FIELD: electrical engineering. SUBSTANCE: method includes instantaneous power signals of phase and neutral wires generating, following it averaging and absolute value of operating signals difference determining, then load power signal is converted to pulse signal frequency which is counted. Averaged values of power instantaneous magnitudes sum absolute value generating for phase and neutral wires and adding it to absolute value of averaged power signals difference is essential novelty of load power metering method. Second variant includes phase and neutral lines currents sum and remainder are determined to calculate instantaneous power sum and remainder which average values are used like load power signal components. Third variant includes load power determining like averaged meaning of instantaneous powers sum and remainder inverted by sign preliminary. Sign inversion of each signals is made its average meaning sign taking into account. EFFECT: more convenient method for commercial accounting of electric power. 7 cl, 1 tbl, 6 dwg
