Definition
An end user is the final consumer of electrical power - either a private individual (household) or a business or institution. The end user has one or more metering points registered in ElhubNational hub for metering data and market processes in the Norwegian electricity market., a network agreement with the local grid companyCompany that owns and operates electricity grids and is responsible for power supply to end users. (which is a regulated monopoly that cannot be changed) and an electricity supply agreement with a freely chosen electricity supplierCompany that sells electricity to end users - purchases power in the wholesale market and sells it to consumers. (which competes in the open market). The end user is therefore a customer of two separate parties for what is experienced as a single service - electricity from the socket. The role is changing: an end user may today also be a producer (solar panels on the roof) and is then a "prosumerCombined producer and consumer - typically a household or business with solar panels that both consumes and feeds electricity into the grid." who both consumes and feeds electricity into the grid. With the introduction of AMSAdvanced Metering and Control System - the digital electricity meter Norwegian households received from 2019, reporting consumption hourly to Elhub. meters, all end users have received real-time meters and a HAN portHome Area Network - communication port on smart meters enabling end users to extract their own electricity data in real time., opening up opportunities for energy optimisation and active participation in the flexibility marketMarket where end users and aggregators can sell flexibility to grid operators and the system operator.. For IT systems such as KISCustomer Information System - the core system at power suppliers and grid companies for customer management and billing. and MDMMeter Data Management - system for collection, storage, quality assurance and distribution of metering data from the electricity grid., the end user is the central entity around which all business logic - billing, supplier switching, flexibilityAbility to change power consumption or production in response to price signals or system operator needs. activation - revolves.