Definition
AG is the role code for third party in ElhubNational hub for metering data and market processes in the Norwegian electricity market.. A third party is a participant that is neither the grid companyCompany that owns and operates electricity grids and is responsible for power supply to end users. nor the electricity supplierCompany that sells electricity to end users - purchases power in the wholesale market and sells it to consumers. for the metering pointThe fundamental unit in Elhub - the unique point in the electricity network where energy is measured and settled, identified by an 18-digit GSRN number., but that nevertheless needs access to metering dataData from electricity meters - the foundation for billing, balance settlement and market processes in the power market. - for example an energy monitoring provider, an analytics firm, or a system vendor operating on the customer’s behalf. Access rests on consentThe end user's expressed permission for someone else to see or process information about them. In the power market it is the consent that gives a third party access to metering data. from the end customer, and that consent is bounded: it covers specific metering points, specific data types and a specific period. Consent can be withdrawn, and access ends when it is. The role is therefore as much a privacy mechanism as a technical integration, and it is why consent handling has to be traceable and auditable.