General information on commercial electricity metering

general information

Determination of the volume of consumption (production) of electrical energy (power) in retail markets, services provided for the transmission of electrical energy, as well as actual losses of electrical energy in electric grid facilities is carried out on the basis of data obtained: using electrical energy metering devices, including those included as part of measuring complexes, accounting systems; in the absence of metering devices and in certain cases - by applying the calculation methods provided for by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 04.05.2012 No. 442 “On the functioning of retail markets for electrical energy, complete and (or) partial limitation of the mode of consumption of electrical energy.”

The procedure for taking readings from commercial metering devices

Calculated metering devices are specified in the energy supply contract (purchase and sale (supply) of electrical energy (power), provision of services for the transmission of electrical energy. The owner of the energy receiving devices ensures that the readings of the metering device are taken and the readings are provided to the other party to the contract within the time limits provided for by the “Rules for the functioning of retail electricity markets" and (or) an agreement. If a different time and date for taking readings of calculated metering devices are not established by the energy supply contract, an agreement for the provision of services for the transmission of electrical energy, then readings of calculated metering devices should be carried out as of 00:00 minutes on the 1st day of the month following the billing period, as well as the day following the date of termination (conclusion) of the energy supply contract, the contract for the provision of services for the transmission of electrical energy.If other time and date for reporting the taken readings of the calculated metering devices are not established by the energy supply contract, the contract for the provision of services for transmission of electrical energy, then the readings of the calculated metering devices are communicated to the other party to the contract using telephone communication, e-mail or another method that allows confirming the fact of receipt specified in the contract before the end of the 1st day of the month following the billing period, as well as the day following the date of termination (conclusion) of the energy supply contract, contract for the provision of services for the transmission of electrical energy, as well as in writing in the form of an act of taking readings from calculated metering devices within 3 working days. Readings from calculated metering devices used to make payments for consumed utility services for electricity supply are taken in the manner and within the time frames provided for by the Rules for the provision of utility services to owners and users of premises in apartment buildings and residential buildings. If a different time and date for transferring the readings of calculated metering devices are not established by the agreement for the provision of services for the transmission of electrical energy, the guaranteeing supplier, before the end of the 2nd day of the month following the billing period, transfers it to the network organization with which the guaranteeing supplier has concluded an agreement for the provision of transmission services electric energy in relation to consumers, information on the readings of calculated metering devices received by him from consumers within the framework of energy supply contracts concluded with them, as well as no later than the 5th working day of the month following the billing period, transfers to the specified network organization in agreement with it form (in the form of an electronic document or a document on paper) a copy of the acts of taking readings from metering devices received by him from such consumers. If the guaranteeing supplier fails to provide copies of these acts in a timely manner, the network organization determines the volume of electrical energy consumption in order to determine the actual losses of electrical energy that occurred during the billing period in the power grid facilities of this network organization, as well as the volume of services provided for the transmission of electrical energy in relation to those points supplies for which copies of the specified acts are not provided in accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 4, 2012 No. 442 “On the functioning of retail markets for electrical energy, complete and (or) partial limitation of the mode of consumption of electrical energy”: for 1st and 2nd th billing periods in a row, for which the readings of the calculated meter are not provided, the volume of electrical energy consumption, and for the consumer, in settlements with whom the power rate is used, also the hourly volumes of consumption of electrical energy, are determined based on the readings of the calculated meter for the same the billing period of the previous year, and in the absence of data for the similar billing period of the previous year - based on the readings of the calculated meter for the nearest billing period when such readings were provided; for the 3rd and subsequent billing periods in a row, for which the readings of the calculated meter are not provided, the volume of electrical energy consumption is determined by the calculated methods of metering electrical energy. A consumer who has a contract for the purchase and sale (supply) of electrical energy (power) and a contract for the provision of services for the transmission of electrical energy, unless otherwise specified in these contracts, transfers information about the readings of calculated metering devices to the guaranteeing supplier and the network organization within the time frame and in the manner specified. which are specified in the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 05/04/2012. No. 442 “On the functioning of retail markets for electrical energy, complete and (or) partial restrictions on the mode of consumption of electrical energy.” If the terms of the contract for the purchase and sale of electrical energy (power) and the contract for the provision of services for the transmission of electrical energy determine that the consumer transfers information about the readings of the calculated metering devices only to the network organization or only to the guaranteeing supplier, then in this case the person who received the readings of the calculated meter from the consumer accounting, is obliged to transfer this data to another person before the end of the 2nd day of the month following the billing period. If the consumer fails to provide the readings of the calculated meter within the time limits established in the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation dated May 4, 2012 No. 442 “On the functioning of retail markets for electrical energy, complete and (or) partial limitation of the mode of consumption of electrical energy” or in the contract, for the purpose of determining volume of consumption of electrical energy (power), services provided for the transmission of electrical energy for the billing period: for the 1st and 2nd billing periods in a row, for which the readings of the calculated meter are not provided, the volume of consumption of electrical energy, and for the consumer, in calculations with which the power rate is used - also the hourly volumes of electrical energy consumption are determined based on the readings of the calculated meter for the similar billing period of the previous year, and in the absence of data for the similar billing period of the previous year - based on the readings of the calculated meter for the nearest billing the period during which such evidence was provided; for the 3rd and subsequent billing periods in a row, for which the readings of the calculated meter are not provided, the volume of electrical energy consumption is determined by the calculated methods of metering electrical energy.

