SMETS1 definition
Examples of SMETS1 in a sentence
SMETS1 Smart metering equipment technical specifications: first version.
In identifying feasible options for the provision by the DCC of a SMETS1 service, the DCC took as its starting point the existing multiple technical solutions and systems that have developed to support SMETS1 meters, and considered how technical and commercial arrangements could be structured to enable the provision of a DCC SMETS1 service.
Section N of the SEC required the DCC to produce an IEPFR relating to the enrolment of SMETS1 meters and to consult parties on the content of the draft report.
The DCC initiated the SMETS1 Programme to ensure these smart meters can still be utilised in order to ensure the investment to date by the industry is not lost and that households are not encumbered with a further change in meter to upgrade to SMETS2 technology.
The infrastructure for existing SMETS1 meters has developed organically without a unified communications standard and often independently, to meet energy suppliers’ own requirements, according to their own business needs.
Consequently this should reduce the risk of SMETS1 meters being replaced before the end of their operating lives.
Option 5 uses existing SMETS1 meters, communications hubs and SMETS1 CSPs but also uses existing SMETS1 SMSOs (together with their existing ▇▇▇▇).
The DCC is in the process of assessing options for the initial enrolment of SMETS1 meters into a DCC service.
There are a number of options for how the DCC might technically communicate (via integration) with a SMETS1 meter, which are set out and evaluated below.
In order to provide a DCC SMETS1 Service, the DCC needs to establish communication with SMETS1 meters such that (on an on-going basis) the DCC can provide the SMETS1 communication services in respect of the SMETS1 meter.