ESB to install ‘smart meters’ in two million homes

ELECTRICITY users will soon be able to monitor the energy use of individual appliances through ‘smart meters,’ under plans to be announced by Ireland’s energy watchdog.

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) intends introducing the meters in over two million homes, so consumers will more efficiently use electricity.

The initiative will be piloted by the ESB this year and its full roll-out nationwide will cost hundreds of millions of euro. A paper on the plans will be released in the coming weeks.