Smart meters from the angles of consumer protection and public service obligations

Author

Deconinck, Geert ; Delvaux, B. ; De Craemer, Klaas ; Zhifeng Qiu ; Belmans, Ronnie

Author_Institution

ESAT-ELECTA, K.U.Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

fYear

2011

fDate

25-28 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Digital meters for electricity and gas, which are connected to an information infrastructure are an important component of the smart metering and smart grid infrastructure being deployed. Besides technical and business perspectives, such infrastructure has an impact on the consumer and on authorities that have public service obligations. This paper discusses those elements, also in the context of the assessment that is needed for the European directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC. It positions smart meters with respect to energy savings and outlines requirements for relevant cost / benefit analyses.

Keywords

energy conservation; power meters; power system economics; smart power grids; European directive 2009/72/EC; European directive 2009/73/EC; consumer protection; electricity digital meter; energy saving; gas digital meter; public service obligation; relevant cost-benefit analyses; smart grid; smart meter; Business; Context; Electricity; Energy consumption; Europe; Law; Meter reading; AMI; smart metering; smart meters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent System Application to Power Systems (ISAP), 2011 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hersonissos

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0807-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0808-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAP.2011.6082207

Filename

6082207