Smart Energy GB launches consultation: Smart energy for business

This consultation will inform Smart Energy GB’s approach to engaging with microbusinesses in Great Britain to ensure as many of them as possible can benefit from this transformation in the way we buy and use gas and electricity.

Stakeholders and experts in this field are invited to respond to the paper to help Smart Energy GB develop the most appropriate approach to supporting microbusinesses as the programme moves towards mass roll-out.

Smart energy for business is published in English and in Welsh. To read the full consultation paper and for information on how to respond please go to www.smartenergygb.org/consultations. The deadline for responses is 5pm Friday 17th July 2015.

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About Smart Energy GB

Smart Energy GB is the not-for-profit campaign for the national smart meter roll-out. It’s our task to help everyone in Great Britain understand smart meters, the national roll-out and how to use their new meters to get their gas and electricity under control. Our national campaign has already begun and will reach all households and microbusinesses in England, Scotland and Wales.

About smart meters and the roll-out

Smart meters will replace the traditional meters we currently have in our homes. They will provide consumers with accurate bills, near real time information on energy usage in pounds and pence, and greater control over their gas and electricity. The smart meter roll-out is an essential technology upgrade, unprecedented in its scale, to improve Great Britain’s energy infrastructure. Between now and 2020, every home and small business across England, Scotland and Wales will be offered a smart meter by their energy supplier at no extra cost. About 1.4 million smart meters have already been installed.

Find out how you can get a smart meter from your energy supplier.