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The electricity meter act which will come into force on July 2 is one of the biggest changes in the Polish energy law recently. Electricity consumers especially consumers will benefit the most from the adoption of the law. The amendment implements the EU concept which puts consumers and their activation at the center of the energy market. However comprehensive implementing acts are needed to efficiently implement the new provisions. On June 25 the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage submitted for public consultations and inter-ministerial consultations a package of regulations to regulate the meter act.The amendment to the Energy Law of May 20 2021 eliminates the existing barriersto the development of energy storage which are needed to integrate renewable energy sources stabilize changesin the power system increase its flexibility and use the potential of active consumers.Above all however the new regulations will enable energy consumers to use the functions of smart remote reading meters. The act provides that by the end of 2028 such meters will be installed in at least 80 of end users including at least 80 of households. The amendment to the Energy Law Act contains a detailed schedule of installation of meters to be implemented by distribution system operators DSOs.The purchase of a huge number of remote reading meters and the creation of the Central Energy Market Information System requires a stable legal framework that determines the functionalities and technical requirements for these devices. Therefore the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage referred an appropriate package of regulations to inter-ministerial consultations and public consultations- explains Minister Micha Kurtyka.First sorting out energy measurement issuesThe first is the draft regulation on the measurement system the so-called the metering regulation which regulates the issues of communication standards between the remote reading meter and the remote reading system and the method of inter alia operation of meters and pre-payment settlements. In short the metering regulation will contain technical and functional requirements for smart meters so that they work best in the system and for energy consumers. These data are especially needed by distribution system operators in tenders for the purchase and installation of these devices according to the schedule adopted in the act.Second the creation and operation of CSIREIn turn the draft regulation on energy market processes the so-called the CSIRE regulation is associated with the establishment and operation of the Central Energy Market Information System CSIRE in Poland. This system will be managed by Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne PSE SA which will act as the Energy Market Information Operator.CSIRE will be an IT data center that will allow to collect and store technical and commercial data of energy consumption points and the results of electricity measurements transferred from smart meters in one place. The draft regulation will detail inter alia what processes will take place on the energy market and how they will proceed what requirements will have to be met for these processes to be correct and complete how will their quality be monitored what will be the range of commands sent to the remote reading meter via CSIRE and how the measurement data will be protected. Today energy is supplied through the networks of distribution system operators to which consumers are connected. Currently the exchange of information between sellers distributorsand consumers prosumers of energy is complicated and slow and the process of switching supplier is quite complicated and takes up to three weeks.CSIRE will allow you to shorten the process of switching the seller to just 24 hours provide us with free and easy information about the contracts we have and energy consumption which will allow us to verify this consumption on an ongoing basis and check settlements with sellers. As a result the use of energy will be more effective and cheaper. All information will be updated on an ongoing basis and the CSIRE system and the data collected there will be well protected and made available on transparent terms only to authorized and indicated by recipients entities- emphasizes the head of the Ministry of Climate and Environment.Third removing barriers to the development of energy storageThe third of the ordinances ie on the register of energy storage is related to the meter act in the scope in which it concerns the provisions eliminating the existing barriers to the development of energy storage. The ordinance will regulate formal and technical issues by introducing the warehouse register template form and the rules for its entry in the registers kept by distribution system operators.It is worth adding that currently energy storage facilities are not subject to entry in the register and are treated as generating units. The meter act introduces the obligation to register them over 50 kW in an electronic form. Thanks to this it will be possible to monitor the development of storage technology in Poland. This is an important element in the development of the national power system based on the sustainable development of renewable energy sources.Energetic hat-trickThe solutions proposed in the regulations submitted today for public consultation have been prepared on the basis of many years of experience and expert knowledge of the Team for the implementation of smart metering in Poland appointed by the Minister of Climate and Environment.We treat measurement regulations CSIRE and regulations on the register of warehouses as priority implementing provisions for the regulation of the meter act.
