1. INDEXIS START-UP
Indexis was founded in 2003 as an independent metering company for the liberalized
Belgian energy market. They needed a complete solution to collect, process and
distribute metering data from 7 million meters. MECOMS™ was implemented to run
the hand-held terminals of meter readers, various web-based self-services and the
underlying system to process and forward all the data. Due to its flexible architecture,
MECOMS™ has fluently grown with the evolving market and the changing role of
Indexis.
The liberalization of the Belgian energy market in 2003 imposed a separation between
grid operators and suppliers. This required an impartial entity to independently provide
reliable metering data to the different market parties. Indexis would take on this role,
with a clear mission to collect and process metering data of approximately 6 million gas
and electricity connections, and to distribute consumption and master data to the
different market parties. During the following years, consecutive market reforms would
repeatedly redefine the complex role of Indexis in the Belgian energy market. Currently,
its activities cover about 70% of the Belgian territory.