Energy suppliers get more time to install smart meters
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It also means the cost of installing the new equipment is likely to rise further, to more than £13bn in total. In practice, millions of people found they had new meters which didn't work properly if they switched suppliers - and millions more have not been given the technology at all. There was a pledge in the Conservative Party's 2017 election manifesto that every household and business would be offered a smart meter by the end of 2020 - and there is still that expectation.
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