Smart metering – a brief overview of projects, benefits and applications

Smart metering is a topic that recently has attracted much attention all over the world. Smart metering appears to be a remedy for rising prices of electricity, gas or water. The evidence from many project running in Europe and the USA showed that this technology is technically feasible and can generate the value added for the households and suppliers. In this paper we aim to systematize the knowledge of smart metering solutions, point out the benefits of smart metering and present a short overview of the SMEPI project led by Vedia S.A. in cooperation with GridPocket and SGGW.