Smart metering policy framework post 2025
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Respond to this consultationSummary
DESNZ proposes extending smart meter installation obligations beyond 2025, requiring suppliers to complete domestic rollout by 2030 and improve operational performance. Current annual installation targets end 31 December 2025. Suppliers would submit annual deployment plans and face new obligations on meter functionality.
Why it matters
Redistributive policy that treats symptoms of expensive energy rather than addressing supply or market structure. Smart meters enable time-of-use tariffs but do not themselves reduce generation costs or improve market competition.
Key facts
- •Current installation targets end 31 December 2025
- •Domestic rollout completion deadline: end of 2030
- •Annual deployment plans required from suppliers
- •New operational performance obligations
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Memo
We are consulting on proposals to set the policy framework for energy suppliers to deliver service improvements by ensuring smart meters operate as they should, and to continue installing smart meters after 31 December 2025, when the existing annual installation targets come to an end. The consultation seeks views on proposed obligations to: * improve smart meter operations * complete the domestic rollout by the end of 2030 * submit annual deployment plans