Statnett

In practice

In practice, Statnett is the invisible but critical backbone of the Norwegian power system. For power suppliers and grid companies, Statnett is primarily: ElhubNational hub for metering data and market processes in the Norwegian electricity market. operator (all market data flows through it), TSOTransmission System Operator - responsible for operation and balance of the transmission grid at national level. (settlementTurning metering data into money. Consumption and production per metering point become what each party owes or is owed. of imbalances), and system authority (coordinates grid and generation). For IT systems, Statnett means that Elhub's message formats and rules govern all system suppliers' EdielNordic profile of the EDI EDIFACT standard - used for electronic message exchange in the Nordic power market via Elhub. implementations - and that APIApplication Programming Interface - standardised interface that allows two systems to communicate with each other. changes in Elhub require updates at all certified parties.