France
Description: National Market
Metering Conditions:
Population: 64.5 million
Meter Populations:
Electricity:
Gas: 10.7 million
Water:
Heat:
Smart Metering Notes: (Collected information from a range of sources)
- Currently (2008) no strong business case for Gas smart metering, so the initial solution is likely to be closer to an AMR meter
- From CEER 4th Benchmarking Study on Electricity Quality:
- In France, with the development of Automated Meter Management (AMM) systems, it will be possible to measure interruptions and the voltage quality; date and duration of long and short interruptions, and the date and duration of supply voltage variations that are outside predefined thresholds.
- The AMM will measure supply voltage variations on an average interval of time adjustable (at first, the time will be 10 minutes). In case of excursion of the voltage out of an average range defined by 2 thresholds parameters (at first, the thresholds will be +10% and -10% in accordance with the decree of 24th December 2007), the meter will record the value of this voltage and the dates of the event’s beginning and end item averaged. This will all be measured at each LV customer premises.
- With the experimental AMM project, 300,000 smart meters will be installed by the end of 2010. The voltage level will be then measured at the LV customers concerned.
Water Metering Notes:
- Most water meters are read on an annual basis
- Asset life expected to be 22 years
- Major participants include Saur, who have 3 million meters
General Metering Notes:
- 55% of electricity meters are located inside customer homes
- All domestic gas meters in France are diaphragm meters.
- Source (Cap Gemini) states vast majority of electricity meters are located inside the house/apartment
Markets: France
