CENELEC Smart Meters Coordination Group (SM-CG)

The introduction of intelligent metering systems (also called smart metering systems) is promoted by the European Union through different recent regulations which should lead to a wide rollout of electricity and gas meters in Europe. The main concerns are the development of greater energy efficiency awareness by end users and energy savings.

The European Commission has issued a mandate for the standardization of Smart Metering functionalities and communication for usage in Europe for electricity, gas, heat and water applications (M/441). The standardization process shall ensure interoperability of technologies and applications within a harmonised European Energy Market.

The standardization process is mandated to the three European Standards’ Organizations (ESO) CEN, CENELEC and ETSI. There are about 110 applicable technical standards available today which cover parts of a Smart Metering application. In addition to the existing EN standards, several national standards and proprietary solutions exist and many are proposed now in member states to become standards.

To respond to M/441, the three ESOs worked together with stakeholders in a Smart Metering Co-ordination Group (SMCG). SM-CG designated two ad hoc groups to consider the main issues addressed by the mandate, separating the definition of Smart Metering functionalities and the definition of applicable and appropriate communication standards as parallel processes.
Ad Hoc Group 1 considered communications; Ad Hoc Group 2 considered additional functionalities.

For more information please contact Mr Henk de Pauw at h.depauw@normapme.com