Report from the Commission. Benchmarking smart metering deployment in the EU-27 with a focus on electricity

The aim of this report is to measure progress on the deployment of intelligent metering in EU Member States in line with the provisions of the Third Energy Package. Subject to the outcome of a possible economic assessment of long-term costs and benefits, Member States are required to prepare a timescale (of up to 10 years in the case of electricity) for the deployment of intelligent metering systems. This report looks at progress in the EU-27 to date and frames recommendations for the way forward.

There are two Staff Working Documents accompanying this report. They present the state-of-play of smart metering implementation in the EU, and include an overview of the cost-benefit analyses conducted by Member States along with related country-specific data.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)356: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:356:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2014)188: Country fiches for electricity smart metering http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2014:188:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2014)189: Cost-benefit analyses & state of play of smart metering deployment in the EU-27 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2014:189:FIN

ESO: Background information: Website: Smart Grids and Meters http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-smart-grids-and-meters/

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