In July, we convened the Perseus Technical Advisory Group, co-chaired by Normative and Icebreaker One.

Date: 17th July 2024 10:00-11:30 BST

Location: online

Co-Chairs:

  • Frank Wales, IB1
  • Ross Doherty, Normative (apologies)

Secretariat: IB1

Meeting aims:

  1. Formal sign off of key milestones
  2. Updates on directory service and prototyping and documentation plan
  3. Identify new lead for WG2 – Platform and Systems
  4. Clarify remit of working groups for the next quarter

Summary:

It was noted that:

  • AG2-WG2: Platforms & Systems gave the following update:
    • Work is focused on the requirements for the Directory Service and specifically how companies will be able to register for an account
    • The group is seeking existing open banking Directory Service providers and for members to share RFI/RFP questionnaires.
  • AG2-WG1: Data Standards gave the following update:
    • Work on permission and emission specifications is detailed in the WG’s outputs doc.
      • The group is considering how to evidence permissions, and it was agreed that this would include separate timestamps for permissions revoked and expired fields.
    • Defined by AG1, the bank’s requirement will be to receive emissions data at monthly resolution, annually.
      • It was agreed that data will be provided only for whole months up to the end of “last month” to prevent smaller increments allowing finer-resolution data to be retrieved
      • Consumption information is currently not planned to be included for banks. AG2 is awaiting confirmation from AG1 whether consumption information is a requirement for banks’ ESG reporting before adding it
  • The user journey and authentication flow was presented to members.
  • Voting will now take place via Google forms. Members will be able to vote in the lead up to the meeting, during and seven days following the meeting.
  • An update on the directory service and prototyping was presented with a platform demo.
    • Next steps: documentation on user authentication and consent; continue work on directory prototype
      • 1. User accounts to manage organisations
      • 2. Certificate issuance
      • 3. Directory listing endpoints
  • Q3 deliverables include:
    • Smart Meter energy data provider integration
    • BMS energy data provider integration
    • Bank integration
    • Provenance definition
    • Directory platform instantiation
    • Registry platform instantiation
    • Technical/developer documentation
    • Monitoring systems defined and running
  • Working Group 2 (Platforms and Systems) and Working Group 3 (Tech and Dev Documentation) are seeking leads.

Voting outcomes:

  • Approval of the data specifications for electricity consumption; tariff; and emissions data
  • Approval of use of openly-published ESO regional intensity data
  • Approval of permission mechanism and representation

Next meeting: October 16th 2024

Formal records are maintained by the secretariat. These are confidential to the Advisory Group Members.