스마트 그리드의 활성화를 위한 법제 개선방안

Abstract

Smart Grid is hard to be invigorated without legal backing, because it is a new concept of service that electric powers, communications, cars, electronics, buildings are all converged. There are not few barriers on the development of Smart Grid in case of following the existing legislation. Therefore the majority of countries such as United States, Canada, and Britain amend the electric powers law, gas law, etc. or respond to the legislation demand by making special law on Smart Grid. If Smart Grid based on the whole country is completed by 2030 on the vision of government, it can be expected to improve efficiency of energy consumption, sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and create large amounts of new markets in various fields of industry such as electric powers, heavy electric machine, communications, electronics, buildings, and cars. But not only power grids but also all related environments should be adequately changed to Smart Grid for realizing the vision of government. The providers-oriented supply policies of electric focused on fossil fuel and nuclear power should be converted to the prosumer policies focused on natural energy. And the competition policy should be introduced to grow effective competition in electricity supply market. Also the reformation is required for customers to compare and choose the service of electricity provided by various suppliers. The related laws are needed to be amended and improved, because these policies are the matters eventually legislative supported or get solved. But Smart Grid is the technology currently in a process of development, so considerable time can be required to deploy successfully on a commercial scale. Thus the order of priority of legislation and amendment of law should be settled considering stages of technology development or possibility of commercialization, and keeping watching legislation and amendment of law is needed not to make overlapping regulation and similar rules.