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In its April 2011 communication ‘Smart Grids: from innovation to deployment’, the Commission describes smart grids as ‘an upgraded electricity network to which two-way digital communication between supplier and consumer, intelligent metering and monitoring systems have been added. Intelligent metering is usually an inherent part of smart grid.’<ref>COM (2011) 202 - same in Recommendation 2012/148/EU (OJEU 2012, L 73/11).</ref>
<br/>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 metering across EU Member States, in line with the recommendations of the 2009 gas and electricity packages, as an important first step towards smart grids.<br /> 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 * Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EC * Energy Infrastructure Regulation (EU) 347/2013 * Electro-mobility Alternative Fuels Directive AFID, 2013/0012(COD) * Recommendation 2012/148/EU on smart metering roll-out * Recommendation 2014/724/EU Data Protection Impact Assessment Template * COM(2011)202 on Smart Grids * COM(2012)663 on the Internal Energy Market * COM (2013)7243 on IEM and public intervention * SWD(2013)442 on Demand Side Flexibility * COM(2014) 356 Benchmarking Report on Smart Metering & accompanying SWDs
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