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CIED Director cited in The Telegraph on smart meters

Professor Benjamin Sovacool was cited in The Telegraph section ‘Ask a money expert’ on smart meters. The article responds to a consumer concerned about their energy supply being switched off without warning if they agree to installing a smart meter. Prof Sovacool was quoted saying that while a supplier cutting off supply remotely was technically possible it would only be a last resort.

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Read more about CIED’s project on ‘Smart meter rollout in the UK: Dynamics of expectations‘.