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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Zoe Wood

Fears 300,000 British electricity meters will not work after tech switch-off

A woman looking at a smart meter in a kitchen
Solutions to improve smart meter connectivity have been launched in some areas of Great Britain. Photograph: Simon Dack News/Alamy

The adverts featuring Lorraine Kelly paint a worrying picture of people left without heating or hot water or, perhaps worse in mid-summer, their radiators on full blast.

Either outcome could be possible when the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS), which controls an old type of electricity meter found in almost 400,000 homes across Great Britain, is switched off from 30 June.

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