RTE-OPEN-DATA

RTE Open Data energy markets EDI standard detailed.

Definition

RTE Open Data refers to the public open data platform of Reseau de Transport d'Electricite RTE (Paris, French electricity TSO founded 2000, ~$5B revenue, 9500 employees) publishing ~50+ temporal + cross-sectional datasets electricity grid operations + market + generation + consumption + cross-border flows + ancillary services + system services data + renewable energy + flexibility + ENTSO-E aligned data, accessible via REST API + downloadable CSV + Excel open to journalists + researchers + analytics platforms transparency objectives. Message protocols + data models EDIFACT subsets or XML alternative standardisation + business processes energy markets industry gas + electricity + multiple actors transmission system operators TSO + distribution system operators DSO + suppliers + traders + customers + regulators ; iterative versions revisions multiple updates 2000s+ continuing 2024 + alignment EU energy market directives regulations + national level implementations.

Origin

RTE founded July 2000 ; RTE Open Data platform launched ~2014+ progressively expanded datasets coverage ; ~50+ datasets available 2024.

Example in context

Energy journalist analyzes French electricity prices during 2022 energy crisis: downloads RTE Open Data hourly electricity prices spot + day-ahead + intraday market datasets + matches with hourly generation by source (nuclear + hydro + thermal + wind + solar + imports) + identifies correlations between prices spikes + nuclear plants reduced availability + writes investigative article published Le Monde explanation electricity prices unprecedented increases.

Related terms

• Enedis formats v2 — complementary DSO data.