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Smart Metering Implementation Programme: In-Home Display Document type: Supporting Document Ref: 94c/10 Date of publication: 27 July 2010 Deadline for response: 28 October 2010 Target audience: Energy suppliers and network operators, consumers, consumer organisations and representatives, environmental bodies, meter asset providers, meter asset managers, meter operators and metering and communication equipment manufacturers, academics and other interested parties. Overview: This document is one of a number of supporting documents published alongside the Smart Metering Implementation Programme Prospectus. This document sets out our proposals for a minimum set of functional requirements for the in-home display that will be provided to domestic customers. Among the minimum requirements is the need to present consumption in pounds and pence, which customers find easier to understand. We also propose that the display must include a visual (i.e. non-numerical) presentation that allows consumers to easily distinguish between high and low levels of current consumption. This document also sets out our proposals on the nature of the mandate on suppliers in relation to the provision of the IHD. Contact name: Margaret Coaster Tel: 020 7901 7000 Email: smartmetering@.uk Team : Smart Metering Team, Ofgem E-Serve In-Home Display 27 July 2010 Context The Government is committed to the rollout of electricity and gas smart meters to all homes in Great Britain and to the broad delivery framework underpinning the development of policy to date. On behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Ofgem E-Serve has been managing the first phase of a central programme to design and implement new cross-industry arrangements for the delivery of smart metering. Ofgem E- Serve‟s smart metering work has been undertaken in conjunction with Ofgem‟s Sustainable Development Division. The Pros