Smart metering is a sexy topic in the energy world, with nearly all Western economies considering plans for large deployments. It can be used in many different ways but normally there is more than one goal behind a smart metering deployment:
In the US, smart metering was, for the most part, driven by the desire to reduce the costs associated with manual meter reading, to reduce peak load and to enhance security of supply.
In Italy, one of the key drivers was tackling energy theft and the cost of managing meters.
In Ontario, it was peak shaving and the move toward time-of-use pricing.
But if smart meters have the potential to address a number of issues, that potential can only be realised by flexible system design and deployment, avoiding excessive rigidity. In this case, one size most certainly does not fit all. We fear that the UK’s current plans for a nationwide rollout of smart meters may well be taking us down the wrong path by imposing standard solutions on the wrong part of the system.
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