Learning

EDI Academy

Structured learning paths that connect theory with the real messages you analyse every day.

7 learning paths26 lessons17 use cases4 h reading time

Every industry process end to end: the messages involved, the real-world example, the process flow and the associations that publish the binding rulebooks.

Energy & utilities

Metering data & billing

MSCONS transmits interval consumption which feeds grid usage invoicing (INVOIC) and reconciliation.

Messages

MSCONSINVOICREMADV

Common standards

EDIFACT (UTILMD, MSCONS, INVOIC)BDEW/EDI@EnergyebIXCIM XML

Parties: Metering operator ↔ supplier

Practice example

Fifteen-minute load profiles are transmitted daily per metering point and later reconciled against the grid usage invoice.

Typical process flow

  1. 01MSCONS metering values
  2. 02Plausibility check
  3. 03Balancing group settlement
  4. 04INVOIC grid usage

Rule-setting bodies & associations

BDEW Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft e. V. (EDI@Energy)

Industry association

Website

German energy market communication: UTILMD, MSCONS, INVOIC and APERAK message implementation guides with binding go-live dates.

Reinhardtstraße 32, 10117 Berlin, Deutschland

+49 30 300199-0

info@bdew.de

Rulebooks & documents

Bundesnetzagentur für Elektrizität, Gas, Telekommunikation, Post und Eisenbahnen

Federal regulator

Website

Regulatory decisions (GPKE, MaBiS, WiM) that make the EDI@Energy message formats and deadlines legally binding.

Tulpenfeld 4, 53113 Bonn, Deutschland

+49 228 14-0

info@bnetza.de

Rulebooks & documents