The role of the Smart meters in the energy management systems

Abstract

We can state that the replacement of the traditional meters by smart meters is an unstoppable process all over the world. This is a hard duty of the utilities but also a great opportunity for the energy traders, distributors and users, too. It is difficult to reach the energy consciousness of the public institutions and the households because of the lack of special energy management knowledge. Also the rare energy data feed-back does not allow the control of consumption. The intelligent meters enable the development of a remote-energy management system that helps the energy user decrease the energy costs and also the amount of the used energy. We analyzed the energy management activity and we show that the smart meters make a good base for the remotely deployed energy management function. The smart meters have closely on-line communication to a remote center. The frequent data provided by the meters can be processed only automatically. We recommend a narrow functionality for the central energy monitoring application. By enlarging the circle the managed energy, the efficiency of the total energy applications and the sustainability can be raised.