Report of the Study Committee About the Data Managed by Energy System and Infrastructure Operators
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REPORT 18 May 2017 Report of the study committee about the data managed by energy system and infrastructure operators REPORT OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE ABOUT THE DATA MANAGED BY ENERGY SYSTEM AND INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATORS 18 May 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS THE WORD OF THE RAPPORTEUR .................................................................................................................... 5 SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................................... 7 1. THE DATA OF REGULATED OPERATORS: BETWEEN COMPLEXITY AND HETEROGENEITY ....................... 11 1.1 SYSTEM OPERATORS HAVE AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF WIDE-RANGING DATA ........................................... 11 1.1.1 The different technical categories of data ................................................................................................. 11 1.1.2 Information technology offers many processing and publication possibilities ....................................... 13 1.2 THE DATA ARE GOVERNED BY DIFFERENT LEGAL REGIMES WHICH ARE DIFFICULT TO ARTICULATE .......... 14 1.2.1 Personal data .............................................................................................................................................. 14 1.2.2 Commercially sensitive information (CSI) .................................................................................................. 16 1.2.3 Administrative data ..................................................................................................................................... 19 1.2.4 Statistical data ............................................................................................................................................ 20 1.2.5 This diversity of legal regimes applicable to energy data leads to the intervention of a plurality of regulators .................................................................................................................................................... 21 1.3 A WEALTH OF DATA ALREADY MADE AVAILABLE WHICH IS GOING TO INCREASE .......................................... 21 1.3.1 Data communicated to granting authorities ............................................................................................. 22 1.3.2 Data that the law and regulation impose to communicate to public entities, to network users and to the public ..................................................................................................................................................... 24 1.3.3 European directives and regulations accompany the framework for provision of access to data, by protecting Member States and European citizens .................................................................................... 32 1.3.4 The data provision initiatives of operators ................................................................................................ 34 1.4 CRE ENCOURAGES ENERGY PLAYERS TO USE THE DATA TO ACCOMPANY THE ENERGY TRANSITION ......... 44 1.4.1 CRE’s deliberations of 12 June 2014 providing recommendations on smart low voltage grid development and of 25 February 2015 on smart grid development ...................................................... 44 1.4.2 CRE’s deliberation of 8 December 2016 providing new recommendations on the development of smart electricity and natural gas grids ...................................................................................................... 44 1.4.3 Services offered by public distribution system operators and regulated by CRE accompany technological developments ...................................................................................................................... 45 1.4.4 The tariffs for use of the networks and infrastructures provide resources for providing access to energy data .............................................................................................................................................................. 47 1.5 DIFFERENT DATA PROVISION PROCEDURES ACCORDING TO COUNTRIES ...................................................... 48 1.5.1 European countries that have decided to organise the provision of access to energy data have made heterogeneous choices .............................................................................................................................. 48 1.5.2 These organisation choices are based on a national historical, cultural, legal and market functioning context ......................................................................................................................................................... 50 1.6 A RISING COST IN THE SHORT TERM AND NEW CHALLENGES FOR THE BUSINESS AND ACTIVITIES OF NETWORK AND INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATORS ............................................................................................... 53 1.6.1 Operators deploy significant resources to make energy data available and ensure data security ....... 53 1.6.2 CRE accompanies the work of operators in research and development and data security ................... 54 1.6.3 Cyber-security: a new challenge for network and infrastructure operators ............................................. 54 2. DATA TO SERVE MANY OBJECTIVES OF GENERAL INTEREST ................................................................... 58 2.1 DATA FOR THE PROPER FUNCTIONING OF ENERGY SYSTEMS AND MARKETS .............................................. 58 2.1.1 Expected benefits for consumers, producers, suppliers and flexibility operators .................................. 58 2.1.2 These benefits entail preventing anti-competitive scenarios which can be associated with data collection and use ....................................................................................................................................... 59 2/111 REPORT OF THE STUDY COMMITTEE ABOUT THE DATA MANAGED BY ENERGY SYSTEM AND INFRASTRUCTURE OPERATORS 18 May 2017 2.2 DATA TO SERVE TERRITORIAL DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................. 60 2.2.1 The applicable legal framework ................................................................................................................. 60 2.2.2 The ambitions of granting authorities and local authorities ..................................................................... 60 2.3 DATA AT THE SERVICE OF A BETTER APPROPRIATION OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION ....................................... 62 2.4 DATA AT THE SERVICE OF INNOVATION ............................................................................................................. 63 2.4.1 Innovation brought by energy suppliers ..................................................................................................... 64 2.4.2 Innovation brought by digital companies ................................................................................................... 64 2.4.3 Innovation brought by companies outside the energy sector .................................................................. 65 2.5 DATA AT THE SERVICE OF OPERATORS’ EFFICIENCY AND MODERATION OF THEIR COSTS ........................... 66 2.6 DATA AT THE SERVICE OF TRANSPARENCY IN THE OPERATION OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND ORGANISATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 67 3. MAKING DADA MANAGEMENT A LEVER TO IMPROVE THE ENERGY SYSTEM’S EFFICIENCY ................. 69 3.1 THE IMPERATIVE OF CONSISTENCY IN DATA PROVISION AND ITS OBJECTIVES .............................................. 69 3.1.1 Article 179 of the Law on Energy Transition for Green Growth establishes a consistency ambition for the benefit of local public policies ............................................................................................................. 69 3.1.2 The consistency of both the data generated and the channels through which they are made available is essential for the markets to function properly ...................................................................................... 69 3.1.3 The consistency of exchanges between distribution system operators and energy suppliers is essential for the markets to function properly .......................................................................................................... 70 3.2 THE IMPERATIVE OF QUALITY OF THE DATA MADE AVAILABLE ........................................................................ 71 3.2.1 Data of insufficient quality impede the activities of their users ............................................................... 71 3.2.2 The provision of data of satisfactory quality represents an oganisational and financial effort ............. 71 3.2.3 Making performance in data management a means of measuring the quality of service by regulated operators ..................................................................................................................................................... 72 3.3 THE IMPERATIVE OF TECHNOLOGICAL NEUTRALITY AND INTER-OPERABILITY ............................................... 72 3.4 THE IMPERATIVE TO RAPIDLY COMMUNICATE REGULARLY UPDATED DATA................................................... 74 3.5 OPTIMISING THE CONNECTION OF THE NETWORKS TO PRESERVE THE FUTURE .......................................... 75 3.5.1 The close intertwining between geographic levels and the various forms of energy call for