Unmetered and non-contractual consumption of electrical energy

Unmetered consumption - consumption of electrical energy in violation of the procedure for metering electrical energy on the part of the consumer established by the energy supply contract, the contract for the provision of services for the transmission of electrical energy, expressed in interference with the operation of the metering device (metering system), the responsibility for ensuring the integrity and safety of which is assigned to the consumer, including in violation of seals and (or) visual control marks applied to the metering device, in failure to comply with the deadlines established by the contract for notification of the loss (malfunction) of the metering device, as well as in the commission of other actions (inactions) by the consumer that led to distortion of data on volume of electrical energy consumption. Non-contractual consumption of electrical energy - unauthorized connection of power receiving devices to electrical grid facilities and (or) consumption of electrical energy in the absence of a duly concluded agreement ensuring the sale of electrical energy in retail markets, except for cases of consumption of electrical energy in the absence of such an agreement within 2 months from the date set for acceptance by the supplier of last resort to serve consumers. Upon detection of unaccounted or non-contractual consumption of electrical energy, the network organization draws up a report on unaccounted consumption of electrical energy and, no later than 3 working days from the date of its preparation, is sent to: the guaranteeing supplier serving the consumer who made the unaccounted consumption; person who has carried out non-contractual consumption. When drawing up an act on unaccounted consumption of electrical energy, the consumer carrying out the unaccounted consumption (the guaranteeing supplier servicing him) or the person carrying out the non-contractual consumption of electrical energy must be present. The refusal of a person carrying out unaccounted or non-contractual consumption of electrical energy to sign the drawn up act on unaccounted for unaccounted consumption of electrical energy, as well as his refusal to be present when drawing up the act must be recorded, indicating the reasons for such refusal, in the act of unaccounted for consumption of electrical energy, drawn up in the presence of 2 disinterested persons The volume of unmetered consumption of electrical energy is determined using calculation methods. The volume of unaccounted consumption of electrical energy (power) is determined from the date of the previous control check of the metering device (if such a check was not carried out within the planned time frame, then it is determined from the date no later than which it should have been carried out in accordance with this document) to the date identifying the fact of unaccounted consumption of electrical energy (power) and drawing up a report on unaccounted consumption of electrical energy. The volume of non-contractual consumption of electrical energy is determined by the calculation method provided for in paragraph “B” of “Calculation methods for accounting for electrical energy”, for the period of time during which the non-contractual consumption of electrical energy was carried out, but not more than for 3 years. In this case, the period of time during which non-contractual consumption of electrical energy was carried out in the form of unauthorized connection of power receiving devices to electrical grid facilities is determined from the date of the previous control check of the technical condition of electrical grid facilities in the place where the fact of non-contractual consumption of electrical energy was later revealed, until the date identifying the fact of non-contractual consumption and drawing up a report on unaccounted consumption of electrical energy.

It is possible for registered users of the “Consumer Personal Account” service to submit an application electronically for the transmission of electrical energy on the Group’s Power Grid Services Portal (www.portal-tp.rf).

Using the Electricity Services Portal you can:

— installation of an electrical energy meter;

— replacement of an electrical energy meter;

— permission to operate an electrical energy meter;

- taking readings from an electrical energy meter, as well as transmitting readings from an electrical energy meter and sending a question or request to Rosseti Northern Caucasus.

To complete the registration procedure in the “Consumer Personal Account” and start working with the Electricity Network Services Portal, click here.

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