USAID Energy Investment Activity Project (EIA) Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange, January 2017 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Energy Investment Activity (USAID EIA) Contract Number AID-168-C-14-00002 Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange Author: EIA Project Team January, 2017 Implemented by: Advanced Engineering Associates International, Inc. (AEAI) USAID COR: Ankica Gavrilovic This document is made possible by support from the American People sponsored by United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this document were prepared by and are the sole responsibility of Advanced Engineering Associates International, Inc., and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. Contract Number AID-168-C-14-00002 1 USAID Energy Investment Activity Project (EIA) Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange, January 2017 Table of Contents Abbreviations..................................................................................................................................................... 3 1. Preface ....................................................................................................................................................... 5 2. General project approach for BiH .............................................................................................................. 6 3. Objectives of this report ............................................................................................................................ 7 4. EDI Framework .......................................................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 8 4.2 Identification of roles and domains ................................................................................................... 9 4.2.1 DSO Identification directly issued by FERC, RSERC and SERC .................................................... 9 4.2.2 Supplier Identification ............................................................................................................. 11 4.2.3 Metering point Identification .................................................................................................. 12 4.2.4 BRP Identifications ................................................................................................................... 14 4.2.5 Check digit ............................................................................................................................... 14 4.3 Communication means and file names ........................................................................................... 14 4.3.1 File Transfer Protocol (FTP) ..................................................................................................... 14 4.3.2 Web services ............................................................................................................................ 14 4.3.3 Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) ..................................................................................... 14 4.3.4 Recommendation .................................................................................................................... 15 4.3.5 File names ................................................................................................................................ 15 4.4 Data exchange ................................................................................................................................. 15 4.4.1 Acknowledgement and error messages .................................................................................. 17 4.4.2 Message types ......................................................................................................................... 17 4.4.3 Message time, date and time period ...................................................................................... 17 4.4.4 Message structure and content............................................................................................... 18 4.5 DSO Metering Point Database ......................................................................................................... 23 4.5.1 Brief functional description of the database ........................................................................... 23 5. Roadmap for development of EDI in BiH ................................................................................................. 26 Contract Number AID-168-C-14-00002 2 USAID Energy Investment Activity Project (EIA) Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange, January 2017 Abbreviations BiH Bosnia and Herzegovina BRP Balance Responsible Party CET Central European Time CEST Central European Summer Time CSV Comma-Separated Values DSO Distribution System Operator EBIX European forum for energy Business Information eXchange EDI Electronic Data Interchange EIC Energy Identification Coding ENTSO-E European Network of Transmission System Operators EIA Energy Investment Activity EU European Union F-GCS General Conditions for Electricity Supply FERC Regulatory Commission for Energy in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina FTP File Transfer Protocol FTPS FTP Secure GIAI Global Individual Asset Identifier GLN Global Location Number GMT Greenwich Mean Time GSRN Global Service Relation Number ID Identifier INVOIC Invoice message ISO Independent System Operator IT Information Technology LIO Local issuing office kW Kilowatt kWh Kilowatt Hour Contract Number AID-168-C-14-00002 3 USAID Energy Investment Activity Project (EIA) Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange, January 2017 MIME Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MSCONS Metered Services Consumption Report MWG Market Working Group OBIS OBject Identification System R-GCS General Conditions for Delivery and Supply of Electricity RSERC Republic of Srpska Regulatory Commission for Energy SERC State Electricity Regulatory Commission SFTP Secure (or SSH) File Transfer Protocol SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol USAID U.S. Agency for International Development UN/EDIFACT United Nations Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport UTC Coordinated Universal Time UTILMD Utility master data message XML EXtensible Markup Language Contract Number AID-168-C-14-00002 4 USAID Energy Investment Activity Project (EIA) Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange, January 2017 1. Preface USAID’s Energy Investment Activity project is supporting Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) in its efforts to increase investments in the energy sector and to advance the accession process related to energy sector requirements. In particular, the Energy Investment Activity project aims to address impediments to increased investments in the energy sector, to address retail market deficiencies, to achieve energy savings in BiH using regulatory incentives and to advance EU accession requirements in the energy sector. In order to assist the electricity sector in BiH to make further necessary steps toward the establishment of a fully transparent retail electricity market, USAID funded the technical assistance project, Energy Investment Activity (EIA), with component 2 “Address retail Market Deficiencies in BiH.” EIA proposed the constitution of a Market Working Group (MWG) and pertinent subgroups: • Subgroup 1 – deals with activities related to development of DSO rules and processes • Subgroup 2 – deals with activities related to the development of Electronic Data Interchange Assistance to work of Subgroup 1 resulted in the report “Draft Guidelines for Development of the Business Processes for DSO as Independent Market Facilitator.” This report dealt with development of an information model and outline of business processes linked with the role of the DSO as independent market facilitator; the report is expected to serve as a guideline for development of the rulebook1 and other legal documents that should cover business processes associated with DSO market roles. In continuation of the work, as a result of assistance to the efforts of Subgroup 2, this report – Guidelines for Electronic Data Interchange (hereinafter EDI) report has been prepared. EDI can be described as computer to computer exchange of business documents in standard electronic format within a business process between different parties. Using as an input international best practices from one side and a developed information model and business processes2 from the other side, EDI infrastructure is reviewed and recommendations specified. This report considers the actual situation in BiH3 related to existing EDI between key electricity retail market players. As a result, the report suggests options and specifies recommendations that should facilitate development of technical standards for EDI. The review and analysis EDI for the traditional role of the DSO (for example: network operation, maintenance, development, etc.) is not a subject of this document, as these processes are already well covered with existing material. 1 This rulebook will be developed by the working group and shall contain rules with business processes that relate to DSO market roles. 2 Based on “Draft Guidelines for Development of the Business Processes for DSO as Independent Market Facilitator” document. 3 Key interested parties in retail market have unanimous opinion that development of EDI and related IT systems is required