Smart meter consumer data access and control

1

Development Stage

3

Withdrawn

Proposer

Citizens Advice - Ed Rees

Priority

Not determined

Lead Analyst

SEC Change

Date raised

11/05/2020

Last Updated

06/02/2025

Stage

Withdrawn

Impacted Parties

TBC

Governance

Authority-Determined

Latest Update

On 24 February 2021 the Change Sub-Committee agreed with the Proposer’s recommendation, that this Draft Proposal be withdrawn.

What is the issue?

Consumers rely on their Energy Supplier to provide information through the In-Home Display (IHD), which is not an ideal position for consumers to receive impartial advice. Data Communications Company (DCC) Users are required to make privacy and security provisions before they can access consumer’s energy data, however, the DCC does not authenticate DCC Users’ permissions for each individual data request. As a result, those other DCC Users access to consumers energy use data could have issues where data is incorrectly logged or processed, data breaches or consent issues which leads to consumers issues with privacy and security.

What is the solution?

Modification Documents

Document	Category	Date	Action
DP126 Smart meter consumer data access and control Modification Report – v0.3	Modification	24/02/2021	Download

DP126 'Smart meter consumer data access and control'

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