Our electricity meters are the best foundation for great data.
Regrettably, most metering services fail to meet customer expectations.
But we pride ourselves on being different.
We will install, maintain and provide handheld read services for all your electricity meters, enhancing the quality of data you receive.
END TO END SOLUTION
Nationwide engineers plus approachable support teams for your end-to-end metering services.
Fully managed service
We provide a fully end-to-end service, from new connections, install, adoption, maintenance and sub-meters all supported by our expert teams
Approachable expertise
Our operations & support teams are friendly and full of knowledge. No project is too large or complex
Nationwide engineers & meter readers
Our skilled expert engineers operate nationwide to deliver the metering services, maintenance and handheld reads you need for great data
Settlement & Sub-meter solutions
We provide settlement and sub-metering to ensure all your metering services are streamlined from a trusted source
Enhanced energy data
Where Stark Connect are your Meter Operator, you can enjoy better data quality, billing and settlement with fewer data gaps
Complex project design
Our expertise and support is on-hand to complete your most complex metering requirements without fuss
SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE
Enjoy superior results when you combine Stark Data & Connect
Our data and metering services are designed to work together, resulting in improved energy data, settlement and billing performance.
It’s a simple solution that can make a big difference.
OUR METER SERVICES
Our well-maintained electricity meter services are your foundation for great data
Businesses & Consultants - Meter Operation & support
Advanced – also known as Automatic Meter Reader (AMR) meters – are a type of smart meter.
We recommend Advanced meters for businesses for these clear benefits:
- Retain control & choice – Advanced meters give you full control over who maintains your meters
- Interoperable – if you switch suppliers, your Advanced meter will stay smart
- Robust – Advanced meters have all the capabilities required to handle any commercial use, including export
- Reliable – Advanced meters have been in use for over 40 years and counting
Importantly, you control who maintains these meters as the industry moves through Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS).
New connections, installations, adoptions and exports are all covered.
Plus, your entire project will be fully managed and maintained during your time with us.
Contact us today to discuss your portfolio – big or small.
Check out our MHHS-dedicated page to learn more.
Suppliers - Meter Operation & tailored services
Have confidence with our comprehensive managed service for suppliers, developed from our decades of established relationships:
- Change of Agent migrations
- Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement migrations
- Settlement & Meter performance reports
- Advanced and SMETS Data & Metering solutions
- Traditional meter innovations for Faster volumes of Handheld reads
- Regular calls & actionable insights
Our established relationships with specialist operations & support teams mean streamlined, faster migration experiences for our suppliers.
Contact us today to see how we can help.
Settlement metering services
As an accredited meter operator we install, adopt and maintain all Code of Practise metering systems for businesses and suppliers.
We are an independent nationally accredited Meter Operator and work with every energy supplier across the UK.
Plus, if you choose Stark Data for your data services, you’ll enjoy an enhanced experience.
Our settlement performance shows a distinct advantage where both Stark Connect and Stark Data services are used together.
Contact us to ask about our settlement services
Generation - Import & Export
Our engineers and support teams are specialists in providing metering for distributed generation sites.
- Settlement Import/Export metering
- Micro-generation sites
- Large solar and wind farms
- High or low-voltage
We also provide generation or feed-in tariff (FiT) metering to measure the total generation following industry standards.
Also, with Stark Data you get energy insights with our platform Stark ID as standard.
Plus, Stark Zero is on hand to support you with further generation or storage solutions.
Contact us today to find out how we can help.
Electricity sub-metering
We provide and install a sub-metering tailored to your needs so that you can turn your buildings and processes into energy-saving machines.
Our project delivery teams fully manage your journey, across the UK & NI, ROI, the Channel Islands & Isle of Mann.
From the survey, installation, maintenance & data, our service is truly end-to-end.
Plus all your Stark Data and Stark ID are provided as standard.
So you can manage your energy, create custom invoices for tenants, and optimise your processes.
For Gas sub-metering, our Stark Works gas-trained engineers can help.
”I am extremely happy with how it’s been working. We have been replacing up to 5 meters a day in certain areas which is great. I can’t thank the Stark engineers enough for their hard work. They go above and beyond to ensure the meter is replaced which has helped the numbers increase massively.
United UtilitiesProject Coordinator – Energy Metering Bioresource and Energy Services
We’re ready for Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement.
Choose your Meter Operator wisely.
Learn more about Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement in our Latest News.
25th April 2025
Migration of meters starts in April 2025, ahead of Elexon’s deadline of October 2026. Take action now to ensure you have the right Meter partner.
Choose your MOP & DC now
MHHS focuses on what type of meter you have installed:
Advanced or SMETS.
Choose Advanced to control your meters.
We are MHHS ready
We already operate Non-Half Hourly meters to Half Hourly standards. So we can remotely reconfigure your meters for MHHS.
No meter exchanges, no fuss.
CASE STUDIES
Our smart meter services save our customers costs and carbon
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FAQs
Do I need a Meter Operator?
Yes. You are required to have a Meter Operator for your settled electricity supplies. Stark Connect is an accredited, independent Meter Operator working with all low and high voltage suppliers and meter types.
What are your Accreditations?
At Stark Connect we are a fully accredited Meter Operator plus qualified for
Advanced Meter Services (ADS) and Smart Metering Service (SMS) for Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement.
Read more about our Accreditations here.
What is Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement?
Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement is Ofgem’s programme, managed by Elexon, to settle all the UK’s electricity in Half Hourly by October 2026.
30 million meters – both domestic and commercial – will switch to Half Hourly data.
The focus will move from if you have Half Hourly and Non-Half Hourly (NHH) meters to Advanced and SMETS meters.
Migration of NHH and Traditional meters will start in April 2025, so make sure you choose your Metering and Data service partners ahead of the switch.
Read more in our Insights, MHHS section.
What's the difference between Advanced and SMETS meters?
Both Advanced and SMETS are types of smart meters.
Both have remote communication capability, so participate in Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement and Net Zero energy-saving measures.
Advanced meters
Advanced meters are also called Automatic Meter Readers AMR meters.
- They are Reliable, robust and interoperable between suppliers and what we use for all our commercial customers
- We maintain them and collect data directly under Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement
- You retain control
SMETS meters
Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specifications, or SMETS meters, were introduced for the UK government’s Smart Meter Implementation Plan.
This obligates suppliers to install smart meters and will offer SMETS meters to customers.
Customers can opt out of the SMETS smart meter rollout and choose Advanced meters, which still counts towards the suppliers’ obligations.
- SMETS meters will have data collected by the new centralised company, rather than specialist Data collectors like Stark
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