Household Energy Consumption at an Open Market

Authors

  • D.M. Larruskain Eskobal Department of Electrical Engineering E.U.I.T.I., University of the Basque Country Author
  • O. Abarrategui Ranero Department of Electrical Engineering E.U.I.T.I., University of the Basque Country Author
  • E. Loroño Apraiz Department of Electrical Engineering E.U.I.T.I., University of the Basque Country Author
  • M. D. Gutiérrez Ochoa de Alda Department of Electrical Engineering E.U.I.T.I., University of the Basque Country Author
  • F. de la Bodega Bilbao Department of Electrical Engineering E.U.I.T.I., University of the Basque Country Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj03.204

Keywords:

energy liberalization, single-fase electricity meter, electronic control, low-cost

Abstract

The European directive 2003/53/EC of 26 June 2003 opens the electricity market and settles down that the term limit for all the electricity customers to chose their providing company is 1st July of 2007. Nevertheless, some Member States have gone beyond this term, Spain is among them, from the 1st of January of 2003.

The customers and generators can freely make provision contracts, thus it is necessary to have a system that allows the consumption measurement and the energy transits between the different subjects and electrical activities.

The installation of new measuring equipment in the point of nondomestic qualified customers and network connection is compulsory, although it is not necessary to modify the meters for household customers. But if customers want it, they will be able to install an hour meter, since the consumed energy price has a different hour to hour price in the wholesale market.

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Published

2024-01-08

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2005)

Section

Articles