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Smart Metering Could Topple the Big 6 - EY Report

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  • System
    System Posts: 178,483 Community Admin
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    edited 4 February 2017 at 9:17AM
    Great post Hengus. one paragraph stood out. " no other country in the world has chosen to do in the way we have chosen, a way that is inherently expensive " That is the way we operate in the UK.
    I do believe that a smart grid can end the big six monopoly .
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  • tgon
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    Confused by the last paragraph. This is driven by government policy not EU policy. Not sure where the scope is to reassess options as part of Brexit? Maybe I read it wrong.
  • System
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    tgon wrote: »
    Confused by the last paragraph. This is driven by government policy not EU policy. Not sure where the scope is to reassess options as part of Brexit? Maybe I read it wrong.
    You are correct, absolutely nothing to do with the EU and when we finally exit, the smart meter install will continue at full pace, like it is in Europe.
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  • thor
    thor Posts: 5,526 Forumite
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    tgon wrote: »
    Confused by the last paragraph. This is driven by government policy not EU policy. Not sure where the scope is to reassess options as part of Brexit?
    It won't be but I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of brexiters believe that the smart reader rollout is a liberal elite/EU conspiracy to hoist socialism on us via the back door.
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