Networks set for £7bn smart meter rollout

10.09.2010

Mandatory programme to begin in July 2012 – one year ahead of previous plan. Operators are lying in wait after it emerged that the delivery of the £7bn smart meter programme is to be ramped up under Coalition Government plans.

Network operators are expected to play a key role in the smart meter programme. Some operators, such as Vodafone – which has joined forces with British Gas to deliver its smart meter programme – are tipped to bid for the contract as members of a smart meter consortia. The start date for the mandatory programme, which aims to install gas and electricity smart meters in 27 million UK homes by 2020, has been brought forward by one year to July 2012.

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