Power metering: evolution is required

Power Metering: evolution is required

Digitization has taken over our lives. For two main reasons: the value they bring to our daily activities and their increasingly attractive cost.

In the electricity sector, two are the main cost parameters incurred by the value chain: kW capacity and kWh energy.

For business and institutional consumers the meters record kW and kWh and are thus charged accordingly.

Residential meters only register kWh. And so what? In practice, the kWh tariffs include a "prorated" value for the kW capacity..

It is high time to evolve. To reflect the reality of each consumer and thus enable attitudes towards efficient and parsimonious use of capacity.