Large (54 million) smart grid project in the Northeast of England, funded by Northern Power Grid, OFGEM’s Low Carbon Network fund, British Gas & EA technology, involving an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Newcastle & Durham Universities. This was the only project from the Low Carbon Network fund to include large component of social science. The project aimed to trial different smart grid technologies in homes & SMEs to determine their use and effectiveness. Social scientists were interested in understanding the coevolution of new social practices and smart technologies.