Grid company

In practice

A grid company's IT landscape is among the most complex in Norwegian business: SCADASupervisory Control and Data Acquisition - system for real-time monitoring and control of industrial processes. for real-time grid operation, GISGeographic Information System - system for collecting, storing and analyzing location-based data - used in network mapping and planning. for the grid map, DMSDistribution Management System - system for real-time monitoring and control of the distribution network. for fault management, MDMMeter Data Management - system for collection, storage, quality assurance and distribution of metering data from the electricity grid. for metering dataData from electricity meters - the foundation for billing, balance settlement and market processes in the power market., ERPEnterprise Resource Planning - business system integrating finance, HR, logistics and operations. for finance - and ElhubNational hub for metering data and market processes in the Norwegian electricity market. communication throughout. In practice, the grid company uses its IT systems to manage everything from power outages and fault reports to capacity element calculations and NVENorway's Directorate of Water Resources and Energy - regulates the electricity and water resources sectors. reporting. Elhub is the hub for market communication: the grid company receives supplier switching notifications, updates 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. data, and forwards hourly values. With NVE's requirement for a capacity element (from 2022), grid companies depend on AMIAdvanced Metering Infrastructure - comprehensive system for two-way communication between smart meters and power suppliers' systems. data with hourly resolution from AMSAdvanced Metering and Control System - the digital electricity meter Norwegian households received from 2019, reporting consumption hourly to Elhub. meters. A typical Norwegian grid company has 10,000–200,000 grid customers and delivers data to 50–200 electricity suppliers via Elhub.