The term for metrological verification of electronic electricity meters could be extended. The Ministry of Energy is examining this possibility after, during consultations, distribution system operators cited the significant costs involved in the periodic verification of meters, reports IPN.
Currently, three-phase electronic meters are checked once every four years, and single-phase ones – every eight years. During the consultations on amending the legal provisions in the field of metrological control, longer terms were proposed, in line with technological evolution and practices in several European countries.
According to the estimates presented by the operators, extending the term could reduce the expenses of a distribution operator by approximately 40 million lei per year, excluding VAT.
The savings could come from reducing the costs for checking the meters installed at residential consumers, included in the distribution tariff, as well as from optimizing the verification of measuring transformers, costs directly borne by non-residential consumers.
The Ministry of Energy specifies that it will assess the impact of the proposals and, together with the competent institutions, will examine to what extent the resulting savings could be reflected in the reduction of costs for consumers.
