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Government proposes to define “half hourly AMR meters” as those electricity meters which are capable of ascertaining the amount of electricity supplied on an half hourly (or more frequent) basis – and which are read remotely by the customer. CRC will only capture AMR meters which are the main meters measuring the quantity of electricity supplied to a premises, not sub-meters or clip-on devices. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 of the Draft Order defines half hourly AMR meters as ‘remotely read supply’.
Government proposes to define “half hourly AMR meters” as those electricity meters which are capable of ascertaining the amount of electricity supplied on an half hourly (or more frequent) basis – and which are read remotely by the customer. CRC will only capture AMR meters which are the main meters measuring the quantity of electricity supplied to a premises, not sub-meters or clip-on devices. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 of the Draft Order defines half hourly AMR meters as ‘remotely read supply’.2
Importantly, if a half hourly AMR meter is read remotely by the customer during the qualification year, footprint year, or any other year during a phase, that meter will constitute Core energy use for the duration of that phase, irrespective of whether it continues to be read remotely by the customer.
Importantly, if a half hourly AMR meter is read remotely by the customer during the qualification year, footprint year, or any other year during a phase, that meter will constitute Core energy use for the duration of that phase, irrespective of whether it continues to be read remotely by the customer.3
Although it is expected that organisations who rolled out AMR metering would have done so at sites falling within profile classes 5-8, in some cases organisations may have gone further for energy management purposes and rolled out these meters at profile classes 3 and 4, for example. In these cases, the AMR meters at any profile class would also fall under the half hourly AMR meters core consumption definition.
Although it is expected that organisations who rolled out AMR metering would have done so at sites falling within profile classes 5-8, in some cases organisations may have gone further for energy management purposes and rolled out these meters at profile classes 3 and 4, for example. In these cases, the AMR meters at any profile class would also fall under the half hourly AMR meters core consumption definition.Tags: clip-on devices, electricity, electricity meters, energy management purposes, energy use, Reading