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Exclusive-night meter

A second meter, with its own EAN code, feeding only a dedicated circuit — hot-water tank or storage heating — during a night-time window, most often 22:00 to 07:00 or 21:00 to 06:00 depending on the substation. Since 1 January 2026 ORES has aligned its distribution rate with dual-rate off-peak hours: it therefore no longer offers any advantage to a dual-rate customer, and it heats water at night, when no panel is producing.

Also known as: exclusive night meter, night-only meter

Source: ORES

Terms used in this definition

• EAN code
• Storage
• Dual-rate tariff

In the same category

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• Capacity term
• Curtailment
• Flexibility
• Flexible connection
• Fluvius
• GRD
• GRT
• Incentive network pricing
• Injection
• Net deliverable capacity
• Prosumer tariff
• Sibelga
• Supply point

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