Smart Meter
About Smart Meters
A smart meter is a device that can accurately monitor and transmit your energy consumption on an hourly basis. In contrast to conventional meters, which require manual readings and often result in estimations, smart meters provide detailed and precise information about your energy usage. This data can be transmitted directly to your utility provider, eliminating the need for manual meter readings and ensuring that you are only billed according to your actual consumption.
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Careful: Digital and Smart Are Not the Same
Often, meters with a digital display are confused with smart meters. Meters with a digital display are usually called modern measuring devices. Only when a modern measuring device is combined with a communication unit (Smart Meter Gateway) does it become a smart meters. A digital display alone is therefore not sufficient for our dynamic tariff.
What is a smart meter and do I have one?
Stiftung Warentest says...
"Most tariffs are around 21 cents. Ostrom is the cheapest and stands at 19.3 cents."
The kilowatt-hour, including VAT and all additional costs, cost only 10.5 cents for our sample household in Berlin with Ostrom. The fixed costs at Ostrom amount to 16.2 cents per kilowatt-hour without VAT. If you subtract the negative electricity price of 7.4 cents from this and factor in VAT again, you arrive at this low price." (translated from German original)
Dynamische Stromtarife im Vergleich, 15.08.24 (Link)
Our Dynamic Tariff
A smart meter, combined with our dynamic tariff, enables hourly, consumption-specific billing at the current market price (plus taxes, levies, and other procurement costs).
Connect your electric car, charging station, smart home devices, and solar panels to the Ostrom App and benefit from the cheapest hours of the day!
More information can be found on our blog.
Requirements for an Ostrom Smart Meter
You Must Be an Ostrom Customer
We currently offer our smart meters exclusively to our customers. If you're not already a customer, you can sign up for an electricity contract with us quickly and easily.
Access to the Current Electricity Meter or Meter Cabinet
On the day of the smart meter installation, you must have unrestricted access to the electricity meter or meter cabinet. Without access to the current electricity meter, we cannot install a smart meter at your location. Easy access is a must.
Presence during Installation
You must be at home during the smart meter installation. Since electricity meters and meter cabinets are located in your house, it is essential that you are at home during the installation. If the installation is cancelled due to absence, we will charge the associated costs.
Reception for Data Transmission
Your smart meter transmits electricity consumption data via a mobile network. Therefore, it is necessary to have mobile network (4G) reception at the location of the electricity meter. Please check available reception with your mobile phone at the location of the meter.
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Smart Meter Installation
For the installation of our smart meters, we collaborate with Lackmann. They handle appointment scheduling, installation, and communication with the current meter operator. You can find detailed information on the smart meter installation process here.
Smart Meter Cost
Switching to a smart meter changes the metering charges, which are part of the basic fee. The meter operation of your current meter is already covered by the basic fee. Depending on the delivery point (based on factors such as consumption, photovoltaic system, heat pump), the metering charges will be either 20 € or 50 € per year.
The cost of installing the smart meter depends on your consumption.
With a consumption above 4,000 kWh per year, the Ostrom Smart Meter costs 99.95 € gross incl. taxes. With a consumption below 4,000 kWh per year, the Ostrom Smart Meter costs 349.90 € gross incl. taxes.
Apply for Smart Meters via your local grid
You can already officially apply for smart meters at certain local grids. Please find more information in our Ostrom Smart Meter Workspace. There, you'll discover in which grid area you can request smart meters, what the requirements are, and how the process works. Just take a look here!
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Our Smart Integrations
Benefit from the cheapest hours of the electricity market with our integrations for Smart EV Charging, Smart Heating, and Solar.
Through our Ostrom App, you can easily connect your charging stations, electric vehicles, smart home devices, and/or solar system. This enables convenient control of the best charging hours for your car, ideal temperature setting for your home, and much more through the app.
You can find our portfolio of integrations here: