College of Energy Environment & Sustainability, Pune
Online published on 16 January, 2015.
The Indian Electricity Act 2003 has thrown open challenges and is a substantial step in the goal of liberalization, decentralization, reforms, in the Electricity sector. As India leaps forward to embrace this openness, it is but natural that there is a need to put in place systems which captures, implement and provides trading and billing system with real time information access and availability. A digital energy meter for electrical energy measurement, which is connected to an information domain, is an important component of the smart metering and smart grid infrastructure being deployed. Such infrastructure has an impact on the consumer and on authorities that have public service obligations. This paper discusses those elements in line with international directives 2009/72/EC& 2009/73/EC & how this model could be adopted to Indian context, from consumer protection needed for installation of smart meters with respect to energy savings and outlines requirements.
