Metering

The market closes on measured energy, not on a dashboard estimate. If the meter list and the balancing group diverge, every forecast-versus-actual on the desk is telling a different story from settlement.

A battery, a solar plant and a load each need a measurement path. Aggregation only works if those paths are assigned to the same group the BRP nominated.

Data quality is operational: missing intervals, substitutions and late reads change the imbalance the BRP pays. The substitution rules are official.

Official source: metering codes, DSO/OST procedures and the balancing settlement rules. TradingDesk explanation: treat metering as identity, then data.

1. Identity, each site has one or more metering points registered to a balancing group.

2. Collection, interval reads become the actual energy for that point.

3. Allocation, points are summed to the group. That sum is compared with the group schedule.

4. Settlement, the resulting imbalance volume is priced under the official method.

TradingDesk can store and display the series. It is not the meter register and it is not the settlement system.

How points are created, transferred or estimated after a failure belongs in the official procedures. Attach those texts before quoting them. Official metering text now on file: Kodi i Matjes, ERE Vendim nr. 101, 26.8.2008.

Connect meters before trusting forecast-versus-actual. Wiki explains the Albanian perimeter. The desk shows the kWh once the feed is live and labelled.