Miliband meets "big six" to talk smart meters

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Energy giants set to hammer out deal on how smart meter rollout can be achieved by 2020

Climate change secretary Ed Miliband will today meet the "big six" energy companies to discuss how a £7bn national smart meter roll out can be achieved between 2010 and 2020. The UK's biggest energy...

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