Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the consistency of the (a) distribution of installed SMET2 meters and (b) level of wide area network coverage on the implementation of the smart energy savings competition.

The Smart Energy Savings (SENS) Competition was launched in 2019 and concluded in 2022. To participate, consumers needed an enrolled SMETS1 or SMETS2 meter and Wide Area Network (WAN) coverage, amongst other requirements. Interviews conducted with participants included those with different demographics and household characteristics, such as householder age, property age and income.

The competition was successful in identifying positive evidence on household energy savings from smart meter data. The results can be viewed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-energy-savings-sens-competition-evaluation.