Law on the digitization of the energy transition

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Basic data
Title: Law on the digitization of the energy transition
Abbreviation: GDEW
Type: Federal law
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Legal matter: Public law
Issued on: 29 August 2016
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2034 )
Entry into force on: 2nd September 2016
GESTA : E028
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The law on the digitization of the energy transition ( GDEW ) is a German federal law on the equipment and operation of intelligent measuring systems (“smart meters”) in connection with the energy transition .

Origin and goals

In February 2015, the BMWi presented the key points for a package of regulations that was supposed to promote the use of intelligent measuring systems safely and cost-effectively. The measures required by the accelerated conversion of the electricity supply to a decentralized system with bidirectional information and electricity flows:

  • Avoidance of disproportionate costs for end consumers, producers as well as metering point or network operators in the case of the conversion of 80 percent of end consumers to intelligent metering systems Smart Metering , as required by EU law ,
  • minimum technical requirements to maximize the macroeconomic benefit from energy savings and load shifting and
  • Granting of data protection and data security .

The statements submitted at the association hearing differed. Some industry associations and consumer advocates criticized the fact that data protection was partly insufficient, partly too strict and that the high costs were counterbalanced by little benefit. Other industry associations welcomed the draft and criticized the slow pace. It is sometimes criticized that the expected costs should be passed on to the consumer, since they are offset against expected savings via cost levels. Others demand that the initial costs for IT investments should instead be passed on to all consumers through special funding pots. Still others see it as a distortion of competition. Only in order to reduce the production costs through large quantities, the installation would also be prescribed for small producers according to the EEG. The cost of smart meters made electricity generation with small renewable energy systems more expensive.

On November 4, 2015, the federal cabinet approved the government draft presented by the BMWi . The law was passed in the Bundestag on June 24, 2016 and confirmed by the Bundesrat on July 8, 2016.

Central aspects of the law

The law on the digitization of the energy transition contains changes to two other federal laws and changes to ten ordinances, the new law on metering point operation and data communication in intelligent energy networks (Metering Point Operation Act - MsbG) . The Metering Point Operation Act consists of the four parts "General Provisions", "Metering Point Operation", "Regulations for Data Communication in Intelligent Energy Networks" and "Special Tasks of the Regulatory Authorities".

Roles and tasks according to the Measuring Point Operation Act (MsbG)

The addressees of the law are the German distribution network operators, taking into account that metering point operation is now dogmatically separated from network operation. As the responsible metering point operator (gMSB), they are initially responsible for the rollout and administration of modern metering. In this way, the scope of their tasks is expanded compared to the previous metrology (formerly measuring point operation, measurement and billing). It is becoming significantly larger and more complex due to digitization and the associated high requirements in terms of process landscape and IT security.

Minimum technical requirements for data protection and data security

The law specifies protection profiles and technical guidelines for intelligent measuring systems to guarantee data protection, data security and interoperability. It also contains detailed rules on who can access which data and when.

Costs and benefits

The law defines the cost regulation with upper price limits for the installation of an intelligent measuring system. The installation of the intelligent measuring systems is also to take place in stages: larger consumers and generating plants are to take the pioneering role in the use of modern measurement and control technology, smaller electricity consumers will follow later.

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  1. ↑ a b Act on the digitization of the energy transition. German Bundestag . Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ a b Federal Association of Energy and Water Management BDEW “Statement on the draft bill on the law on the digitization of the energy transition” ; BEE statement on the "Draft of a law on the digitization of the energy transition" ; vzbv: Law on the digitization of the energy transition intervenes in consumer sovereignty
  3. ↑ Overview of all positions submitted by the associations: Federal Association of New Energy Industry bne, Central Association of the Electrical Industry ZVEI, Federal Association of Information and Telecommunications Industry Bitkom, partly Federal Association of Energy and Water Management BDEW. Retrieved January 18, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft BDEW statement on the draft bill for the law on the digitization of the energy transition, issue paper 3, p. 12. (PDF) Retrieved on January 18, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Bundesverband Neue Energiewirtschaft ( Federal Association for the New Energy Industry) Statement on the draft bill on the Digitization Act, Section 7 (PDF) Accessed on January 18, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Compulsory smart meters: Bundestag passes law on digitization of the energy transition and new electricity market design , Recknagel online, June 27, 2016
  7. ↑ Federal Council nods off digitization of the e-turn , Solarify, July 9, 2016
  8. ↑ https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/messbg/
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