Not too smart an innovation: Britain's plans to switch consumers to smart electricity and gas meters

Energy and Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 6-7, 2012, Pages 1057-1074

  Thomas, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ELECTRICITY;

BRITAIN; HIGH COSTS; HIGH PRICE; PEAK DEMAND; REAL TIME; RENEWABLE SOURCES; SMART METERS;

ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DEMAND ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; INNOVATION; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84870597997     PISSN: 0958305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/0958-305X.23.6-7.1057     Document Type: Article

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