Smart home energy market the focus of new consumer protection drive

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Citizens Advice teams up with energy industry groups to try and identify any gaps in consumer protections for burgeoning flexible home energy market

A drive to help protect consumers from potential risks in the burgeoning market for domestic clean energy technologies, such as batteries, heat pumps, smart appliances, and electric vehicles, has been...

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