MP148 'IVP Extension for pre-SMETS2 v4.2 Devices'

The SEC sets out the Smart Metering technical specifications. To ensure interoperability, the dates that these technical specifications can be used are set out within SEC Schedule 11 ‘TS Applicability Tables’ (TSAT).

For a large part of 2020 the UK government issued social distancing guidance to help reduce the transmission of COVID-19 meaning only essential meter installations were able to take place. If the existing Installation Validity Period (IVP) end-date of 27 April 2021 remains as is, and the reduced speed of installations continues to take place, then thousands of Devices would be scrapped.

The Proposed Solution is to extend the IVP end-date for any pre-Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specifications (SMETS) 2 v4.2 Devices from its current date of 27 April 2021 to a further 12 months to 27 April 2022. This will allow Supplier Parties and Device Manufacturers to avoid significant financial costs that would be incurred if the existing IVP end-date remains.