DEDDIE is proceeding with the supply of 2,760.000 smart counters and a new central meter data management system with the signing of a contract with the Associations SAGEMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS »paving the way for replacing all cash with smart meters nationwide by 2030.

CEO Anastasios Manos said: “This is the most important project of modernizing the Greek electricity market. Initially I would like to thank our shareholders, PPC and Macquarie Asset Management for their confidence and warm support in our investment program and our development and transformation strategy, a key part of which is the conversion of the electricity distribution network into a smart and customer -centric network.

The smart meters They pave the way for the transition of the electricity market to a more efficient, transparent and sustainable operating model. Their installation is decisive for the green transition, enhancing the participation of customers in the market, while at the same time creating all the conditions for a more competitive and flexible energy sector with new demand for customers and suppliers as well as overall energy costs. Smart meters are not an option but a necessity for a sustainable and digitally sophisticated energy future“

There have already been 600,000 new generation smart meters, and under the framework agreement and the 1st Executive Agreement signed today, May 28, 2025, the three contractors of the project are expected to supply another 2,760,000 new generation smart meters with the new TEDDIE specifications and the necessary MidDleware and MidDleware Systems. Infrastructure System (AMI) for communication management, device control and data collection from meters. The new DEDDIE meters incorporate all the newest functions in the world also have increased capabilities of communication with submerators and Home Energy Management systems as well as water and gas meters for integrated energy management through new services to customers and prosumers.

The total of the new generation of smart meters included in the 1st Executive are divided into the three contractors based on the result of the bidding process (a 40% deal with a prior tender call) (Iskraemco DD & Oracle France SAS) with the supply of 1,104,000 meters System (Ami System), 35% (Union “ITRON SPAIN SLU – ZIV APLICACIONES Y TECNOLOGIA SL”) with the supply of 966,000 cash, Advanced Metering Infrastructure System (AMI System) and Metering Data Management System (MDM (MDM System) and 25% (Union “Protasis AE – SAGECOMCOM ENERGY & TELECOM SAS”) with the supply of 690,000 cash and Advanced Metering Infrastructure System (AMI System).

The aim of the competition is to select top strategic suppliers and at the same time to ensure supply, implementation time and futurability in such a demanding and complex task.

In addition, at the Association of Companies “Itron Spain SLU – Ziv Aplicaciones Y Tecnologia SL” and specifically to the “Itron Spain Slu” member, the supply of the Meter Data Management System is assigned to be the central storage collection system, processing and complex analysis of the set of meters, providing new ones. Digital services in the energy market. This system is the most widespread worldwide for cash data management. Its installed base includes over 100 customers on six continents with more than 45 million meters in production.

In addition to the 600,000 meters that have already been delivered, with the 1st executive contract in force, the first 100,000 meters are expected to be delivered in 2025 to start the first end-to-end tests and the latter in 2027 while the new infrastructure with the smart MDM system is expected to be fully operational today- 2026-When and will begin to offer customers an even greater number of services.

It is noted that the duration of the framework agreement is set at eight years. Based on this agreement, HEDNO has the right to conduct new tenders by the Mini-Tender method in order to outsource smarts of smart cash up to 7.7 million points in total required to replace the old meters by 2030 or even earlier.

The multitude, the quantities to be assigned and the time of the mini-tenders, are at HEDNO’s discretion, as the plan of the installation evolves.

It should be emphasized that DEDDIE faithful to his commitment to his faster transformation and modernization of the energy market has already installed 1,100,000 smart meters nationwide, with a strategic choice to install themselves to large customers, with more than 55% of the country’s energy.