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ARTICLE · 22 JULY 2009

Smart Meters: Communications Issues

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In May 2009, the UK's Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) confirmed the Government's plans to install smart meters in all households by 2020 and launched a public consultation on smart metering for electricity and gas in Britain

United KingdomEnergy and Natural Resources
Robert Lane
Robert Lane
Helen Babington
Helen Babington
Adam Gillert
Adam Gillert
Chris Watson
Chris Watson

In May 2009, the UK's Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) confirmed the Government's plans to install smart meters in all households by 2020 and launched a public consultation on smart metering for electricity and gas in Britain (the Consultation). As part of our on-going series of articles exploring legal and commercial issues relating to smart meters, this article outlines and examines some of the telecommunications issues and obligations with which smart metering projects in Britain may have to contend.

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