{"id":431,"date":"2025-12-29T13:06:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T13:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/?page_id=431"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:36:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/data-integration-platform\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Data Integration Platform 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id=\"page-431\" class=\"article post-431 page type-page status-publish hentry\" role=\"article\">\n\n\t\n\t\t<section class=\"section text-image\">\n\t\t<div class=\"centering small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid row align-vertically collumn-reverse   default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-xs-12 grid-m-6\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-images has-decoration\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid custom-padding no-space\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113337\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Infrastructure-01-2048x1536-1-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113337\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Infrastructure-01-2048x1536-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113337\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Infrastructure-01-2048x1536-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113337\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Infrastructure-01-2048x1536-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113337\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Infrastructure-01-2048x1536-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113337\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Infrastructure-01-2048x1536-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-xs-12 grid-m-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"content-title\">What is the DIP?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The DIP is the platform used to exchange and share large volumes of consumption data between industry participants, including energy suppliers, network operators, and agents.<\/p>\n<div>Built specifically to support <strong>Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS)<\/strong>, enabling submission and receipt of half-hourly metering data; but future scope includes migration of remaining Data Transfer Network (DTN) messages and extending to flexibility markets.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113339\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Pylon-04-2048x1536-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113339\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Pylon-04-2048x1536-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113339\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Pylon-04-2048x1536-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/elexon-cmag-production-cdn.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/11\/07113339\/Elexon-Net-Zero-Pylon-04-2048x1536-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-xs-12 grid-m-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"content-title\">Why it matters?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Half-hourly settlement<\/strong><br \/>\nEnables submission of HH metering data for accurate, real-time energy billing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Event-Driven Architecture (EDA)<\/strong><br \/>\nUses an event-driven system for fast, real-time message exchange between market participants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Modernized data flows<\/strong><br \/>\nReplaces legacy D-flows with standardized JSON \u201cIF\u201d flows, upgrading UK electricity market infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Supporting net-zero<\/strong><br \/>\nProvides granular data for flexible products like time-of-use tariffs, encouraging off-peak energy use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid row align-vertically 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