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Six GB suppliers fined £10.8m for missing smart meter installation targets

Smart Energy International

million smart meters. The six suppliers are British Gas, OVO, Bulb, E.ON, Scottish Power and SSE and they will pay the combined total of £10.8 million) to Ofgem’s Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Fund, which is used primarily to support vulnerable consumers. million (US$2.10) Scottish Power – £1.24 million (US$13.2

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34.8 million smart meters in Britain

Smart Energy International

million smart electricity and gas meters were installed in British homes and small businesses, amounting to 61% of all meters, reports the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in their quarterly smart meter update. million were smart electricity meters and 14.5 Moreover, 30.8

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How to win the Home Energy Management business battle

Smart Energy International

The growth of Home Energy Management (HEM) has led to a burgeoning, heretofore fragmented market, within which rages a business battleground of players large and small. The key to winning, explains Yusuf Latief in Smart Energy International ’s Power Playbook column, will be ownership of customer confidence.

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Leveraging cellular broadband enabled smart meters for reducing energy theft and improving revenue protection for utilities

Smart Energy International

Broadband-enabled smart meters allow real-time measurement and monitoring of electricity consumption in homes, businesses and industrial customers, writes Marcos Aurélio Ribeiro. But how exactly do smart meters using cellular networks turn the tide against energy losses for electric utilities?

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Europe replaces 50% of electricity meters with smart models

Renewable Energy World

More than half of electricity meters in Europe are now smart, a new report released by Berg Insight has found. The study states that the penetration of smart electricity meters has passed the 50% mark owing to increased investments in grid modernization and digitalization by utilities in the region.

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Home energy usage data goes under spotlight in UK

Smart Energy International

A new Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory will gather data on energy usage in UK homes, in order to inform future measures to reduce carbon emissions. Smart meter data – new uses under investigation in GB Unlocking smart meter data for research. Have you read? Data collection. Dynamic research.

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Technology Trending: New smart electricity and hydrogen meters and US DOE emerging tech office

Smart Energy International

Following earlier announcements of new electricity, water and hydrogen meters another pair of new meters are launched and the US Department of Energy launches an office to focus on emerging technologies in the week’s technology radar. Have you read?