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Metering situation & perspectives in STEG

DAGHFOUS Rached

Lying at the meeting point of the eastern and western Mediterranean, only 87 miles from Europe, across the strait of Sicily, Tunisia

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a strategic geographic position. Its proximity to Europe, coupled with its place in Africa and the Arab world, makes the country an attractive site for investment and business.

1- TUNISIA GENERAL OVERVIEW

814 BC : Foundation of Carthage by the Phoenician 647 : Advent of the Arab Islamic period : Foundation of KAIROUAN 1574 : Tunisia becomes part of the Ottoman Empire 1956 : Independence from France ( First republic : President HABIB BOURGUIBA) 1987 : Second republic ( President ZINE El ABIDINE BEN ALI )

2- HISTORY IN BRIEF

STEG was founded in 1962 as an industrial public utility. Its main activities are gas and electricity Production, Transmission and Distribution.

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• STEG

STEG STEG STATUS STEG STATUS

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Company net sales (Million $)

250 000

Number of gas customers

2690 000

Number of electricity customers

3620 KTEP

Gas availability

3250 MW

Installed power capacity

9950

Number of employees

4- 4- STEG GENERAL OVERVIEW ( STEG GENERAL OVERVIEW ( 2005 )

2005 )

• A national target for competitiveness
• Northern African network connected to Europe via

Spain since 1998

• European electricity market under liberalization
• The first steps of electricity production privatisation

( the first IPP project in operation in 2001)

• High electricity demand growth rate : proxy. 5% / year

5 - 5 - NATIONAL CONTEXT ATIONAL CONTEXT

To contribute to the national ambition for competitiveness to pursue our effort meeting electricity and gas demand to focus on gas development to improve our quality of service to maintain low tariffs to diversify our fields of activities

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6- 6- STEG CHALLENGES STEG CHALLENGES

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7- METERING & AUTOMATIC METER READING/MANAGEMENT

In STEG

• Installation of Electronic meter for industrial customers

( accuracy 0.5 & 1 ) and for tertiary , residential ( I > 32 A ) , pumping, water heating ( accuracy 2 )

• Automatic Meter Management for all industrial customers
• Introduction of Hand Haled Unit for local meter reading
• Automatic meter reading using PLC, RADIO, IEC 62056-31

bus , …..

• Introduction of the prepayment meter

7.1 - ORIENTATIONS

• REDUCING TECHNICAL LOSSES
• REDUCING NON TECHNICAL LOSSES
• REDUCING METER READING COSTS
• NEW ITEMS FOR CUSTOMERS

7.2 - TARGETS

Replacement of the old electrome- chanical meter by electronic meter Installation of electronic meter for industrial customers

7.2.1 - REDUCING TECHNICAL LOSSES

Number of Industrial Customers equipped with electronic meter

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 2004 2005 2006 2007

Number of industrial customers (2007) : 15 000

a) REPLACEMENT THE METERS OF INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS

Number of residential ; pumping,water heating and tertiary Customers equipped with electronic meter Number of customers ( 2007 ) : 2 800 000

20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 2005 2006 2007

b) REPLACEMENT THE METERS OF RESIDENTIAL & TERTIARY CUSTOMERS

a) Actions to reduce cheating , clandestine connection , defective meter and jamming meter :

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verification and sealing the meters

• transparent cover for mechanical

meter

7.2.2 - REDUCING NON TECHNICAL LOSSES

b) Actions to reduce absence of the customers , Omission/oversight of the billing : 1) Existent installation : removing the meter from in side to out side 2) new installation : the meter is installed out side in a plastic box.

Substation LV/MV PLC/Radio/Bus PLC/Radio/Bus Euridis Euridis

3) Introducing Automatic Meter Reading of LV customers ( pilots )

7.3.1 - Acquisition of Automatic and programmable Metering Data Management System

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automatic and programmable Metering Data Management System ( SATURNE ) purchased is for industrial customers .

• the platform is for reading 5500 meters (

extensible for 20000 meters )

• the platform is installed in September 2006

7.3 - REDUCING METER READING COSTS

Platform saturne

7.3.2 - Introduction of the Hand Handled Unit for local meter reading ( pilot )

• The pilot is installed in BIZERTE in 2005
• the pilot is concerning :

350 customers equipped with single phase meters 50 customers equipped with three phase meters 7.3.3 - Introduction of the prepayment meter (pilot )

house for rent 70% commercial 5% builder's yard 10% secondary house 10% residential 5%

Market segment 7.3.3 - Introduction of the prepayment meter (pilot )

8 ) NEW ITEMS 8.1 - Consultation via internet by the customers the index and the load curves

8.2 e-SERVICES AGENCY

KNOW HOW

STEG has a wide expertise and more than 2000 highly skilled specialists who can carry out a broad range of mandates as for:

• Planning and development
• Tariff studies
• Engineering and construction
• Plant testing and monitoring

services

• Operation and maintenance

STEG INTERNATIONAL SERVICES

• Creation of STEG INTERNATIONAL SERVICES in 2006 to provide the

experience and the now how of STEG in many fields as for: technical assistance, studies and consulting, joint venture in project implementation, exchange of experience, training, Actually,

• 600 experts are presently working as

600 experts are presently working as consultants in many countries consultants in many countries in in Africa and the Arab world. Africa and the Arab world.

• More than 30 partnership and coop

More than 30 partnership and cooperation ag eration agreements concluded with reements concluded with

• ther electricity and gas comp
• ther electricity and gas companies throughout the world.

anies throughout the world.

Our vision Our vision : A quality of service comparable with the best Electricity & Gas Mediterranean Companies