Search Search for: European Commission SGTF Expert Group Findings on Interoperability Dr.-Ing. Manuel Sánchez Jiménez Team Leader Smart Grids Directorate General for Energy European Commission Energy
Smart metering provisions Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC (Annex I.2) Smart metering for the active participation of consumers May be subject to an economic assessment of long-term costs & benefits by 03.09.2012 Timetable up to 10 years for implementation For electricity: when positively assessed, at least 80% of consumers equipped with smart metering by 2020 Shall ensure interoperability and use appropriate standards 2/7
Commission Recommendation 2012/148/EU of 9 March 2012 on preparations for the roll-out of smart metering systems I. Data protection and security considerations II. Methodology for the economic assessment of the long-term cost and benefits for the roll-out of smart metering systems III. Common minimum functional requirements for smart metering systems for electricity 3/7
Minimum functionalities for smart metering roll-out Market actor Functionality Market aspects Functionality Customer Metering operator A B C D E Provide readings directly to the customer and any third party designated by the consumer Update the readings referred to in point (a) frequently enough to allow the information to be used to achieve energy savings. Allow remote reading of meters by the operator Provide two-way communication between the smart metering system and external networks Allow readings to be taken frequently enough for the information to be used for network planning Commercial aspects of metering supply Security and data protection Distributed generation F G H I J Support advanced tariff systems Allow remote on/off control of the supply and/or flow or power limitation Provide secure data communications Fraud prevention and detection Provide import/export and reactive metering 4/7
Positive evolution since the benchmarking study in 2014 - All 17 MS plan to provide reading directly to consumers (USB, web, etc.) - 14 MS frequent update readings: 15% from EU - 12 MS support advance tariff systems - Majority MS intents to roll-out interfaces H1 or H2, but not improve interoperability on the H interfaces 5/7
SGTF-EG1 Recommendations Commission to monitoring the progress in roll-out regarding the common minimum recommended functionalities and H interfaces in a new benchmark in 2017. For those 3 Member States that do not intend to implement frequent update readings, it is recommended to carry out an Impact Assessment for having or not such functionality and putting in place the required interfaces. For those 5 MS that do not support the functionality for advance tariff systems, check how consumers will be able to check their consumption per tariff zone and how local Demand Response applications would get the tariff information. More attention should be drawn to the approach of reaching interoperability on various layers through profiles/companion standards. It is also recommended to analyse the required functionality for the architecture used for management of flexible demand, evaluate current standards and the conditions for testing/certification of the interfaces. 6/7
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