The ‘adapter’ solution provided by CGI “simplifies” the process of connecting to the DCC, the shared technology infrastructure that will support smart meters, ahead of the mass rollout.
British Gas has already deployed more than one million smart meters and more than half of these are supported by CGI through its Smart Data Services programme. These ‘foundation stage’ smart meters are not currently connected to the DCC.
Energy suppliers are expected to deploy 53 million smart meters across UK by 2020, with the mass rollout due to start in autumn 2015.
CGI vice president of utilities in the UK, Tara McGeehan, said: “The success of Britain’s Smart Metering Implementation Programme in part rests on suppliers’ ability to access and use the large volumes of data provided through the DCC.”