It's understandable given the high profile collapses. In addition, stories like "UK energy customers receiving bills of up to £49,000 after Ovo takeover of SSE"

It's understandable given the high profile collapses. In addition, stories like "UK energy customers receiving bills of up to £49,000 after Ovo takeover of SSE" [1] don't help at all. In defence of smart meters, they allow half-hourly settlement, which was required for smart charging of EVs. I don't understand exactly why this was required, but we couldn't work with retailers that didn't have this in place. 1. https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/23/uk-energy-customers-bills-ovo-sse https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/nov/23/uk-energy-cust...