Smart meter installations appear to be back on track after September saw the first year-on-year increase since lockdown was announced.
The latest figures from Electralink show there were 232,000 installations last month, up almost 2 per cent on September 2019.
In comparison, every month this year since March has recorded far fewer installs than the corresponding month in 2019.
So far this year, more than 1.3 million smart meters have been installed in Great Britain, with the East of England topping the list with 31,000 installs, followed by Southern England with 27,000 and the East Midlands with 24,000.
Lockdown measures introduced in response to Covid-19 meant the number of installations suffered, as all but essential works were halted in the first few months of the pandemic.
April saw a dramatic fall in the number of installations, with an almost 95 per cent decrease compared to the same month in 2019.
Last month however, the Data Communications Company (DCC) announced that a milestone five million second-generation SMETS2 smart meters have been installed in Britain.
Last year, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) announced the rollout deadline would be pushed back to 2024. Due to the impact of coronavirus, the deadline has been pushed back again by six months.