"Only 12% (around 167,000 out of 1.4 million) of non-domestic properties
currently have smart meters."
This has meant that it has proven difficult to find developers willing to engage with the process of deploying smart meter schemes. In addition, the cost of creating services offering smart energy solutions for individual SMEs (which could comprise site surveys, en- gineering designs & performance verification) frequently damages the commercial viability of plans.
These schemes normally have compulsory regulatory requirements such as the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme, a mandatory energy assessment scheme for organisations in the UK deemed a large undertaking. Any UK company that employs 250 or more individuals or whose annual turnover is more than £44 million with an annual balance sheet of more than £38 million is regarded as a large undertaking. However, nearly every system that is utilised by energy suppliers and energy brokers rewards greater consumption of energy and does not incentivise clients to save energy instead.
Current Energy Service Providers
Although there is a market of current energy service providers, such as energy brokers and energy suppliers, they usually focus their attention on schemes aimed at larger businesses.
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