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The present invention relates to the field of electrical power meter utilizing digital signal processing in order to provide the consumption of electrical energy by integration of said electrical power. Said meter 1 comprises a voltage sensor 4 in order to generate an analogue voltage signal responsive to a voltage provide to said load, a current sensor 3 in order to generate an analogue current signal responsive to a current provided to said load, an analogue to digital converter 8 including first sampling means for generating a first voltage sample based on said analogue voltage signal at a first sampling time and second sampling means for generating a first current sample based on said analogue current signal at a second sampling time. Said meter 1 further comprises phase compensation means 9 for compensating phase shifts between said analogue voltage and current signals by adjusting said second sampling time compared to said first sampling time in order to provide said first voltage sample and said first current sample substantially in phase and means for memorizing 11 either at the same time said first voltage sample and a second voltage sample immediately following the sampling of said first voltage sample or at the same time said first current sample and a second current sample immediately following the sampling of said first current sample.