KEPCO hosts forum to explore smart metering utilization for new energy businesses
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) held the 'Energy Metering Technology Forum 2026' on October 1st, bringing together about 100 experts. The forum explored effective utilization of smart metering (AMI) infrastructure to activate new energy businesses and enhance power grid operations.
Our take
Will Korea open smart meter data to VPP operators and new energy businesses?
KEPCO smart meter data is not yet open to Korean VPP operators and new energy businesses on any published terms, since KEPCO's forum ended with plans for data quality and standards, not access rules.
Flexibility businesses need metered data to prove what they deliver, and KEPCO, which holds the data, called metering essential for new energy businesses. Who gets which level of detail, and at what cost, is the decision that would turn this into a business input.
What the source says
- Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) The forum was titled 'Smart Metering, Connecting the New Future of the Power Industry' and aimed to find ways to effectively use AMI infrastructure for power system operation and new energy business activation.
- The forum took place at the JDC Grand Auditorium in Jeju.
- Discussions were held across three sessions covering the value of metering data in distribution grid operations, activating new energy businesses and flexible resource utilization with metering data, and expanding metering data use for an energy ecosystem.
- Attendees concurred on the necessity of ensuring the reliability and foundational infrastructure for metering data, alongside close collaboration among industry, academia, and research sectors to progressively broaden its application.
- Kwak Sang-young, Head of KEPCO's Distribution Operation Department, emphasized that AMI is a core infrastructure for the future power industry and essential for activating new energy businesses.
For investors — VPP operators and aggregators should plan on current metering arrangements and treat access to KEPCO meter data as upside until access terms are published.
Watch: KEPCO's ongoing efforts to improve AMI data quality, reliability, and standardization, and its strengthened cooperation with private businesses.
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