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EASEE-GAS
1. State of the organisation 2. Membership 3.
Working Groups
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EASEE-GAS
State of the organisation

• Created 14.03.2002
• Offices at Paris, France
• Board picked from the Task Force
• House Rules final draft
• AFG provides administration support

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EASEE-GAS
Membership

• 6 founding members
• 3 additional members
• membership recruitment campaign
• being launched

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EASEE-GAS
Working groups
Ongoing

• Message standardisation and validation (Edigas)
• Communication (Edigas)

Started up

• eb XML (by EFET 19/04)
• Business rules (by GTE 25/04)
• Real Time Data Transfer (by Edigas 07/05)
• Unit harmonisation (by GTE)

On hold

• Business scenarios (Edigas)

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EASEE-GAS
Message Standardisation Validation WG
Goal
Develop and maintain Edigas protocol
Status
Operational
Issues
Needs input from Business Rules / Business
Scenarios
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Communication WG
Goal
Replace current communication solutions (ISDN,
X25) by Internet Protocol
Status
Preparing to launch bid requests for VPN based
network
Issue
VPN or pure internet
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Real Time Data Transfer WG

• Three companies so far
• Position paper in preparation
• Next meeting in September

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Eb XML WG
Goal
Provide for IP friendly messages
Status
Power companies have defined business scenarios
Issues

• eb XML not yet a standard
• gas have Edigas

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Business Scenarios WG
Goal
Define actors, information, operational rules
Status
Draft report
Issues
To be merged with Business Rules