Government brings in ‘smart-ready’ requirement for heat pumps and battery storage
Posted: Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
The government has introduced requirements for appliances such as heat pumps and battery storage systems to be ‘smart-ready’, enabling more households to access cheaper tariffs, Installer Online reported. A new framework will introduce requirements for heat pumps to be sold smart-ready, in line with regulations that already apply to electric vehicle chargers. The new regulations for heat devices will apply to hydronic heat pumps, storage heaters, heat batteries, standalone direct electric hot water cylinders, hot water heat pumps, and hybrid heat pumps, all up to a thermal capacity of 45 kW. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero noted that this will allow heat pump owners to save around £100 per year compared to gas boiler costs. The savings for switching from a gas boiler to a heat pump on a time-of-use tariff are based on internal DESNZ analysis, based on switching from a gas boiler on a fixed price tariff to an air source heat pump on the Octopus Cosy tariff. New cybersecurity standards will also be introduced for smart appliances. The measures form part of the government’s Clean Power Action Plan, which sets out pro-consumer reforms to help households benefit from lower energy bills. The framework will also ensure that a range of appliances, including electric vehicle smart charge points, heat pumps, and battery energy storage systems, can operate across different tariffs so that devices and consumers are not tied to one energy supplier. This encouragement of competition will deliver further savings, DESNZ added.
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