4 9 月, 2026

More digitalisation, less complexity. That is where the potential of Smart Meter Light lies.

For households and smaller consumers, a lean and secure remote reading solution can be the right fit wherever active grid control is not required.

Our new positioning paper shows how open OMS and LPWAN standards can pave the way for Smart Meter Light and what role mioty could play in the digitalisation of electricity metering.

Much of what is needed for a pragmatic roll-out is already in place. Established data models, defined security mechanisms, proven radio infrastructures and the ability to connect multiple utility sectors within one infrastructure.

The biggest opportunity lies in the mass market

Around 70 to 80 per cent of electricity metering points are households and smaller consumers with annual consumption below 6,000 kWh. In many of these cases, the key requirement is not complex control, but reliable digital data for billing, supplier changes and moves.

Smart Meter Light addresses exactly this segment.

As a Read-only solution, it enables automated remote meter reading without requiring a full Smart Meter Gateway infrastructure for every use case. The intelligent metering system remains in place where active control functions are actually needed.

Read today. Expand tomorrow.

Smart Meter Light is designed with future development in mind.

With an OMS Dual-Stack, a metering point can initially be read via LPWAN and later connected to a Smart Meter Gateway if requirements change.

That means the path towards an intelligent metering system remains open without requiring the meter itself to be replaced.

The technology is ready. What is needed now is clarity.

For Smart Meter Light to realise its full potential, the mioty Alliance sees a need for a clear regulatory framework.

The positioning paper sets out the technical, economic, security and regulatory considerations in detail and explains how Smart Meter Light could help accelerate the roll-out while making better use of existing infrastructure.

Want to dive deeper?

The full positioning paper explores the architecture, the role of open standards and the potential of multi-utility infrastructures and mioty in detail.

OMS provides the foundation. mioty adds long-range connectivity.

OMS is already well established across water, heat and other utility applications. It provides interoperable data models and defined security profiles.

With mioty for OMS, this foundation can be extended to LPWAN-based remote meter reading.

For municipal utilities in particular, this creates new opportunities. Existing radio infrastructures used for water and heat could also be used for electricity metering. Instead of building parallel structures, utilities can move towards a multi-utility infrastructure across several sectors.