In February we held our final Open Energy Pilot Advisory Group meetings. The Advisory Groups ran from October 2021 until February 2022 with two tracks: 1) Membership & Delivery, and 2) User Needs. The Steering Group has also met for their final meeting for the Open Energy Pilot phase supporting the overarching strategy.
The two groups are composed of a wide range of industry leaders and subject matter experts, representing a cross section of private and public players with a unique contribution. The Advisory Groups play a critical role in Open Energy’s development, providing us with a 360 perspective that ensures that Open Energy is designed for and with the energy sector.
Here’s a summary of everything achieved and discussed in the February meetings.
Membership & Delivery
The group discussed:
- The recent Energy Digitalisation Task Force report recommendations
- An update on how Open Energy is progressing
- Shared the published Pilot Use Case 1 blog – (Use Case 1 is how the energy industry can ensure DNOs have the data they need to support a network that’s able to meet EV user needs)
- An update on how Use Case 2 is developing (Use Case 2 is how new residential housing developers can reduce grid reliance when building new housing developments)
- Presented an ecosystem diagram for the MEDA core use case and how this could apply to future use cases
- An update on the membership terms and website terms and conditions
- A review of Open Energy’s DPIA, record of processing, and privacy notice
- Review of IB1’s shortlist of priority organisation to approach for becoming new members
User Needs
The group discussed:
- The recent Energy Digitalisation Task Force report recommendations and what we should prioritise for the next stages of development
- An update on how Open Energy is progressing
- Presented an ecosystem diagram for the MEDA core use case and how this could apply to future use cases
- The final version of the Use Case 1 blog publication
- The challenges with developing the final use case of the pilot phase, as described in this blog post
- An update from our tech team on how they are building on previous work to build a set of Jupyter notebooks to introduce data analysts to OE through enabling them to get hands-on experience with it.
Steering Group
In this session, the Steering Group discussed
- Reflections from the pilot phase and what we have learned throughout last six months, and where to go from here
- What is coming next for Open Energy, and how it will continue to develop
- How open energy can deliver the Energy Digitalisation Task Force recommendations
- An update on the final use case development
- The achievements and progress for the Membership & Delivery Advisory Group
- The achievements and progress for the User Needs Advisory Group
If you’d like to sign up to be a part of the community review track, click here or email openenergy@ib1.org.