Mittaasiakkaan

Mitta-asiakkaan is a Finnish term used to describe a customer whose bill is based on metered consumption rather than a fixed charge. The word is a compound of mitta (meter) and asiakas (customer). The genitive singular form mitta-asiakkaan is used to indicate possession or association, for example mitta-asiakkaan tiedot (the metered customer’s data). The term appears most often in regulated utility contexts and industry texts rather than in everyday conversation.

Mitta-asiakkaan status typically implies that a measurement device (a meter) records the customer’s consumption, which is used for invoicing and, in some cases, for demand management or energy efficiency programs. The rise of smart meters has enabled remote reads and more frequent data collection, enabling time-of-use tariffs and more dynamic pricing. Handling of metering data also raises data privacy and protection considerations, since consumption patterns can reveal behavior and routines.

In practice, mitta-asiakkaat can refer to households or businesses connected to electricity, water, gas, or telecommunications services where usage-based billing is applied. The term is common in regulatory language, tariff descriptions, and industry discussions about metering, data management, and customer rights. Orthographically, the standard form is mitta-asiakas, with the genitive singular mitta-asiakkaan and plural mitta-asiakkaat (genitive plural mitta-asiakkaiden).