The National Electricity Transmission Company has completed the investment in implementing a metering and management system for electricity measurement data on the wholesale market to optimize the measurement activity and align with the new requirements of the Electricity Measurement Code, the first component of the project financed by the Modernization Fund “Digitalization of the electricity transmission network in Romania by installing two online systems, for metering and management of electricity measurement data on the wholesale market and for monitoring the quality of electricity”. A total non-repayable financing of approximately 89 million lei was obtained for the entire project, the company announced.
By implementing this project, the existing telemetering system for the wholesale market was replaced with a new metering and management system for electricity metering data on the wholesale market, a system that will allow the acquisition of data from meters with an integration period of 1 minute, 15 minutes and 60 minutes.
As part of the investment regarding the implementation of a metering and management system for electricity metering data on the wholesale market, a new IT platform, a backup system (Disaster Recovery), and telemetering subsystems were installed in 107 locations, namely high-voltage electrical substations belonging to Transelectrica and third parties.
The main benefits brought by the implementation of this investment include the promotion of open technologies and systems, as well as the requirements of the SMART Metering concept, guaranteeing the correctness and security of data and the flexibility of the system in relation to legislative changes.
“The publication of data measured under the responsibility of Transelectrica will be done at shorter intervals, so that the information that energy market participants will benefit from will be useful in reducing electricity consumption and costs. Thus, energy market participants will be able to take quick, informed measures, contributing to the security of the energy system and increasing energy efficiency,” say company officials.
The second component of the project is currently underway, namely “Implementation of a Power Quality Monitoring System (PQMS), which includes: subsystems for monitoring the quality of electricity in electrical transformer stations, an IT platform and equipment for ensuring cyber security”.
The main objectives are to extend electricity quality monitoring to the entire electricity transmission network, maintain electricity quality according to the Performance Standard and reduce the time required to complete this process.