Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to (a) offer dynamic tariffs to facilitate the deployment of smart electric solutions and (b) reward customers for providing flexibility in smart meter installation.

The smart metering system has been designed to enable a range of flexible and dynamic tariffs that reward energy consumers for using electricity away from peak times, or when there is excess clean electricity available. Some energy suppliers are providing these tariffs to their customers with smart meters, helping them to save money by efficiently integrating electric vehicles, solar panels and heat pumps into the energy system.

The National Grid Electricity System Operator’s (ESO's) Demand Flexibility Service has rewarded energy consumers with smart meters for voluntarily flexing the time when they use their electricity and has provided the ESO with an additional tool to manage the electricity system over this winter.