Methods of Data Transfer
- SFTP
- Adaptors
- Web portals
- APIs (coming 2023)
- Encrypted VPN over the Public Internet
Formats of Data Transfer
- XML
- CSV
- POOL
- JSON
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Data Transfer Service (DTS)
What is the DTS?
The DTS underpins the competitive UK electricity, gas, and water markets, enabling participants to work together to exchange information about their customers. The DTS provides a managed file transfer service that allows market participants to share data efficiently and securely to perform their roles in the market. This information interchange facilitates a wide range of business-critical processes including change of supplier, metering and how energy is paid for by suppliers (settlement).
The Data Transfer Network (DTN) is the underlying architecture which underpins the regulated data exchange for the energy industry defined across several industry codes (currently the REC and BSC) and between bilateral parties. Data is transferred using industry-created data flows generated on FlowBuilder. Under the governance of the industry, outlined in the DTS Agreement, ElectraLink operates the DTS for the industry on a cost-recovery basis.
Over 99% of all DTS data is transferred within five minutes. There are multiple ways that you can transfer data using the DTS and a variety of formats in which you can receive information.
The DTS provides this service to a variety of utilities market participants; as of June 2021, over 300 participants currently use the DTS. This includes all suppliers of electricity and gas to retail and business customers, all Distribution Network Operators, all settlement agents, various generators of electricity (predominantly distribution connected generation), supplier agents and metering parties throughout the industry.
How will it benefit you?
- Provides you with a single central system to communicate with all market participants
- We guarantee to deliver your data
- The more it is used, the cheaper it becomes, offering you value for money
- Your business processes will become more efficient by reducing errors and enabling automation
- Your regulatory compliance and customers’ confidentiality is improved through a secure solution
- You have full use of a platform for innovation with secure access to appropriate information
- You will enjoy flexibility with support in the sending and receiving of multiple file formats such as Flat Text Files, RGMA File Format and XML
