The smart metering rollout is making good progress, with over 4.2 million smart meters already installed as of end June 2016. The national data and communications infrastructure for smart metering (provided by the Data and Communications Company) is now live across the country, and the Government is committed to energy suppliers offering every household and small business in Great Britain a smart meter by the end of 2020.<\/p>
<\/p>
The latest Cost-Benefit Analysis for the smart metering programme, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-gb-cost-benefit-analysis<\/a>, estimates overall net benefits of £5.7 billion.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on customers of GB Energy Supply who will be given a new energy supplier due to that company ceasing trading.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/647831", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"}
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