Updated: A further government response to the follow up consultation on the Foundation Smart Market.
Smart meters will be installed in two stages: the foundation stage and mass roll-out stage. The foundation stage started in April 2011 and will end with the start of mass roll-out in late 2014. On the basis of information received from suppliers, the government expects a significant number of smart meters to be installed during the foundation stage.
This consultation document addresses the issues identified in the government’s April 2012 programme update relating to change of supplier for customers with compliant smart meters, and the enrolment of foundation stage smart meters into the Data and Communications Company (DCC) service.