Brian Gaff wrote :
Yes we knew that two years ago and then all the companies suddenly tried to
fit their stock no doubt so the Gov would have to pay for the upgrades.
Nothing fitted here yet.
The big problem just as with the Railway debacle is communication between
the government bodies and the energy companies on the state of play on this.
They all went ahead with a half baked system and forgot stuff like
portability and accessibility of both hardware and software, and the result
as is usual, is a shambles.
Brian

Spot on, a shambles indeed!