MPs: £11bn smart meter programme could prove 'a costly failure'

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Series of delivery challenges still have to be address ahead of nationwide roll out of 53 million devices

A £10.9bn plan to fit 53 million smart meters in every UK home and business could prove "a costly failure" without significant and immediate reform to the ambitious programme, MPs have warned. The Energy...

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