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Can heat meters pay for themselves?

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• Metering and billing Posted on 2 September 2022

  Unmetered Series: The energy crisis and the Cost Effectiveness Tool

  Anyone reading this will likely already be familiar with the 2014 Heat Network Regulations (HNR). The intention of the HNR’s is to ensure heat consumption is in line with what people need. It works on the assumption that if residents' charges are not linked to consumption, they have no incentive to use heat carefully and this leads to unnecessary carbon emissions, cost, and waste.

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• Metering and billing Posted on 8 July 2022

  Unmetered Series: Can heat meters pay for themselves?

  Payback times on the installation of heat meters has historically not been a driving factor in the decision to start metering heat networks. However, the current price of gas represents a unique opportunity to mitigate dramatic effects of the energy price rises and may be the only redeeming feature of the energy crisis – payback times have never been shorter. 

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• Metering and billing Posted on 21 June 2022

  Unmetered Series: Unmetered is unmanaged

  With the cost of energy, fuel, food and inflation affecting everyone across the country and the world, there have been fewer moments than ever before where actions can be taken that will make a real impact to people’s lives, especially to the lives of those in society who are feeling the strain more than others.

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• Community Heating Posted on 20 April 2022

  Combatting fuel poverty through heat metering

  Rising energy prices are a concern for many in the UK and around the globe at present. According to the latest BEIS statistics, in 2020, there were an estimated 13.2 per cent of households (3.16 million) in fuel poverty in England under the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) metric.

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• Metering and billing Posted on 7 December 2021

  How to plan your smart heat metering installation for unmetered heat networks

  What to do next if your unmetered heat network tests positive for final customer meters

  Hundreds of heat network operators must install final customer meters in unmetered properties – following positive cost effectiveness assessments as part of the Heat Network Metering and Billing Regulations.

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• Metering and billing Posted on 30 November 2021

  Understanding Unmetered Heat Network Schemes

  Despite the many benefits of installing individual smart metering systems in homes connected to heat networks, around 250,000 UK properties are currently unmetered.

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