- active permission
means a permission that has not been revoked or expired;
- authentication
means an electronic procedure that enables the electronic identification of a natural or legal person;
- data access log
means a timestamped record of data items accessed that includes at least the identification of the final customer or the eligible party accessing the data and, if applicable, the identification of the permission used to access the data;
- data access provider
means a party responsible for facilitating access, including in cooperation with other parties, to validated historical metering and consumption data by the final customer or by eligible parties;
- eligible party
means an entity offering energy-related services to final customers, such as suppliers, transmission and distribution system operators, delegated operators and other third parties, aggregators, energy service companies, renewable energy communities, citizen energy communities and balancing service providers, as far as they offer energy related services to final customers;
- future data
means data that is covered by the permission but not available at that point in time and in most cases because it is made available in the future.
- identity service provider
means a party that manages identity information;
- meter operator
means a party responsible for installing, maintaining, testing, and decommissioning physical meters;
- metered data administrator
means a party responsible for storing validated historical metering and consumption data and distributing these data to final customers and/or eligible parties;
- metering and consumption data
means meter readings of electricity consumption from the grid, or electricity fed into the grid, or consumption from on-site generation facilities which are connected to the grid, and includes validated historical data and non-validated near-real time data;
- metering point administrator
means a party responsible for administering and making available the characteristics of a metering point, including the registrations of eligible parties and final customers linked to the metering point;
- near real-time data consumption system
means a system or device that obtains the flow of non-validated near real-time data from a smart metering system as referred to in Article 20, first subparagraph, point (a) of Directive (EU) 2019/944.
- near real-time metering and consumption data
means metering and consumption data provided continuously by a smart meter or a smart metering system in a short time period, usually down to seconds or up to the imbalance settlement period in the national market, which is non-validated and made available through a standardised interface or through remote access in line with Article 20(a) of the Electricity Directive (EU) 2019/944;
- permission
means the authorisation given by a final customer for an eligible party on the basis of a contractual agreement they have with this party, to access their metering and consumption data managed by the metered data administrator for the provision of a specific service;
- permission administrator
means a party responsible for administering a register of data access permissions for a set of metering points, making this information available to final customers and eligible parties in the sector, on request;
- permission provision log
means a timestamped record of when the permission for a an eligible party or final customer was granted, revoked, or terminated, including a permission identifier, and a party identifier;
- reference model
means the procedures that are necessary for access to data describing the minimum required information exchange between market participants;
- smart meter
means an electronic metering device deployed within a smart metering system as defined in the Article 2(23) of the Directive (EU) 2019/944;
- validated historical metering and consumption data
means historical metering and consumption data collected from a meter, a conventional meter or a smart meter, or a smart metering system, or completed with substitute values that are determined otherwise in case of meter unavailability;