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+AC – Actual Consumption
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+Meaning: Measured electricity consumption/load on the grid.
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+Data: Quarter-hourly values of total grid load, residual load, and other consumption-related metrics.
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+AG – Actual Generation
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+Meaning: Measured (real-time) electricity generation by source.
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+Data: Quarter-hourly values for biomass, hydropower, wind (onshore/offshore), photovoltaics, nuclear, coal, gas, etc.
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+AFRR – Automatic Frequency Restoration Reserve
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+Meaning: Balancing reserve activated automatically to stabilize system frequency.
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+Data: Quarter-hourly volumes activated (+/−), procurement prices, and volumes procured.
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+BE – Balancing Energy
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+Meaning: Energy used by TSOs to balance the power system in real-time.
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+Data: May include volumes (MWh) and costs (€/MWh) of balancing energy activated from various sources.
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+CBPF – Cross-Border Physical Flows
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+Meaning: Actual physical electricity flows across national borders.
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+Data: Quarter-hourly measurements of imports/exports (in MWh) with neighboring countries.
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+EBS – Exported Balancing Services
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+Meaning: Balancing services provided by one country’s TSO to another country’s TSO.
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+Data: Quarter-hourly or aggregated volumes (MWh) of balancing energy exported, and possibly associated costs.
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+FC – Forecasted Consumption
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+Meaning: Projected or estimated electricity consumption/load.
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+Data: Often day-ahead or short-term quarter-hourly forecasts of total grid load, residual load, etc.
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+FGDA – Forecasted Generation Day-Ahead
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+Meaning: Predicted generation by source for the next day (day-ahead).
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+Data: Hourly or quarter-hourly forecasted generation volumes for wind, solar, etc.
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+FCR – Frequency Containment Reserve
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+Meaning: Reserve capacity that automatically responds to frequency deviations (primary control).
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+Data: Procurement prices (€/MW), volumes procured, and activation data at quarter-hourly resolution.
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+GFI – Generation Forecast Intraday
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+Meaning: Intraday (within the same day) updates to the generation forecast.
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+Data: Quarter-hourly predicted generation volumes by technology, updated more frequently than day-ahead forecasts.
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+IBS – Imported Balancing Services
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+Meaning: Balancing services a TSO imports from neighboring countries’ TSOs.
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+Data: Quarter-hourly volumes (MWh) of balancing services imported and related costs.
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+MFRR – Manual Frequency Restoration Reserve
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+Meaning: Manually activated reserve used by TSOs to restore frequency and manage imbalances.
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+Data: Quarter-hourly volumes of capacity procured, volumes activated, and procurement prices.
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+SCE – Scheduled Commercial Exchanges
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+Meaning: Planned or scheduled cross-border electricity trades (as opposed to actual physical flows).
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+Data: Quarter-hourly net exports/imports (MWh) based on market schedules.
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+Prices (Originally “Day-ahead Prices”)
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+Meaning: Market-clearing electricity prices, typically from the day-ahead market.
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+Data: Hourly prices (€/MWh) for Germany/Luxembourg and neighboring bidding zones.
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+TSOs (Originally “Costs_of_TSOs_without_costs_of_DSOs”)
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+Meaning: Various costs and expenditures related to Transmission System Operators (TSOs).
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+Data: Monthly or quarterly cost data for network security, countertrading, balancing services, etc.
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+Gen_Capacity (Originally “Installed Generation Capacity”)
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+Meaning: Total installed power generation capacity by technology.
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+Data: Typically annual (sometimes monthly) capacity values (MW) for biomass, wind, solar, nuclear, coal, gas, and other generation sources.