Information on switching to 15-minute metering
According to the current schedule, Finland and Europe will transition to the 15-minute electricity market on 1 October 2025. On this page, you can find more information about this change.
15-minute metering and pricing in a nutshell
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The 15-minute trading period will be adopted in the electricity market in Finland and throughout the EU on 1 October 2025 according to the current schedule. After the change, electricity consumption and production will be measured and priced in 15-minute periods. This means that you will be able to monitor your electricity consumption on a 15-minute basis in the future.
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15-minute metering always requires an electricity meter that supports it. Local network companies are responsible for replacing or updating the meters. We started the meter replacements in 2023 and will gradually transfer the remaining meters to 15-minute metering. All our customers will have 15-minute meters by the end of 2028, at the latest.
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The change does not require any action from you.
Background to the change
The change is due to EU regulation, which obligates EU Member States to switch to a 15-minute imbalance settlement period. The aim is to harmonise the rules of the electricity market and to better balance electricity production and consumption. In particular, this is due to the new electricity production structure, which includes renewable energy and weather-dependent electricity production. The 15-minute periods improve the balancing of electricity production and consumption, which boosts the efficiency of the entire electricity system.
More information about 15-minute metering
15-minute metering means that your electricity consumption will be measured more accurately than before, in 15-minute intervals instead of the previous hourly intervals.
15-minute metering will give you more detailed information about when and how much electricity you use. You will also get more detailed reports on your electricity consumption, which can help you make more informed choices and improve the energy efficiency of your home.
The change to 15-minute metering will enable the use of electricity contracts in which the price of electricity varies every quarter. This can help you optimise your consumption even more precisely, which can create savings.
In 15-minute metering, your electricity meter supporting 15-minute metering measures your electricity consumption in 15-minute intervals and transmits the data to us. This provides you with up-to-date information about your consumption, which will help you to monitor your electricity consumption more accurately. You can monitor your consumption in our Oma Sähköverkko service.
We started to transfer electricity meters to the 15-minute metering system in 2023. This means that some of the meters are already included in the 15-minute metering system. If your meter does not yet support 15-minute metering, it will work normally on an hourly basis until it has been updated or replaced.
15-minute metering is part of the EU’s extensive electricity market reform, which aims to make the electricity system more efficient and promote the use of renewable energy.
The transition to the 15-minute electricity market will take place on 1 October 2025. The change affects all electricity users in Finland.
You do not need to do anything, as we will take care of replacing or updating your electricity meter.
15-minute metering enables more precise monitoring of consumption and helps to identify consumption peaks. You can monitor your consumption in our Oma Sähköverkko service.
In terms of the network service contract, 15-minute metering will not affect your invoice. For products subject to a power fee, we will continue to invoice our customers on the basis of the hourly average power.
In electricity sales contracts, pricing can remain hourly or switch to pricing in 15-minute periods. You can check your situation with your electricity supplier.
Up-to-date consumption data helps you monitor your electricity consumption and take advantage of cheaper pricing models. You can monitor your consumption in our Oma Sähköverkko service.
15-minute metering can help you save money if you have an electricity contract where the price varies in 15-minute periods. This gives you the opportunity to benefit even more from the most affordable electricity price moments, for example through automation, as there are 96 price points within a day instead of the previous 24. You should plan your electricity consumption so that you use more electricity when the prices are at their lowest, for example at night or when demand is lower.
However, it is worth remembering that it pays to focus on longer periods with low average prices instead of individual 15-minute periods.
When your electricity meter supports 15-minute metering, your microgeneration netting will also switch to the 15-minute time resolution. In practice, this means that consumption and production are netted in 15-minute periods. In netting, the electricity you produce during the period is deducted from the electricity consumed, and only the difference between these is transferred to the electricity bill. Each 15-minute period can only have consumption or production. It helps to save on network service fees, electricity sales and taxes, as the company’s own production can cover a larger proportion of the billable electricity consumption.
Yes, you can monitor your electricity consumption with an accuracy of up to 15 minutes in the future, if your delivery site has an electricity meter suitable for 15-minute metering. You can view consumption information in our Oma Sähköverkko service. You can check whether your meter transmits 15-minute electricity consumption data in the additional information of the consumption graph.
You can check the information in the additional information of the consumption graph in our Oma Sähköverkko service.
We started the meter replacements in 2023 and will gradually transfer the remaining meters to 15-minute metering. The transition period for changing the meters will last until the end of 2028, and all of our customers will have a 15-minute meter by the end of 2028, at the latest.