Definition
Adjusted infeed is the Norwegian mechanism for making a grid area balance. The grid companyCompany that owns and operates electricity grids and is responsible for power supply to end users. knows how much energy was fed into the area and how much was measured at hourly-read customers. The difference, less calculated grid lossesEnergy lost as heat during electricity transmission - the grid company is responsible for covering and reporting grid losses., is what must be distributed across customers not settled on actual hourly values. The distribution follows a profile and is corrected retrospectively once final metering values arrive. The size of adjusted infeed is therefore an honest measure of data qualityThe degree of accuracy, completeness and reliability in a dataset - critical for correct billing and balance settlement in the power sector. in the area: if it stays large, there is either unmetered offtake, errors in master dataThe authoritative source data in a System of Record (Master) - data owned, maintained and edited in one place, from which all other systems retrieve copies. or missing metering values behind it. The concept is in practice on its way out as hourly-read meter coverage approaches complete, but it still appears in settlementTurning metering data into money. Consumption and production per metering point become what each party owes or is owed. data and in systems that must handle history.