smart Metering implementation programme: communications business model
Smart Metering implementation programme: implementation strategy
Smart Metering implementation programme: rollout strategy
Smart Metering implementation programme: regulatory and commercial framework
Smart Metering implementation programme: non-domestic sector
Smart Metering implementation programme: consumer protection
Smart Metering implementation programme: data privacy and security
Smart Metering implementation programme: in-home display
Consumers’ views of Smart Metering: report by FDS International
Note of clarification on the proposals in the Smart Meter prospectusIn response to a request received by DECC, the following note provides further explanation in respect of one aspect of the proposals for the roll out of smart meters set out in the prospectus.