Smart Meter Targets Framework: minimum installation requirements for Year 3 (2024) and Year 4 (2025)
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Detail of outcome
The government response confirms the following decisions:
- a number of amendments have been made to the rollout modelling to address stakeholder feedback and evidence. Final tolerance levels for Year 3 (2024) and Year 4 (2025) are now confirmed
- the structure of installation requirements in the second half of the Framework will be amended, so that mixed portfolio suppliers will be set separate domestic and non-domestic installation requirements
- a ‘churn adjustment’ to mitigate the impact of customer switching will be applied to non-domestic targets only in Year 3 (2024)
- 2 adjustments are being made to licence conditions to mitigate the impact of the additional complexities associated with some gas smart meter installations
We also intend to:
- consult in Summer 2023 on a new requirement for recipients of 2 government schemes to request a smart meter installation. These schemes - the Energy Company Obligation Scheme (phase 4) and the Great British Insulation Scheme (formerly Eco+) - are estimated to reach 450,000 households over 2024 to 2025
- consult shortly on new guidance alongside the Future Homes Standard building regulations to ensure that new homes are smart meter ready from the outset
- develop and publish a new consumer-facing guarantee for energy suppliers
- hold a call for evidence regarding a potential requirement for installing a smart meter in cases of energy theft. We will share this with suppliers separately
Detail of feedback received
We received 18 responses from a range of stakeholders:
- energy suppliers
- trade bodies
- asset providers
- delivery partners
Most of the responses were from energy suppliers, who provided feedback about the policy proposals and the modelling approach.
Original consultation
Consultation description
The 4-year smart metering Targets Framework came into effect on 1 January 2022. This Framework sets energy suppliers in Great Britain annual installation targets on a trajectory to 100% smart coverage by end 2025, subject to an annual allowance or ‘tolerance level’ that applies across industry as a percentage of each supplier’s customer base.
The tolerance levels for the first 2 years of the Framework were set in June 2021. We are now seeking views on the tolerance setting methodology and the tolerance levels that will apply in Year 3 (2024) and Year 4 (2025) of the Framework.
We welcome responses from energy suppliers, as well as from smart metering and energy industry stakeholders and other interested parties.
Submitting supporting evidence
Each question includes the option to upload supported evidence (1 file only). If you would like to upload more than one file and answer all questions by email, send your response to smartmetering@beis.gov.uk.
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Updates to this page
Published 7 February 2023Last updated 6 July 2023 + show all updates
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We have published the government response along with the Impact Assessment and Amendments to Electricity Supply Standard Licence Condition 39A and Gas Supply Standard Licence Condition 33A.
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First published.