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In its 2050 Energy Roadmap,<ref>http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/strategies/2050/documentation_en.htm </ref> smart grids play a central role in the future decarbonised energy power systems. Their successful deployment touches all the fundamental objectives of EU energy policy – sustainability, security and competitiveness, the creation of the energy single market, as well as the 2030 climate targets<ref>improve EU energy efficiency by 27%, attain a 27% EU share of renewable energy by 2030 and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.</ref>.
===Smart grids ‘and meters’?===
To facilitate the development of smart grids, the Commission encourages the deployment of [[Smart meters|smart metering ]] across EU Member States, in line with the recommendations of the [[Third energy package|2009 gas and electricity packages]], as an important first step towards smart grids.
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In alignment, smart meters today remain the most advanced concretisation of the smart grids. This constitutes a paradox. Smart meters are largely a national matter. Their transnational aspects remain quite limited. The other aspects of smart grids (smart network management, integration of large scale renewable electricity, or systems of storage for example) are of a more transnational character, but their progress is limited. <ref follow="egmont">See Conclusions</ref>
===EU legislation and policy documents===
* Electricity and Gas Directives 2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC
