Netherlands: reasons to refuse smart meter 2019

As of 2019, 22 percent of the respondents indicated that the reason to refuse a smart meter is that according to them, a smart meter has no added value. Approximately 20 percent mentioned it is unreliable, whereas 15 percent said that solar panels were the reason for refusing a smart meter.
As of December 31, 2020, at least 80 percent of all Dutch households should have switched their gas and electricity meters for smart meters (on the basis of European agreements). Roughly 55 percent of the households own a smart meter in 2019.

Reasons to refuse a smart meter in the Netherlands in 2019

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Release date

August 2019

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

4,700 respondents

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* Including an agreement on the energy usage of solar panels, in which the energy generated by solar panels will be deducted from the energy used by the household, resulting in one annual invoice. For example, solar panels generated 1,250 kWh and in the same year the household consumed 3,500 kWh. This will result in an annual invoice of 2,250 kWh.

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