DH-141 Creating an energy community

DH-141 Creating an energy community

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Creating an energy community

Event description

A DSO creates a new energy community in Datahub.

Parties

  • DSO

  • Datahub

  • Supplier

  • Third party 

Time limits

Effective time of the update

Effective time of the update

The energy community has to be reported at least 7 days or maximum 90 days before the start of occurrence of the energy community.

Event processing in Datahub

Step

Description

The community’s participation in energy community calculations

The energy community and the member accounting points are taken into community calculations from the start of occurrence of the community.

Energy community information for member accounting points

The energy community information is updated to the accounting point information.

Information storage

Origin of information

Information stored

Information reported by the party

All reported information is stored in Datahub.

Information processed by Datahub

Information on the participation of the community and its member accounting points in energy community calculations.

Energy community information for the community’s member accounting points.

Return of information

Party

Description

Message

Party

Description

Message

DSO

Notification of a successful or rejected creation of an energy community.

ACK

Forwarding of information

Party

Description

Message

Party

Description

Message

Supplier

The updated accounting point information is reported to the suppliers associated with the community’s accounting points at the effective time of the update as specified.

DH-122-2

Third party

The updated accounting point information is reported to third parties associated with the accounting points at the effective time of the update as specified with consideration to the parties' rights to information on the reported start of occurrence.

DH-122-3

Significant errors and consequences

Error

Consequence

Error

Consequence

Wrong accounting points are linked to the energy community

The calculations are based on wrong accounting point information.

Event cancellation

Information can be corrected by updating the community information or by terminating the energy community.

Validation rules

Please see Datahub Validation Rules for a more thorough list.

Rule

Error code

Note

Rule

Error code

Note

The energy community’s ID must not already be recorded in Datahub.

EC.ECY.100

 

The start of the energy community ID must be the GLN code of the reporting distribution system operator.

EC.ECY.101

 

The accounting point is recorded in Datahub and is valid on the community start date. 

EC.MPT.115

 

The member consumption accounting point reported to the energy community is not in the ‘Removed from use’ status or ‘Deleted’ on the date the community enters into force.

EC.MPT.167

 

All accounting points in the energy community are part of the same metering grid area.

EC.ECM.101

 

The metering grid area must be recorded in the system and belong to the reporting distribution system operator.

EC.MPT.168

 

The member accounting points reported for the energy community cannot already be part of another energy community.

EC.ECM.100

 

The member accounting points reported for the energy community cannot be in the community twice.

EC.ECY.109

 

The energy community has at least two member consumption accounting points.

EC.ECM.102

 

The energy community has at least one member small-scale production accounting point.

EC.ECM.102

 

One accounting point, the sub-type of which is not ‘Virtual’, must be reported as the energy community’s surplus production accounting point.

EC.ECM.103

 

If a small-scale production accounting point reported as an energy community member has a related accounting point, that related accounting point cannot be part of another energy community.

EC.ECM.105

 

If the energy community’s surplus calculation method is SMA, the sub-type of no member accounting point reported to any community may be ‘Virtual’.

EC.ECY.110

 

If the surplus calculation method of the reported energy community is SMB, the reported member consumption accounting point must have a related small-scale production accounting point, which must also be reported as a member of the same energy community. (The distribution system operator must, if necessary, create an accounting point of sub-type ‘Virtual’ using event DH-121 before creating an energy community.)

EC.MPT.169

 

The shares of the member accounting points in the community must add up to 100%.

EC.ECM.104

 

The share of a single member accounting point cannot be 100%.

EC.CPF.043

 

 

 

 

Please observe that the list is not complete.