Caruna, the largest energy distribution system operator in Finland, has signed an agreement with local company Aidon to supply 760,000 electricity meters.

Caruna will install the meters for all its customers mainly from 2027 to 2029.

The agreement covers the delivery of about 760,000 electricity meters and metering services to Caruna. Additionally, it includes the procurement of meters for new building projects in Caruna’s network area. The actual fixed contract period is eight years, after which the contract will continue to be valid until further notice.

”Caruna chose Aidon as its supplier based on cost efficiency, high quality and safety,” said Mervi Haukilahti, head of procurement at Caruna. “With this agreement, Caruna and Aidon will begin extensive cooperation, which can be utilised throughout the entire 15-year lifecycle of the meters.”

Tommi Blomberg, CEO of Aidon, added: ”We are honoured that Caruna chose Aidon for this significant contract, which covers nearly one-fifth of all metering points in Finland. We have demonstrated our ability to deliver modern high technology and metering services in a cost-efficient manner to our customers. This is the result of significant development investments in recent years, enabling the provision of advanced energy services for DSOs and their customers.”

The mass replacement of meters will begin after pilot installations in 2027 and will be completed by 2030. The focus areas of Caruna’s meter replacement project are safety, cost-effectiveness and customer satisfaction.

Caruna (caruna.fi) is a Finnish electricity network company. It brings electricity to more than 739,000 users in south, south-west and west Finland, Joensuu and Koillismaa, equalling 20% of Finnish electricity distribution.

Aidon (aidon.com) provides smart grid and smart metering products, applications and services in the Nordics. Its systems enable reliable metering and distribution of energy as well as efficient maintenance processes of distribution networks. The technology supplied by Aidon is in use in almost five million energy metering points in the Nordic countries. The firm’s head office is in Jyväskylä, Finland, its Swedish office in Stockholm, Norwegian office in Asker and Danish office in Copenhagen. There is also a production and logistics centre in Vantaa, Finland.

Since November 2023, Aidon has been part of Italian firm Gridspertise (www.gridspertise.com), which supports distribution system operators in accelerating the digital transformation of electricity grids.