Vaasa EnergyWeek 2017 Cyber Security & Digitalization 22.3.2017 Datahub – towards future electricity retail market Pasi Aho Project Manager of Fingrid Datahub program Managing Director at Fingrid Datahub Oy

1. Datahub – towards
future electricity
retail market
Vaasa Energy Week 2017
Cyber Security & Digitalization
22.3.2017

2. Pasi Aho
Project Manager of Fingrid Datahub
program
Managing Director at Fingrid Datahub Oy.
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3. Agenda
• about Fingrid and electricity retail market in Finland
• the energy system is changing
• what is Datahub?
• possibilities
• privacy
• open data
• building schedule
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4. Numbers
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5. Basic facts about electricity
retail market in Finland
• Market fully liberalized since 1998
• Ca 40 active suppliers operating nationally + many
local retailers
• Over 80 DSOs
• Supplier switching rate >10%
• Full smart meter roll-out since 2014, demand side is
getting more active
• Statistics (2016):
• population 5,5 million
• El. consumption 85,1 TWh
• 3,4 million user points
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6. • We are on our way towards a green,
bright and affordable future:
• Focusing on the customer
• Keeping the market alive
• Market parties actively participating in the
balancing of the system
• Implementation requires e.g.
different technical service platforms
• Datahub is one, but others are also
needed
The energy system is changing
Energy efficiency
Micro and
small-scale
production
Climate change
Actively
participating
consumer
Demand
response
Electric
traffic
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7. • Energy efficiency
• Cost savings
• Possibility of choice
• Offering
• Devices
• Services
• Ease of use
From consumer to energy citizen
Electricity
sales/purchase
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8. Growing need for information
D A T A H U B – M A S T E R D A T A
Information about the customer,
electricity accounting point
and energy consumption.
Delivered by the distribution system
operator and electricity sales company.
Service provider A
Service provider B
Service provider C
Electricity
sales/purchaseService
DATA
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9. 22.3.2017Pasi Aho
What is datahub?
Datahub is
a centralised information
exchange system for the
electricity retail market,
which will contain information from
3.5 million electricity metering points
in Finland. Datahub's information will
be used by around 100 electricity
retailers and over 80 distribution
network companies serving
electricity consumers.

10. Datahub and
end consumer
• Opportunity to benefit from added-value
services developed by service providers
 Empowering the active energy citizen!
• Smoother switching of suppliers and
moving processes
• Availability of comparison data covering
the entire country, e.g. by user group or
postal address.
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11. Datahub and
service providers
• One interface to all data significantly
facilitates the provision of service to
different customers, which include end
consumers, DSOs, and electricity
suppliers
• Possible services include a mobile app
for monitoring and planning electricity
use, controlling loads and small-scale
production based on metering data, and
a bidding competition service for
electricity contracts
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12. Datahub and
the electricity retail market
• Centralized information exchange
makes market processes more efficient
• Clarifies the roles between different
parties
• Creates prerequisites for electricity
market development and the realization
of a joint-Nordic retail market
• Datahub offers efficient tools for
monitoring compliance with market
rules
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13. Energy citizens own their data
"The safety and privacy
of my personal
information must be
guaranteed!"
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14. Open data
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Datahub produces anonymized statistics on
consumption and small scale electricity
production to open data interface, which will be
available to all. Information can be used, for
example, consumer services.

15. Building schedule
Process document
Technical
document
Data standard
Legis-
lation
Data con-
version
Guide-
lines
De-
crees
FG system
procure-
ment
Preliminary report
Implementation of commissioning plan
Datahub testing – integrations, conversions...
Datahub in production
2014
2015-2016
2016-2017
Incooperation
Industry
systems
?
Data conversion
plan
Commis-
sioning plan
2018
2019
2019
Agreements
New Electricity Market Act: Fingrid responsible for
information exchange development
09/2013
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16. Fingrid Datahub Oy
c/o Fingrid Oyj
Läkkisepäntie 21
00620 Helsinki
PL 530, 00101 Helsinki
Puh. 030 395 5000
Y-tunnus: 2745543-5