Customers’ fears that they could be forcibly switched onto prepayment energy meters may be putting people off getting smart meters, MPs have warned.
Last winter smart meters were used to switch some households remotely onto prepayment meters, leaving them at risk of running out of power.
That is one reason smart meter roll-out remains “too slow”, the Public Accounts Committee said.
That is one reason smart meter roll-out remains “too slow”, the Public Accounts Committee said.
Smart meters measure how much gas and electricity you use and can send those readings via a remote connection to your energy supplier.
The government says they are crucial to making homes more energy efficient and cutting carbon emissions.
In 2008, the then Labour government said that all homes should have one installed by 2019, but that deadline has been repeatedly pushed back.
As of March this year only 57% of meters (32.4 million) were smart. Ministers hope to increase this to 75% by 2025.
The vision of every home having one remained “distant”, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said, as not enough was being done to convince the public of the benefits.
Customers’ fears that they could be forcibly switched onto prepayment energy meters may be putting people off getting smart meters, MPs have warned.
That is one reason smart meter roll-out remains “too slow”, the Public Accounts Committee said.
Last winter smart meters were used to switch some households remotely onto prepayment meters, leaving them at risk of running out of power.
Smart meters measure how much gas and electricity you use and can send those readings via a remote connection to your energy supplier.
That is one reason smart meter roll-out remains “too slow”, the Public Accounts Committee said.
That is one reason smart meter roll-out remains “too slow”, the Public Accounts Committee said.
Smart meters measure how much gas and electricity you use and can send those readings via a remote connection to your energy supplier.
The government says they are crucial to making homes more energy efficient and cutting carbon emissions.
In 2008, the then Labour government said that all homes should have one installed by 2019, but that deadline has been repeatedly pushed back.
As of March this year only 57% of meters (32.4 million) were smart. Ministers hope to increase this to 75% by 2025.
The vision of every home having one remained “distant”, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said, as not enough was being done to convince the public of the benefits.
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