Finland
Description: National Market
Metering Conditions: (regulated, competitive, by network businesses etc.)
Population:
Households: 3 million
Meter Populations:
Electricity:
- Total: 3,100,000
- Domestic:
- Industrial/Commercial: 54000
- Prepayment:
Gas:
- Total: 35,600
- Domestic:
- Industrial/Commercial:
- Prepayment:
Water:
- Total:
- Domestic:
- Industrial/Commercial:
- Prepayment:
Heat:
- Total:
- Domestic: Approx 50% of the market uses district heating
- Industrial/Commercial:
- Prepayment:
General Market Notes:
- 89 distribution network operators, 13 reional network operators, one transmission system operator – Fingrid
- Notable participants: Vattenfall, Fortum, Turku Energia, Tampereen Sahkolaitos, Valkeakosken Energia, Vantaa Energy
- Over 70 retail suppliers including E.On, Kainuun Energi, Helsingin Energia
- Distribution businesses are responsible for metering
- Gas market is vertically integrated, with Gasum Oy acting as the main transmission system operator, distributor and retailer. There are 31 other, smaller gas distributors.
- There is a secondary, deregulated gas market, operated by Kassuporssi Oy.
- There are 7 district energy (heat) systems in Finland. They are in Helsinki, Tampere, Joensuu Energy, Vantaa, Kerava, Vaasa and Lahti. In all there are 132 district heating companies.
- Market regulator is the EMA – www.energiamarkkinavirasto.fi – there are details of all the market participants on their site
- Finnish standards body is Suomen Standardisoimisliitto (SFS) – www.sfs.fi
- For water, there is no overall regulator. Water management is a municipal responsibility, and there are 348 municipalities in Finland
Smart Metering Notes: (Collected from a Variety of Sources)
- Legislation requires hourly meter reading for electricity by the end of 2013
- Spring 2009 – new law requiring smart meters for all customers by end of 2010
- 0.8 million installed at time of legislation
Relevant Websites:
Markets: Finland
