smart meters
Power
Ofgem approves UKPN to access smart meter data
UK Power Networks has become the second Distribution Network Operator to secure Ofgem approval to access smart meter data for households and small businesses in its patch, after the regulator approved its data security plan.
Policy & Regulation
Ofgem approves UKPN to access smart meter data
UK Power Networks has become the second Distribution Network Operator to secure Ofgem approval to access smart meter data for households and small businesses in its patch, after the regulator approved its data security plan.
Gas
Energy Minister praises OVO’s EV offering
Energy Minister Claire Perry has praised OVO Energy's electric vehicle offering - enabled by smart meters - for rewarding off-peak energy use.
Customers
ZIV awarded smart meter supply contract
ZIV has been awarded a contract for the supply of smart electricity meters to Dutch distribution company Enexis Netbeheer.
Power
Northern Powergrid to utilise smart meter data
Northern Powergrid has unveiled a programme that aims to use smart meter data to transform the way electricity losses can be identified and tackled.
Gas
Smart meter installations continue to gather pace
Domestic smart meter installations by large suppliers continued to gather pace over second quarter of 2017 - reaching 1.058 million in the three months to the end of June.
Power
ENA reveals roadmap for shift to DSO model
The Energy Networks Association has published a roadmap outlining the key steps in the introduction of the distribution system operator (DSO) model for local power networks.
Power
New players pose risk to power system
"A host of new players" in the power system pose a risk to its stability if government does not act to help co-ordinate their integration, experts have warned.
Policy & Regulation
Next RIIO cycle will be shorter, predicts UKPN boss
"On balance, I would predict that ED2 will be somewhat shorter than ED1," the chief executive of UK Power Networks (UKPN) has said.
Policy & Regulation
Dieter Helm resurrects network-led smart metering argument
Distribution networks should take over smart-metering to correct a "fundamental flaw" in the programme, a leading academic has argued.
Gas
Editor’s weekly: Smart meters and gas safety
Jane Gray mulls over comments made at Utility Week Congress about the hazards the national smart meter rollout may raise for gas safety in customer homes.
Gas
Smart energy dynamics: language and modelling methodologies
After the Brexit vote, UK networks have a once in a generation opportunity to advance a whole system methodology for smart energy, says Duncan Botting.
Power
Smart metering will make data core
Smart metering will alter core network capabilities, says Stephen Haw.
Power
Powervault gears up for smart meter rollout with new storage system
Domestic energy storage company Powervault has launched the second generation of its energy storage system, to prepare for the introduction of smart tariffs.