Germany
Description: National market
Metering Conditions: (regulated, competitive, by network businesses etc.)
Population:
Households:
Meter Populations:
Electricity:
- Total:
- Domestic: 42,000,000
- Industrial/Commercial:
- Prepayment:
Gas:
- Total:
- Domestic:
- Industrial/Commercial:
- Prepayment:
Water:
- Total:
- Domestic:
- Industrial/Commercial:
- Prepayment:
Heat: 12% of homes heated using District Heat metering
- Total:
- Domestic:
- Industrial/Commercial:
- Prepayment:
Smart Metering Notes: (Collected from a Variety of Sources)
- As at February 2008 – German Government Carbon plan includes electricity smart metering, but not gas.
- Meter functionality requirements are not framed in policy
- Utilities are working independently on smart metering
- Multi Utility Communications (MUC)
- Smart Meter Initiatives (SMIK) – includes 13/14 companies providing gas/water and electricity
- Figawa – meter manufacturers group
- These initiatives are beginning to come together
- July 2009 Update
- Energy Act Update
- all new homes and renovations from 2010 have to be equipped with a smart electricity meter
- introduction of demand response and Time of Use tariffs from 2011
Markets: Germany
