E.ON has commented on the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) announcement on changes to the UK's smart meter rollout programme.

Don Leiper, Director of New Business at E.ON, said: "We're making great progress with our smart metering programme - we've had excellent feedback from customers who've had smart meters installed and they continue to give us the valuable insights we need ahead of the mass market rollout.

"Smart meters bring real benefits to people by putting them in control of their energy use and helping them cut energy waste. We've provided over 200,000 smart meters for our customers to date and these customers are starting to see real benefits now and will continue to do so.


"While E.ON has been installing smart meters for more than two years, this decision now provides the whole industry with the time to make best use of the foundation period to ensure that all our customers benefit.

"The announcement also provides the commercial certainty all suppliers need to make sure the mass rollout from 2016 to 2020 will be as smooth as possible.

"We've introduced wide-ranging energy efficiency measures into more than 1.3 million homes across the UK, and only last week Ofgem announced that we've successfully met our commitments in this area. But our work to help our customers save energy and money will continue - and providing smart meters for our customers is key to achieving that goal."

(CD)