Consultation outcome

Smart Metering Implementation Programme: realising non-domestic benefits

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 24 January 2019
• Last updated: 17 May 2019 — See all updates

This consultation has concluded

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Proposals to improve non-domestic consumers' awareness of smart metering - government response

PDF, 436KB, 26 pages

Draft: Smart Metering Supply Licence Conditions (Electricity)

PDF, 335KB, 35 pages

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Draft: Smart Metering Supply Licence Conditions (Gas)

PDF, 319KB, 33 pages

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Explanatory Memorandum to Modifications to the standard conditions of the electricity and gas supply licences, Smart Meter Communication Licence and the Smart Energy Code

PDF, 224KB, 7 pages

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Detail of outcome

Government aims to lay the licence changes before Parliament in May 2019, and the licence changes should come into force in summer 2019.

In accordance with the licence conditions, Smart Energy GB would then be required to develop a non-domestic Consumer Engagement Plan and Performance Management Framework within 3 months of the changes coming into force (autumn 2019).

That engagement plan should complement BEIS’s continuing programme of work with the non-domestic sector. To that end BEIS will continue to work closely with Smart Energy GB, energy suppliers, consumer bodies and others throughout 2019 and 2020.

Detail of feedback received

The consultation received 31 responses from a wide variety of stakeholders including energy suppliers, trade associations and consumer groups.

On the core proposal of whether to extend Smart Energy GB’s remit to microbusinesses, the responses were evenly split:

• half supported the proposal (including consumer groups and energy management technology companies)
• half preferred either no action, or a different solution (this group included the large energy suppliers)

It remains our view that there is benefit to a centralised campaign to encourage energy saving behaviour and an understanding of smart meters amongst microbusinesses, alongside the suppliers’ campaigns. We therefore propose to go ahead with the changes to Smart Energy GB’s remit in relation to microbusinesses.

The government response contains more details of responses to the supplementary consultation questions.

Original consultation

Summary

We're seeking views on proposals to improve non-domestic consumers' awareness of smart meters and access to their data.

This consultation ran from
2:30pm on 24 January 2019 to 5pm on 21 February 2019

Consultation description

This consultation seeks stakeholders’ views on 2 non-domestic smart metering policy proposals:

• proposed changes to Licence Conditions intended to raise awareness in microbusinesses around the smart metering programme
• possible changes to licence conditions on access to non-domestic consumers’ energy consumption data

The additional documents on this page set out the proposed changes to the legal text.

Documents

Proposals to improve non-domestic consumers’ smart metering awareness and data access: consultation document

PDF, 513KB, 33 pages

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Annex B: Draft smart metering supply licence conditions - gas

PDF, 973KB, 113 pages

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Annex B: Draft smart metering supply licence conditions - electricity

PDF, 923KB, 116 pages

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Published 24 January 2019
Last updated 17 May 2019 + show all updates

1. 17 May 2019

   We've added: Explanatory Memorandum outlining changes to electricity and gas supply licences standard conditions, Smart Meter Communication Licence and the Smart Energy Code.

2. 10 May 2019

   Government response published.

3. 24 January 2019

   First published.