4 million Smart meters fail to work after installation
Thu 8:57 am +00:00, 9 May 2024There have been around 35 million smart meters installed across the UK since a scheme to bring them in was introduced by the then energy secretary Ed Milliband in 2009.
However, around 4m of those are thought to have failed since they were installed, meaning there are only 31m operational smart meters in the country, reports The Telegraph.
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As part of their licence requirements, energy firms have to hit smart meter targets or risk facing fines.
Operators have however struggled to convince households amid a backdrop of public ambivalence and in some cases opposition to the devices.
O’Shea said 36 percent of British Gas’s 7.5 million customers ignored multiple offers to install a smart meter, while 600,000 said they would not accept one.
