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Tenant Electricity Standard

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All consumers participate in tenant electricity​

This structure applies to the standard metering concept: only parties that participate in tenant electricity are connected behind the building connection. If even one party does not participate, use tenant electricity with non-participants instead.

smart-me Billing for German Mieterstrom – Figure 1

Folder structure​

Two levels are mandatory: billing is set up at the top level and needs one folder below it for each invoice recipient.

  • 1 folder for the property (e.g. Hauptstrasse 7 tenant electricity)

    • 1 subfolder per billing unit, i.e. per apartment or invoice recipient

    • 1 subfolder "General" for the stairwell, outdoor lighting and similar outgoing circuits

    • 1 subfolder "Technical meters" for everything that will later only be distributed proportionally

Naming of the billing units:

  • One building: apartment name (e.g. WHG 1.1, WHG 1.2, WHG 2.1)

  • Several buildings: building name and apartment name (e.g. Hauptstrasse 7 WHG 1.1)

Assigning the meters​

Assign the meters to the nodes using drag and drop.

Assign directly to the billing unit — if the invoice recipient pays for the entire consumption of this meter.

In the "Technical meters" node — if a meter supplies several billing units and is later distributed by percentage. Examples: common-area meter, heat pump for several apartments.

Production and balance​

For the standard metering concept, there are two additional roles that do not exist in this form in the Swiss structure:

  • Balance meter — the building connection meter. It is referenced in the tariff configuration.

  • Production meter — all meters of the solar system and, if present, the battery.

Neither is assigned to an apartment; both remain at property level.

Charging stations​

Do not assign charging stations directly to an apartment; instead, create a separate billing unit for them. This allows tenant changes to be handled without restructuring.

Charging stations from other manufacturers are not managed directly in smart-me. Create a node for the e-mobility outgoing circuit and assign the outgoing circuit meter to it — this way you at least get the total consumption.

Finally, create the alarms for a connection failure​

This way you notice early when a meter fails and keep the gap in the measurement data small.

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