On 30 March 2011, DECC and Ofgem jointly published Government's response to the Smart Metering Prospectus consultation, which was published in July 2010.
The conclusions have been informed by evidence collected through the consultation period.
A number of supporting documents were also published to provide more details on Government's conclusions and the next steps for the programme.
Supporting document 1 of 5: Data Access and Privacy
Supporting Document 2 of 5: Rollout Strategy
Supporting Document 3 of 5: Design Requirements
Supporting Document 4 of 5: Central Communications and Data Management
Supporting Document 5 of 5: Implementation Strategy
The Smart Metering Prospectus published on 27 July 2010 set out proposals for the delivery of electricity and gas smart metering in Great britain to households and small and medium non-domestic sites. There were 279 responses to the consultation.
As the Smart Metering Implementation Programme analysed the responses and prepared the response the Minister for Energy Charles Hendry and Chairman of the Gas and Electricity Markets, GEMA, Lord Mogg, issued an update letter in December 2010.
The scope of the consultation included:
- design requirements of the smart metering system;
- central communications and data management; and
- approach to rollout.