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Shocker: UK smart meter rollout is crap, late and £500m over budget

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: OK, but why ....

"You would need a smart consumer unit to selectively cut power to individual circuits."

And some pretty major re-wiring. Most UK houses have five circuits. A ring main and lighting ring for ground and 1st floors and a separate spur for a cooker.

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