Remote Energy Monitoring has been selected as one of the 15 winners of Oracle's 'Enable the Eco-Enterprise'. The award will be presented by the Chairman of the Oracle Board, Jeff Henley, during the Oracle Open World Conference

Steve Mitchell, COO of Remote Energy Monitoring, a UK provider of domestic smart metering solutions, answers your key questions about what Smart Meters will mean to you

The Government is committed to seeking measures to achieve carbon savings of 0.2 MtC by 2010 through better metering and billing. It believes that a key contribution to this target could be made by the introduction of smart meters. Smart meters allow energy suppliers to communicate directly with their customers, removing the need for meter readings and ensuring entirely accurate bills with no estimates. They tell people about their energy use through either linked display units or other ways, such as through the internet or television. They could offer gas and electricity customers:

This White Paper, published on 23 May 2007, sets out the Government’s international and domestic energy strategy to respond to these changing circumstances, address the long term energy challenges we face and deliver our four energy policy goals.

Meeting the energy challenge: a white paper on nuclear power On 10 January 2008, Secretary of State John Hutton announced in the House of Commons the Government's response to its public consultation "The Future of Nuclear Power" on whether it is in the public interest to allow energy companies to invest in new nuclear power stations.