A number of electricity suppliers, including British Gas are rolling out the installation of smart meters ahead of them becoming mandatory. Customers accepting the offer to have these installed ‘free’ should get more accurate billing but to obtain half hourly data for AM&T (monitoring and targeting of energy usage), there will be an extra cost. [...]
According to the BBC, the government is unveiling plans for every home in Britain to be equipped with smart meters by the end of 2020. Link to article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8043452.stm The question a lot of businesses are asking is what this means to them? With the advantages smart metering brings of more accurate billing and detailed [...]