Poland’s Tauron shifts gear for Wrocław smart meter replacements
Wroclaw View at Tumski island and Cathedral of St John the Baptist. Poland. Image courtesy 123rf
Poland’s distribution system operator Tauron Distribution has announced new efforts to install batches of replacement smart meters across their operating areas in the city of Wrocław.
Mass installations of smart meters were initiated by Tauron earlier this year and in the case of Wrocław, citing the end of an eight-year legislation period, even meters installed a few years ago are now also being replaced.
“The work is ongoing in many places in the city. Replacements are carried out en masse, meaning that installers replace meters with expiring legalisation characteristics with new ones, trying to reach all meters in a given area at the same time,” explained Ewa Groń, spokesperson for Tauron Distribution, in a release.
Currently, replacements in Wrocław are being carried out across 20 areas. Planned works by the distribution company will now extend this coverage across 37 more areas of the city in 2023.
In total, over 80,000 meters were replaced in Wrocław this year, with 50,000 still planned and replacements continuing in 2024.
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In total, over a million Tauron customers throughout the company’s operating area already have remote reading (LZO) meters installed; and by 2031, all electricity consumers in Poland will have such devices in operation.
Said Radosław Pobol, the DSO’s president: “Over a million smart meters operating on the TAURON Distribution network are the result of several actions carried out simultaneously in recent years.
“Tauron Distribution implemented the largest pilot programme for meter replacement in Poland, covering the city of Wrocław. From 2014 to 2016, over 360,000 smart meters were installed there.”
The process of replacing meters with LZO meters is one of the elements of the company’s obligations under Energy Law.
Added Pobol: “Additional initiatives include the installation of remote reading meters as part of the capacity market and a significant increase in the number of prosumers.
“In the case of prosumers, of which there are already about 420,000 connected to the Tauron Distribution network, all micro-installations are equipped with smart bidirectional meters.”
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