Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what projections his Department has made of the scale-up of smart meter installations between now and the 2020 target end date.

DECC obtains information from energy suppliers regarding their plans for rolling out smart meters, and publishes aggregated projections in its annual progress report. The latest report (third version) was issued on December 11th. It is available online at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/third-annual-progress-report-on-the-roll-out-of-smart-meters.

The report includes a chart on page 16 which shows the latest annual projections for large energy suppliers until 2020.