What are remote management meters or smart meters?
Remote management meters or smart meters are:
- Smarter: They enable consumption to be read and operations carried out remotely.
- More flexible: They enable contracted tariffs to be adapted to consumption habits.
- More efficient: They enable information to be provided about consumption in order to facilitate savings and the responsible use of energy.
Having a smart meter installed does not involve having the remote management system enabled, i.e., integrated into the remote management system.
The installation of the new remote management meters is established in Royal Decree 1110/2007, Order ITC 3860/2007 and IET 290/2012, which establishes that distribution companies have until 2019 to change the current meters when the power is lower than or equivalent to 15kW to new meters capable of being managed remotely.