Definition
ECP (Energy Communication Platform) is the communication infrastructure developed by ENTSO-EEuropean Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity - collaborative body for European TSOs coordinating joint grid operations and regulations. for secure, authenticated message exchange between power system actors in Europe. ECP functions as the transport layer: it handles authentication, access control, and encrypted transmission of messages between network operators, TSOs, and other market participants. ECP is used in combination with EDXEnergy Data Exchange - ENTSO-E's platform for structured exchange of power system data between European TSOs, primarily network models and capacity data. (Energy DataCollective term for all forms of digital data related to the production, distribution, and consumption of energy. Exchange) - where ECP is the communication layer and EDX is the data exchange platform. Technically, ECP is built on SOAPSimple Object Access Protocol - XML-based messaging protocol used in enterprise integrations, including Elhub./XMLExtensible Markup Language - universal markup language for structured data, standard in Elhub's Ediel messages. over HTTPS with certificate-based authentication. In the Norwegian context, ECP and EDX are relevant for StatnettNorway's system operator for the transmission grid - owns and operates the high-voltage network and operates Elhub. and other actors participating in ENTSO-E processes for network model exchange (CGMESENTSO-E's European profile of CIM - the narrowed format TSOs actually use to exchange grid models across borders.), capacity calculation, and system data reporting.