UCL are an accredited party to the Smart Energy Code (SEC), the UK legislation that ensures safe and secure access to smart meter data. To access your smart meter data, UCL uses a technical service provided by the software company CGI. CGI are an accredited SEC Party and authorised User of the Data Communications Company that connects to the national smart meter communication network (the DCC Gateway). With your consent, UCL will be able to remotely collect your smart meter data and securely transfer it to the UK Data Archive, which securely store and manage all smart meter data on behalf of UCL.
