Glossary
Terms from the Norwegian energy sector and technology - explained by practitioners who use them every day. Discover semantic connections and technical references. 378+ terms.
Open OASIS standard for secure message exchange over HTTP - the transport protocol required by Peppol, increasingly seen in European power-market messaging too.
Balance Responsible Party - actor responsible for balancing production and consumption in its portfolio against the system operator.
The common grid model - the assembled data set European TSOs agree on, built from each area's own model and used as the basis for capacity calculation and operational security analysis across borders.
ENTSO-E's European profile of CIM - the narrowed format TSOs actually use to exchange grid models across borders.
Correcting errors in data that already exists - duplicates, gaps, misspellings and inconsistent formats - most often in master data and most often after the fact.
The 18-digit identifier that uniquely designates a metering point in the power market.
Energy Communication Platform - EU-standardised interface for secure data exchange between actors in the European power market.
Energy Data Exchange - ENTSO-E's platform for structured exchange of power system data between European TSOs, primarily network models and capacity data.
A numerical representation of text (or other data) that captures semantic meaning, so that similar concepts end up close to each other in a mathematical space.
European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity - collaborative body for European TSOs coordinating joint grid operations and regulations.
Global standards organisation known for barcodes, GTIN and GSRN - the standard behind unique metering point IDs in the electricity market.
Nominated electricity market operator - the European role that runs the day-ahead and intraday markets within the single market coupling. Nord Pool and EPEX SPOT are examples.
EU regulatory framework harmonising the operation and access to electricity grids across European countries.
Electricity generated by nuclear fission of uranium or plutonium - emission-free during operation, stable baseload, and an increasingly prominent part of the European energy debate.
European network for e-invoicing and e-procurement - uses AS4 as its transport protocol. Norway is among the countries with mandatory e-invoicing via Peppol for the public sector.
Old Norse meaning 'two bound together' - one who solves a task shoulder to shoulder with another.
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