27 October 2006
E.ON has announced plans to fit 11,000 Smart Meters into UK households over the next year.
The company behind energy supplier Powergen say the new meters will offer homes and businesses more reliable and accurate bills for electricity and gas usage.
What is more, the meters are also accessed remotely, meaning that householders may no longer have to wait around for a representative to come to their home to carry out a meter reading.
Nick Horler, Managing Director of E.ON's retail business said: "This £10 million programme represents a major step forward in metering technology which will, in the future, have a huge impact in raising customer service to a new level, streamlining data collection, processing and billing.
"By letting customers see how much energy they're using and money they're spending, we believe that Smart Metering can help cut consumption and of course, carbon emissions."
Over 1,000 small businesses in the West Midlands have been testing out the Smart Meters over the last nine months.
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