Retele Electrice Romania, part of the PPC group, will reach approximately 2 million smart meters installed by the end of this year, the highest volume ever achieved by any grid operator in Romania, the company announced on Monday.

„Smart meters are the basis of a digitalized and resilient distribution network. They improve the interface with customers and enable the development of new market services such as flexibility and aggregation of energy transit. They are also essential for the integration of decentralized generation and energy storage. Remote reading, supplier change and reconnection without physical intervention reduce the carbon footprint, supporting sustainable energy consumption. By installing smart meters at each customer – consumer, producer or prosumer – we are contributing to Romania’s energy transition,” Mihai Peste, general manager of Retele Electrice Romania was quoted as saying in the press release.

According to the cited source, in order to fulfill the set objectives, Retele Electrice Romania has continued to implement the installation of smart meters in the Banat, Dobrogea and Muntenia regions, according to the implementation schedule established by the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE) since 2015.

The monthly average number of remote readings in 2024 was about 1.5 million, thus contributing to reducing the carbon footprint of the grid operator, specifies the cited source.

„Retele Electrice Romania implemented at the end of 2024 a modern IT platform that provides all electricity suppliers with consumption data of customers with smart meters in the 11 counties in its area of responsibility, so that suppliers can streamline their work by access to up-to-date measurement data,” the press release adds.

The platform takes data from over 1.6 million smart meters and makes them available daily to suppliers, for the customers they have in their portfolio, as they become accessible in the database of the Electricity Networks.

„Continuous access to this data facilitates prompt reaction to market fluctuations, optimization of internal processes and informed decisions based on current data with a higher degree of granularity. In addition, metering data enables more efficient detection of anomalies in consumption, personalization of offers according to customer profile and improved billing accuracy, reducing discrepancies and errors. These benefits contribute to more efficient resource management and increased customer satisfaction,” the company specifies.

According to the cited source, the platform uses state-of-the-art technologies in the area of data streaming, compatible with cloud solutions, allowing the management of a large volume of data in a flexible and scalable way. The system benefits from a high level of data protection through advanced technologies that guarantee the confidentiality and integrity of information.

Moreover, the use of open source software and advanced solutions for data collection ensures not only technological transparency towards all suppliers, but also long-term compatibility and adaptability to possible changes in the future.

Retele Electrice Romania team has sent to suppliers the information regarding this service, the detailed technical specification, as well as the ways to ensure access only by authorized persons in order to respect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the data.

AGERPRES