MEW Smart Meter Rollout
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Kuwait launched its smart-meter system in 2021, expecting every meter in the country replaced within two to three years. By January 2026 about 45 percent were done - and the water meters had not even been tendered.
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Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy launched a national smart electricity meter system on 5 October 2021, announcing a plan for about 800,000 units and a first-stage contract for 200,000. The telecom operator stc took the second phase, 500,000 meters, in July 2024. The water half of the programme is far behind: the Central Agency for Public Tenders approved a tender for the first 300,000 smart water meters only in May 2026.
📊 Impact
Zawya reported in January 2026, citing unnamed sources, that the customer service sector had so far completed around 45 percent of the project, and that the minister and the ministry's undersecretary were keen to see the smart meter installation project completed by the end of 2026.
🎓 Lesson
The finishing date has been reset three times, each time by a different messenger. In October 2021 the minister expected the replacement of all meters in the country within a period of two to three years. In July 2024 the second-phase supplier said a nationwide rollout was expected around mid-2025. In January 2026 the project stood at about 45 percent - a figure the report attributes to unnamed sources, not to a named official - and the target had become the end of that year. The water meters counted in the same programme had not been put out to tender at all until May 2026.
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Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2021. 4 of 4 sources carry a publication date, from 5 October 2021 to 25 May 2026.
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- Arab Times · pressArab Times (press)
- Enlit World · pressEnlit World (press)
- Zawya · pressZawya (press)
- The Times Kuwait · pressThe Times Kuwait (press)
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launched a national smart electricity meter system on 5 October 2021, announcing a plan for about 800,000 units and a first-stage contract for 200,000
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The telecom operator stc took the second phase, 500,000 meters, in July 2024
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the Central Agency for Public Tenders approved a tender for the first 300,000 smart water meters only in May 2026
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the customer service sector had so far completed around 45 percent of the project, and that the minister and the ministry's undersecretary were keen to see the smart meter installation project completed by the end of 2026
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In October 2021 the minister expected the replacement of all meters in the country within a period of two to three years
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In July 2024 the second-phase supplier said a nationwide rollout was expected around mid-2025
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The water meters counted in the same programme had not been put out to tender at all until May 2026
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Governance facts carried by the record
- Operator
- Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy (MEW/MEWRE)
- Actor types
- national-government, utility
- Funding model
- utility
- Funding description
- Not recorded
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4 source dossiers
Arab Times (press)
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src-0ce72ee8648ef3bd- Publisher
- Name not classified · arabtimesonline.com
- Type / language
- web-page · language not classified
- Published
- 2021-10-05
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- Not recorded
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- Record last verified
- 2026-08-28
- Dossier created
- 2026-08-28
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Launch report: the minister announced "the ministry's plan to install about 800,000 smart meters", said "starting today, Tuesday, the new system will be launched and operated", that "a contract to supply 200,000 meters has been signed as a first stage", and expected "to complete the replacement of all meters in the country within a period ranging between two and three years", beginning with investment and commercial areas.
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Enlit World (press)
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src-c9b8161b4c37a3b5- Publisher
- Name not classified · enlit.world
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- web-page · language not classified
- Published
- 2024-07-24
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- Not recorded
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- No source-level check date
- Record last verified
- 2026-08-28
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- 2026-08-28
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Trade report on the second phase: "Kuwait telco stc is to supply 500,000 smart electricity meters to the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy (MEW) for the second phase rollout", with a nationwide rollout "expected to lead to a nationwide rollout by around mid-2025".
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Zawya (press)
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src-80568f184b6e832d- Publisher
- Name not classified · zawya.com
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- web-page · language not classified
- Published
- 2026-01-14
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- 2026-08-28
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- 2026-08-28
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Progress report: "the customer service sector has so far completed around 45 percent of the project" and the minister and undersecretary "are keen to see the smart meter installation project completed by the end of 2026". Both statements are attributed to unnamed "sources", not to a named official.
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The Times Kuwait (press)
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- Name not classified · timeskuwait.com
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- web-page · language not classified
- Published
- 2026-05-25
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- Record last verified
- 2026-08-28
- Dossier created
- 2026-08-28
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The Central Agency for Public Tenders "has approved a request by the Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy to float a tender" for smart water meters; "the project includes the installation of 300,000 smart water meters during the first phase". A tender approval, not an installation.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “MEW Smart Meter Rollout” — Kuwait City, Kuwait. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/kuwait-smart-meters/ (last verified 2026-08-28). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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