Consultations on smart meter policy framework post 2020:
minimum annual targets and reporting thresholds for energy
suppliers
This consultation has concluded Download the full
outcome
Smart meter policy
framework post 2020: minimum annual targets and reporting
thresholds for energy suppliers - government
response
PDF, 761KB,
61 pages
Annex C: Analytical
evidence
PDF, 578KB,
22 pages
Annex D: Amendments to
Electricity Supply Standard Licence Condition 43 and Gas Supply
Standard Licence Condition 37
PDF, 198KB,
13 pages
Detail of outcome
The government response confirms the following decisions:
- the extension of the current All Reasonable Steps obligation
for 6 months to 31 December 2021, with the new Framework
commencing on the 1 January 2022
- distinct tolerance levels for domestic and non-domestic
energy suppliers
- final tolerance levels for Years 1 and 2 of the rollout now,
to start from 1 January 2022 (for domestic and non-domestic
rollouts)
- a review point during Year 2 (2023) of the Framework,
followed by a further consultation. This consultation will focus
on setting the appropriate tolerance levels for Year 3 (2024) and
Year 4 (2025) of the Framework
- the alignment with Ofgem reporting thresholds for large
energy suppliers. Energy suppliers with 150,000 or more gas
and/or electricity customer accounts will now be subject to
reporting requirements under the new Framework
- a forthcoming consultation (during 2021) on a modification in
the calculation of Year 2 targets (2023) to mitigate the impact
of churn in smart meter customers
Detail of feedback received
We received a total of 21 responses to this consultation from a
wide range of stakeholders:
- energy suppliers
- trade bodies
- consumer groups
- supply chain operators
- delivery partners
Most of the responses were from energy suppliers who provided
feedback about the policy proposals and the modelling approach.
Original consultation Summary
We're seeking views on annual tolerance levels associated with
smart meter installation targets for energy suppliers in Great
Britain and the level of reporting thresholds for large energy
suppliers.
This consultation ran from
2pm on 23 November 2020 to midday on 15 January 2021
Consultation description
In June 2020 the government confirmed a new 4-year smart metering
policy framework to start on 1 July 2021, following a 2019 consultation.
This framework was designed to drive the consistent, long-term
investment needed to achieve high levels of smart meter coverage
by setting annual targets and providing regulatory certainty.
The consultation proposes to set each energy supplier an
individual target on a trajectory to 100% coverage, subject to
annual tolerance levels that apply across industry as a
percentage of their customer base. This would create a minimum
installation quantity that an energy supplier must achieve in
each year of the new framework.
The consultation also asks for views on reducing the reporting
threshold for large energy suppliers.
See the BEIS consultation privacy
notice.
Please do not send responses by post to the department at the
moment as we may not be able to access them.
Documents
Smart meter policy
framework post 2020: minimum annual targets and reporting
thresholds for energy suppliers
PDF, 1.17MB,
43 pages
Annex A: Impact
assessment
PDF, 601KB,
20 pages
Annex B: Analytical
evidence
PDF, 730KB,
23 pages
Annex C: Confidentiality
arrangements
PDF, 156KB,
4 pages
Annex D: Proposed
amendments to Electricity Supply Standard Licence Condition 43
and Gas Supply Standard Licence Condition 37
PDF, 248KB,
13 pages
