As society moves away from fossil fuels and toward electrification, the energy system is facing new challenges. Increased use of electricity requires not only the expansion of electricity generation and the grid, but also more intelligent use of resources. One of the major challenges is managing peak demand, which occurs when many people use electricity simultaneously for different purposes, such as charging electric vehicles or starting large fan systems when operations begin in the morning.
To manage these peak demand periods and ensure stability in the electricity system, grid companies have begun introducing demand-based pricing. By linking the price of electricity to demand at different times of day or at different load levels, customers are given incentives to help even out the peaks. This means that customers who can shift their electricity use to times when demand is lower can gain financial benefits while also helping to reduce the load on the electricity system.
To make it easier for grid companies' customers to monitor and adjust their own electricity consumption, requirements have been introduced to replace the property's main electricity meter with a new smart electricity meter featuring a HAN-P1 port, also known as a HAN port or customer interface. The port gives property owners the opportunity to access information about their own electricity consumption in real time. By 2025 at the latest, all electricity meters in Sweden must be equipped with a HAN-P1 port.
How can you access the electricity meter's data?
The M-Bus protocol is often used in building automation because it is an open and standardized protocol. PiiGAB has developed a product for reading the electricity meter's data and converting it to M-Bus in order to control and optimize the property. Learn more about the PiiGAB HAN-P1 Converter
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