Monday 11 July 2011

Smart meters could open Pandora's box

A plan to install a new type of "smart" energy meter in every home in the UK by 2019 could lead to widespread mis-selling by the big six gas and electricity companies, consumer groups have exclusively warned The Independent on Sunday.
The Government-sanctioned plan will see up to 53 million old gas and electricity meters swapped for new smart meters which calculate and display the amount and cost of the energy being used. The idea of the £11bn project is that people seeing how much energy appliances are costing will change their behaviour and make cutbacks.

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