The plan to offer energy smart meters to every household in the UK by 2017 will be managed by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), it has been announced.
This is a change to the original plan which gave industry regulator Ofgem responsibility for the energy scheme.
The energy monitors are hoped to help households in the UK cut the amount of energy they use by as much as 20%.
The management announcement was made in an open letter from energy minister Charles Hendry and Lord Mogg, chairman of Ofgem's governing body, the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA).
The letter said that the decision had been made given the scale of the programme and the "importance of government accountability for its delivery".
This announcement comes after the government was criticised by public watchdog Committee of Public Accounts for not being on track to meet its 2010 renewable energy targets.
Margaret Hodge, and said that the DECC needed a "greater sense of urgency and purpose".
The energy monitors are hoped to help households in the UK cut the amount of energy they use by as much as 20%.
The management announcement was made in an open letter from energy minister Charles Hendry and Lord Mogg, chairman of Ofgem's governing body, the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (GEMA).
The letter said that the decision had been made given the scale of the programme and the "importance of government accountability for its delivery".
This announcement comes after the government was criticised by public watchdog Committee of Public Accounts for not being on track to meet its 2010 renewable energy targets.
Margaret Hodge, and said that the DECC needed a "greater sense of urgency and purpose".
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