Glossary

Non-profit association (Belgian 'ASBL'), a common legal form for shared-energy projects.

Also known as: non-profit association

Consuming the electricity that you generate yourself.

Also known as: self consumption

Self-consumption carried out by several participants, usually within a shared setting.

The approval or permission required for certain activities or structures.

Also known as: authorization

The Brussels regulator for electricity and gas.

Generic abbreviation for energy community.

Also known as: energy community

Citizen energy community (CEC).

Also known as: citizen energy community

Local energy community, a term used in the Brussels context.

Also known as: local energy community

Renewable energy community (REC).

Also known as: renewable energy community, REC

Rule that determines how shared energy is distributed among participants.

Also known as: repartition key, distribution key

An entity that brings members together to produce, consume, store or share energy.

Also known as: energy community

A meter able to read and transmit consumption data.

Also known as: communicating meter

A cooperative structure often used to run local energy projects.

Also known as: co-op

Walloon Energy Commission, the Walloon energy-market regulator.

Also known as: Walloon Energy Commission

Energy produced and consumed within a nearby area.

Energy from renewable sources such as solar, wind or hydropower.

Also known as: green energy

The process of calculating and issuing the amounts due for energy and related charges.

Also known as: invoicing

The ability to adjust generation, consumption or storage according to the grid's needs.

Distribution system operator in Flanders.

A company that sells energy to the end customer.

Also known as: energy supplier

How decision-making and the community's internal rules are organised.

Distribution system operator (DSO).

Also known as: distribution system operator, DSO

Transmission system operator (TSO).

Also known as: transmission system operator, TSO

Energy fed back into the grid after local consumption.

Also known as: grid injection

A cycle of recalculating the allocation or sharing within an algorithm.

A person or entity taking part in an energy community.

Also known as: participant

A prior declaration required under certain regulatory frameworks.

Distribution of electricity among the participants of a community or a single building.

The operation by which energy is distributed among the participants of a given sharing scheme.

A person or entity taking part in energy sharing.

Also known as: member

A legal entity that can host an energy community.

Also known as: legal person

The contractual point at which energy is delivered to a customer.

A 15-minute measurement interval used to calculate energy sharing.

Also known as: quarter-hourly, 15-minute interval

Distribution system operator for Brussels.

Temporary storage of energy, often using a battery.

Also known as: battery

Electricity that is generated but not consumed on site, which can be injected into the grid or sold.

Also known as: production surplus

The portion of the surplus sent to the grid after local consumption.

The share of costs related to using the electricity grid.

Also known as: network tariff

A reduced tariff for electricity, gas or heat available to certain eligible households.

Share of generation that is consumed directly on site.

Share of the generated energy that is actually shared among participants.

Tax levies applied to the energy bill according to the local framework.

Also known as: levies

Allocated value: the share of generation assigned to a participant, expressed either as an absolute value or as a percentage depending on the allocation key.

Also known as: allocated value

Allocated value as a percentage: the allocated share of generation expressed as a percentage of the allocation key.

Also known as: allocated value percentage

The Flemish energy-market regulator.