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Allocation key
The rule determining how shared energy is split between participants, applied quarter-hour by quarter-hour to actual meter readings. Each Belgian region recognises its own families of standard keys.
Also known as: repartition key, distribution key
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Allocation key: understand, choose, test — What each region accepts, how to choose a family of keys, then how to test it on your own data.