Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Implementing Automated Energy Control and Metering Systems for Commercial Accounting

The relevance and special importance of power consumption and energy-saving issues for sustainable development of energy strategy for Russia and the world community determine the need for their detailed elaboration at both theoretical and practical levels. The key factor of unsustainable costs is losses that occur during energy transportation from a supplier to a consumer. These costs will be reduced by the introduction of an automated energy control and metering systems for commercial accounting (AECMSCA) for the implementation of one-time, continuous, automatic control and organization of commercial payments between suppliers and consumers of energy. An introduction of ASCM is a prerequisite for the transition to payment of differentiated electricity rates. It is a strategic goal of improving the efficiency of country's energy potential. This article gives theoretical rationale for implementing AECMSCA for carrying out measurements, collecting, processing and storage of results of measurements, information on conditions of objects and measuring instruments, automatic transmission of information obtained to an integrated automated system of commercial accounting management at the wholesale electricity market. We characterize some practical aspects of AECMSCA implementation in the Far East of the Russian Federation, in particular, in the “South-Yakutsk electrical networks” subsidiary. The final result of the work on upgrading electricity metering systems will be a full (100 per cent) automated data collection on consumed electricity from all metering devices. In the project under consideration, the overall economic benefits due to introduction of AECMSCA will be up to 10 % of the amount of consumed energy.