摘要 |
The invention relates to a method for controlling energy delivery from a utility within a system comprising at least a meter at a consumer's house, said meter being adapted to authorize energy delivery, said method being characterized in that it comprises the successive steps of:
i) authorizing (10) automatically at the meter energy delivery to said consumer during a first predetermined time period (T 1 ) and measuring and storing (20) at the meter amounts of energy which have been delivered to said consumer during said first predetermined time period (T 1 );
ii) generating at the end of said first predetermined time period (T 1 ) a payment request signal corresponding to consumed amounts of energy;
iii) checking (50) the reception of an information that payment has been performed;
iv) stopping (60, 70) automatically at the meter the delivery of energy if said information has not been received within a second predetermined time period (T 2 ) starting on or following step ii). |