AN OVERVIEW OF THE

INTRODUCTION AND
APPLICATION OF SMART
METERING IN SWEDEN

Johan Söderbom
November 2017
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Safety & Transport

Measurement Science & Technology
Sweden and the electricity landscape
 10 million inhabitants
 Total yearly electricity consumption approximately
155 TWh
 Consumption strongly driven by heating demand
 Approx. 15 000 KWh/person annually
 Most years net export of electricity
 Close collaboration with the other Nordic countries
 Nuclear reactors closing down, no new investments
 No new Hydropower
 Wind power growing rapidly

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Overview of the Swedish electricity market
• Market liberalised since 1996
• Unbundled and deregulated
• Competition on generation and retail
• +100 retailers, 170 distribution system
operators, 1 transmission system operator
• 75% of Nordic power generation is traded on
Nordpool, enabling transparent market price
Electricity
• “Dynamic market” with active customers: Generators A few
exchange
• Approx. 30 percent of private costumers large
are active players
Retailer

Approx 100
Authority
Approx 170
(SVK)
Distribution Transmission
network network

costumer
Time line smart metering in Sweden
Driver for smart meter roll out
• Support deregulation from1996
• Boost competition on the retail side
Some large DSO
starts Smart Meter • Monthly billing for all customers
Rollout • No meter functionality requirements

Electricity Act:
1.7.2006 hourly metering
Electricity Act: Electricity Act: for
1999 hourly metering demands monthly billing +63A Fuse
for +200A Fuse for all customers until
2009

EU DIRECTIVE 2006/32/EC
demanding “meters that reflect
Deregulation 1996 […] actual energy consumption
and […] information on
actual time of use
First generation smart meters 2009
 Only functionality to report monthly consumption
 Possible to realise this by manual readings – but to expensive
 Requirements for metering capabilities
 No standards for compatibility on meter communication
 Sweden second country in Europe with full roll out of meters
 Early realization that added functionality was very valuable
 Power line communication secondary substation to home
 GPRS/GSM from substation to DSO
First generation smart meter services
 Services for the Customer
 Exact monthly bill
 “On line” consumption data via the web

 Services Distribution system operator

 Customer service tool
 Remote reading: Retailer change, move in/move out
 Tamper alarms
 First generation services generates most benefits for the DSO

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Time line smart metering in Sweden

Electricity Act:
Oct 2012 Hourly metering
2009 Monthly billing
• Spot price tariffs feasible
to all customers
• Must be provided, if customer
demands from supplier

EU DIRECTIVE 2009/72/EC
Demanding 80% ‚intelligent
Metering Systems‘ by 2020
for all cases being assessed
positively
Second generation smart meters, post
2009
 No new requirements but anticipation of hourly metering
 Upgrading rather than replacing
 More European countries testing Smart Meter
 Unlocking added functionality
 Some remote control capabilities (switch on and off)
 Third party service development
 No HAN interface but local services developed anyway
Second generation smart meter services
 Services for the Customer
 Smart phone interface
 Integration with smart home equipment
 Third party developers
 Energy use optimasation, passive

 Services Distribution system operator

 Developed customer service tool
 Load profiles – Daily/hourly resolution
 Outage management (fault location)
 Detection of zero lead faults
 Remote switching off – inactive premises
 More advanced Fraud detection

 Second generation services still most benefits for the DSO

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Time line smart metering in Sweden
New generation smart Proposed New Swedish data hub for
meters tested in large functional requirements electricity metering
scale replacement of for meters in Sweden
2009 generation Smart Meters in
secondary substations

 Proposed Functional requirements Data Hub

 Extended meter data (V, A P, Q etc)
 Public customer interface
 Remote reading (!)
 Hourly (15 minutes) recording of
active energy
 Outage recording
 Remote upgrade
 Remote switching
 Zero fault detection and alarm
Next generation smart meter services
 Services for the Customer
 Full integration with Demand Response Services
 Full integration with smart home functionality
 Market integration for prosumers
 Tailored retail contracts
 ….
 Services for Energy Service Companies
 Energy declarations
 Energy consultations
 Aggregation of end customers
 Electric Vehicle charging support/control
 ….
 Services Distribution system operator
 Integration of customer data in Network Planning Tools
 Integration of customer data in Distribution Management Systems
 Integration of customer data in Outage Management Systems
 ….

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CONTACTS
Johan Söderbom
[email protected]
+46 10 516 5772

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Safety & Transport

Measurement Science & Technology