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<p>The Government is facilitating the transition to a smarter energy system in Great
Britain. Smart meters are a critical building block for an accessible smart energy
system and there are now 12.8m smart and advanced meters operating across homes and
businesses in Great Britain. The Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan outlined 29 actions
that Government, Ofgem and industry will take to enable the transition to a smarter
and more flexible system. These actions include removing barriers to smart technologies
such as electricity storage, enabling smart homes and businesses so that consumers
have greater control over their energy use, and improving the access of new technologies
and business models to energy markets. Government has committed to invest up to £70m
in funding for smart energy innovation. In October 2018, Government and Ofgem published
an update to the Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan which set out that over half of
these actions had been implemented.</p><p> </p><p>LEP energy strategies, funded by
BEIS, have started to develop an understanding of local opportunity for local and
community ownership and involvement in future energy systems. BEIS have also funded
a Local Energy hub for the North East, Yorkshire and Humber which will bring capacity
to help develop some local projects at scale.</p><p> </p><p>Over £5.9bn has been spent
through the Feed-in tariff scheme to date, supporting the growth of small-scale low-carbon
electricity generation. This has helped support over 830,000 installations, of which,
according to Ofgem statistics, 9.85% (over 82,000 installations) are in Yorkshire
and the Humber. The Government has recently concluded a consultation on a Smart Export
Guarantee, to ensure that small-scale low-carbon generators do not export their electricity
to the grid for free.</p>
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