Datahub – towards future electricity retail market

Vaasa Energy Week 2017

Cyber Security & Digitalization

22.3.2017

Pasi Aho

Pasi Aho

Project Manager of Fingrid Datahub program

Managing Director at Fingrid Datahub Oy.

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Agenda

• about Fingrid and electricity retail market in Finland

• the energy system is changing

• what is Datahub?

• possibilities

• privacy

• open data

• building schedule

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Numbers

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Basic facts about electricity retail market in Finland• Market fully liberalized since 1998

• Ca 40 active suppliers operating nationally + many local retailers

• Over 80 DSOs

• Supplier switching rate >10%

• Full smart meter roll-out since 2014, demand side is getting more active

• Statistics (2016):

• population 5,5 million

• El. consumption 85,1 TWh

• 3,4 million user points

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• We are on our way towards a green, bright and affordable future:• Focusing on the customer

• Keeping the market alive

• Market parties actively participating in the balancing of the system

• Implementation requires e.g. different technical service platforms

• Datahub is one, but others are also needed

The energy system is changing

Energy efficiency

Micro and small-scale production

Climate changeActively

participating consumer

Demand response

Electric traffic

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• Energy efficiency

• Cost savings

• Possibility of choice

• Offering

• Devices

• Services

• Ease of use

From consumer to energy citizenElectricity

sales/purchase

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Growing need for information

D A T A H U B – M A S T E R D A T A

Information about the customer,electricity accounting point and energy consumption.

Delivered by the distribution system operator and electricity sales company.

Service provider A

Service provider B

Service provider C

Electricity sales/purchaseService

DATA

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What is datahub?

Datahub isa centralised information exchange system for the electricity retail market,which will contain information from

3.5 million electricity metering points in Finland. Datahub's information will be used by around 100 electricity retailers and over 80 distribution

network companies serving electricity consumers.

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Datahub and end consumer• Opportunity to benefit from added-value

services developed by service providers Empowering the active energy citizen!

• Smoother switching of suppliers and moving processes

• Availability of comparison data covering the entire country, e.g. by user group or postal address.

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Datahub and service providers• One interface to all data significantly

facilitates the provision of service to different customers, which include end consumers, DSOs, and electricity suppliers

• Possible services include a mobile app for monitoring and planning electricity use, controlling loads and small-scale production based on metering data, and a bidding competition service for electricity contracts

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Datahub and the electricity retail market• Centralized information exchange

makes market processes more efficient

• Clarifies the roles between different parties

• Creates prerequisites for electricity market development and the realization of a joint-Nordic retail market

• Datahub offers efficient tools for monitoring compliance with market rules

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Energy citizens own their data

"The safety and privacy of my personal

information must be guaranteed!"

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Open data

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Datahub produces anonymized statistics on consumption and small scale electricity production to open data interface, which will be available to all. Information can be used, for example, consumer services.

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Building schedule

Process document Technical document

Data standard

Legis-lation

Data con-version

Guide-lines

De-crees

FG system procure-

ment

Preliminary report

Implementation of commissioning plan

Datahub testing – integrations, conversions...

Datahub in production

2014

2015-2016

2016-2017

In cooperation

Industry systems

?

Data conversion plan

Commis-sioning plan

2018

2019

2019

Agreements

New Electricity Market Act: Fingrid responsible for information exchange development09/2013

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Fingrid Datahub Oyc/o Fingrid OyjLäkkisepäntie 2100620 HelsinkiPL 530, 00101 HelsinkiPuh. 030 395 5000Y-tunnus: 2745543-5