Data Transfer Service

In the late 1990’s, the UK electricity market was undergoing significant change. Competition was being introduced in the supply of electricity for the very first time. This culminated in 1998 with the introduction of competition to the domestic market. 

Competing companies were required to work together in order to interchange information about domestic customers. The key to success would be the agreement of a common set of data interchange requirements and the production of a centralised interoperability service.

All UK electricity suppliers use the service in support of business critical processes, such as settlement, change of supplier and metering.

ElectraLink successfully re-procured the service in 2002/03 on behalf of the industry, saving £8 million.

Users enjoy all the benefits of the most modern networking technologies, including web based services.

The service processes approximately 20 million files, and successfully delivers over 575 Gbytes of data per year.

ElectraLink’s ongoing investment in the underlying infrastructure ensures that the service is ready to underpin new business requirements whilst meeting all our customers’ needs. Fact Sheet

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