Datahub (Estfeed)
Datahub (Andmevahetusplatvorm Estfeed) is Elering's central electricity-market data exchange. Every retail switching, metering reading, BSP settlement and BRP imbalance flow in Estonia passes through it. Without Datahub access, no commercial activity on the Estonian wholesale or retail electricity market is possible.
Datahub (Andmevahetusplatvorm Estfeed) is Elering's central data-exchange system for the Estonian electricity market. Every retail switching, metering reading, BSP settlement and BRP imbalance flow in Estonia passes through it. Without Datahub access, no commercial activity on the Estonian wholesale or retail market is possible.
What it actually does
Datahub is the authoritative source for every Estonian connection point: who supplies it, what its meter readings are, when the contract last changed. When a customer switches retail supplier, the request goes through Datahub. When a BSP delivers balancing energy, the metered values flow back through Datahub. When Konkurentsiamet audits a BRP's imbalance settlement, the inputs come from Datahub. It is the operational spine of the market.
Why it matters for distributed flexibility
For an aggregator running thousands of distributed assets, Datahub access is the difference between operational and theoretical. Sub-15-minute metering, BRP-level data slicing, automated switching API — these are what make multi-asset balancing portfolios actually work in production. Datahub onboarding is one of the slower steps for a new BSP/BRP entering the Estonian market; allow 3–6 months.
Comparison with neighbours
The Nordic model converges on national datahubs: Datahub (Estonia, since 2013), Datahub (Denmark, Energinet), eSett (joint Nordic imbalance settlement). Latvia and Lithuania have their own. The EU Clean Energy Package (Directive 2019/944) mandates that every Member State implement datahub-equivalent functionality by 2025; Estonia was years ahead.
Usein kysyttyä
- What is the Estonian Datahub (Estfeed)?
- Datahub is Elering's central electricity-market data exchange platform. It is the single source of truth for every connection point in Estonia: who supplies it, what its meter readings are, when the contract last changed. Operating since 2013, Datahub mediates retail switching, sub-minute metering for BSPs, and imbalance settlement inputs for BRPs. The EU Clean Energy Package (Directive 2019/944) mandates equivalent functionality across all Member States by 2025; Estonia was years ahead.
- Who has to integrate with Datahub?
- Every active market participant in Estonia: retail suppliers (for customer switching), DSOs (for metering data delivery), BRPs (for imbalance settlement inputs), BSPs (for sub-minute telemetry to support reserve activations), aggregators (for portfolio data), and Konkurentsiamet (for audits). Integration is via API; sub-15-minute metering is the threshold for BSP-grade access.
- What's the difference between Datahub and Estfeed?
- Same thing — different names. Estfeed is the formal name of the digital platform; "Datahub" is the colloquial name used industry-wide. Estonian-language documentation tends to use "Andmevahetusplatvorm Estfeed", English-language tends to use "Datahub". Both refer to the system Elering operates at andmevahetus.elering.ee.
- How does Datahub compare to other Nordic datahubs?
- The Nordic model converges on national datahubs: Datahub (Estonia, since 2013), Datahub (Denmark, Energinet), eSett (joint Nordic imbalance settlement). Latvia and Lithuania have their own. Estonian Datahub was the first in the Nordic-Baltic region — pre-dating the EU mandate by over a decade — and is generally the most feature-mature.