Households with heat pumps who opt in to a proposed Government scheme could see their heating automatically turned down by their supplier as part of efforts to improve energy security amid concerns of blackouts.
Under the Smart Secure Electricity Systems scheme, energy firms such as Octopus Energy and British Gas will have the power to remotely pause and schedule customers’ heating to reduce the strain on the grid.
The electricity suppliers are set to be authorised to control heat pumps via the internet if plans set out under the former energy secretary Ed Miliband go ahead. However, customers will have the ability to both temporarily override the system and permanently opt out.
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