DECC has now admitted that the decision to pick a winner has been delayed and will not take place until the autumn of 2010 at the earliest.

DECC现在承认挑选一个胜者的决定被推迟了，最快要等到2010年秋天。

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DECC was stitched together from the Department for Business and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs late in 2008 and needs to make its mark soon.

2008年新成立的DECC是从英国商务部以及环境、食品和农村事务部抽调人员组成的，这个新部门急需在短时间里做出一点自己的成绩来。

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Launching a consultation on how the smart meters should be rolled out, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) claimed the scheme will be the biggest smart meter project in the world.

能源与气候变化部 (DECC) 召开了一次商谈应如何推广智能表的会议，并宣称该计划将是世界上最大的智能表计划。

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But the argument does not seem to have convinced the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

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The ministerial news conference at DECC did not provide that clarity as both men dodged the issue.

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David MacKay, the DECC's chief scientific adviser, practises what he preaches in his once draughty semi-detached 1940s house.

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