Energy: Meters
(asked on 26th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent assessment they have made of the efficacy of the smart meter programme in reducing the proportion of households in fuel poverty.
This question was answered on 6th July 2018
No recent assessment has been made. However, BEIS research published in 2015 (the Early Learning Project) concluded that there is potential for households in all income groups to make energy and/or cost savings from smart metering. Previous research (the Energy Demand Research Project) had also identified a more positive response to smart metering from consumers in areas of relatively high fuel poverty.