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A mountain to climb

Customers, Features, Policy Regulation / aaliyah.murphy

Energy suppliers have chosen to take a cautious approach to smart meter installations. So far only 4 million of the required 53 million meters have been installed, according to the consumer campaign Smart Energy GB. But suppliers have good reason to be hesitant. Ongoing concerns about the adoption of SMETS 1 meters on to the Data Communications Company (DCC) system has resulted in many waiting for the DCC network to launch before ramping up installation rates to the necessary levels.

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A multipronged plan for heat

Customers, Features, Gas, Heat, Power, Strategy Management / aaliyah.murphy

Heat is an issue. It represents almost half of UK energy use and a third of UK carbon emissions. The UK won’t meet its carbon-reduction targets set out in the Climate Change Act – or fulfil its commitments made in the Paris Agreement – without a long-term plan to move to low-carbon heating.

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A new way to model Value of Lost Load

Customers, Features, Power, Strategy Management / aaliyah.murphy

Power cuts affect different types of customers in different ways, but currently this isn’t always reflected in the decision-making process of distribution companies. Electricity North West believes that investment decisions should include a customer dimension that reflects divergent customer needs, to deliver greater customer and societal benefit. The company has also consulted its customers and stakeholders, who endorse this view.

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