In 2020, E-Distributie Muntenia, E-Distributie Dobrogea and E-Distributie Banat, the electricity distribution companies in Romania of Enel Group, will be installing more than 170,000 smart meters in the areas in which they operate, through an investment worth over RON56 million (nearly EUR12 million), the company said in a statement.
E-Distributie companies jointly have the biggest number of smart meters installed in Romania so far.
The program to install smart meters will be implemented in accordance with a plan approved by the Romanian energy regulator ANRE. The investment in increasing the number of smart meters is part of the network digitization strategy, together with the investment in integrating power transformation stations into the telecontrol system.
The implementation plan follows five previous projects which consisted in installing over 700,000 smart meters and is part of Enel Group’s strategy to install smart meters for the entire base of 2.9 million electricity distribution customers in Romania.
For 2020, E-Distributie Muntenia has scheduled the installation of approximately 80,000 smart meters in Bucharest, Giurgiu and Ilfov. E-Distributie Dobrogea will install some 41,000 smart meters in the counties of Calarasi, Constanta, Ialomita and Tulcea, while E-Distributie Banat will install smart meters for approximately 50,000 customers in the counties of Arad, Caras-Severin, Hunedoara and Timis.