Data Collection & Aggregation

TMA are an Elexon Qualified Party Agent providing Data Collection and Data Aggregation services to Suppliers and other Service Users operating in the regulated GB electricity market.  TMA work in collaboration with Service Users to take decisive action to improve and maintain high levels of service and performance

Experience

TMA are a highly experienced and qualified Non Half Hourly and Half Hourly Data Collector and Data Aggregator within the GB Energy Market.  TMA currently manages over 3.5 million meter points in the domestic, SME and I&C space, and accommodates both Import and Export sites.

The TMA Way

TMA’s approach allows suppliers accurate, on-time data to ensure industry settlement performance is on target and industry obligations are met.

TMA manages any exceptions that may arise in a Supplier’s portfolio through our proactive management of Data Aggregation.

Why do we take the view from Data Aggregation?

  1. The view of the Data Aggregator is independent; it is an independent view of what data the industry and DC hold;
  2. The data is factually relevant in Settlement; this is what the Supplier will be billed on for Settlement and DUOS charges;
  3. Settlement is based on the data output from DA and that is the end of the process: if data is correct and available in Settlement, it is also correct and available for billing and all other purposes;
  4. There are crucial details, which can only be view from the DA perspective.

TMA work in collaboration with Suppliers to take decisive action to improve performance and produce regular, informative reporting, to ensure Suppliers have full visibility of performance levels in various areas.

Why TMA?

TMA prides itself in exceptional supplier services and this is achieved through our best in class systems and highly skilled data analysts not to mention a dedicated Account Manager and support team specifically assigned to each portfolio.  This ensures that each Supplier’s business processes are understood and ensuring that rapport can be built between the teams.

Suppliers can also expect additional support and analysis as part of the services TMA offer, including bespoke reporting and data feeds for individual suppliers’ needs.

Licensing

Would your business benefit from becoming your own Data Collector and Data Aggregator?  Why not find out how we can support your business with our options of technology licences and implementation support, which can be found here.

ACTIVE DATA MANAGEMENT

TMA takes ownership of the exceptions in Suppliers’ portfolios. We practice active data management that involves not only the capture and identification of exceptions but also taking action to resolve these.

TMA’s approach to identifying and actively managing exceptions delivers high standards of performance in metering services for Suppliers. We aim to provide a single method of managing the performance across the portfolio. Reporting based on views of performance of MPANs within the portfolio as seen from the perspective of the Data Aggregator has four key benefits:

  1. The view of the Data Aggregator is independent; it is an independent view of what data the Supplier and DC hold;
  2. The data is factually relevant in Settlement; this is what the Supplier will be billed on for Settlement and DUOS charges;
  3. Settlement is based on the data output from DA and that is the end of the process: if data is correct and available in Settlement, it is also correct and available for billing and all other purposes;
  4. There are crucial details which can only be seen for the DA standpoint and perspective.
HHDA AND NHHDA TOOLSET

These applications are for Non Half Hourly Data and Half Hourly Aggregation and used to enable Suppliers to better understand the performance of their portfolios.

Feature rich, this toolset has been successfully used to boost and maintain the performance of entire Supplier portfolios; for Meter reading; data processing for billing; Settlement performance; managing NHHDC and HHDC performance; managing registration (Gains/customer capture) performance; and controlling Data Retriever performance.