Notes from event: Price Caps and Time-of-use Tariffs Panel

Notes from event: Price Caps and Time-of-use Tariffs APPG on Electric Vehicles 20th May 2019, Palace of Westminster, London Panel • Iagan MacNeil, Head of Policy and Communications, Smart Energy GB • Dr Stephen Hall, Research Fellow at the University of Leeds and author of Smart Energy GB’s report The Smart Route to Electric Vehicles • Clementine Cowton, Director of External Affairs, Octopus Energ. [...] • So far, the campaign has managed to increase the awareness of smart meters to 98% amongst the public. [...] • Smart meters signal the beginning of the process towards smart charging and a cleaner and greener Britain not the end. [...] Presentation from Dr Stephen Hall • The presentation focused on the key findings of Smart Energy GB’s report, The Smart Route to Electric Vehicles. [...] • Smart meters and the transition to smart charging lend itself to the keeping it cheap pillar by offering cost reflective prices, rewards for off-peak energy use and automated switching.