What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| inventory & supply chain | TSOs (cross-border capacity, interconnector nominations), JAO (allocated transmission capacity), gas/coal fuel suppliers, hydro reservoir… | Per interconnector per hour/day auction; reservoir levels weekly per region… | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | National energy regulators (Ofgem, BNetzA, CRE, ARERA), ACER REMIT registered market participant register, exchange membership lists… | Per licensed supplier/trader entity; per GO certificate (per MWh) | public |
| employment & workforce | National statistics offices (NACE-coded employment), company annual reports, recruitment platforms | Annual headcount per company; sector aggregate per country per year | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Consumer review platforms (Trustpilot), regulator complaint statistics (Ofgem, ombudsman services), price comparison sites | Per review; complaints per supplier per quarter per 100k customers | public |
| financial filings | Company registries, stock exchanges, credit rating agencies, credit bureaus (utility credit risk), regulators requiring supplier financial… | Annual and quarterly per legal entity; segment reporting for trading arms | public |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | TSOs and JAO (interconnector capacity auctions), balancing market operators (PICASSO/MARI), flexibility/aggregator platforms | Per auction per border per hour; per balancing bid per imbalance settlement… | public |
| waste & emissions | EU ETS registry / EUTL, national emissions inventories, carbon exchanges (EEX, ICE) for EUA prices, suppliers publishing fuel-mix disclosure | Per installation per year (ETS); grid carbon intensity per hour per zone… | public |
| production output | ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, TSOs, generators, exchanges; traders' own generation forecast desks | Per production unit or per fuel type, per hour or 15-min; day-ahead forecasts | public |
| pricing | Power exchanges, price reporting agencies (Argus, ICIS, Platts, Montel), transparency platforms (ENTSO-E), national regulators, retail… | Wholesale: per hour/15-min market time unit per bidding zone; forwards: daily… | purchasable |
| weather-dependent metrics | National met services, commercial weather vendors (DTN, Vaisala, Meteomatics, ECMWF), traders' in-house forecast teams | Gridded forecasts hourly out to 10-15 days; wind/solar generation forecasts per… | purchasable |
| transactional/sales | Power exchanges (EPEX SPOT, Nord Pool, EEX), clearing houses (ECC), balance responsible parties, retail suppliers; regulators via REMIT… | Per trade / per order book event; per hour or 15-min delivery interval; retail… | partnership |
| energy consumption | DSOs/metering operators, suppliers' billing systems, TSOs (aggregate load), ENTSO-E Transparency Platform, national statistics offices | Per metering point per 15-min/hour (smart meters); aggregate load per bidding… | partnership |
| communications/marketing performance | Retail suppliers' marketing departments, price comparison/switching platforms (Verivox, Check24, uSwitch), ad intelligence vendors | Per campaign, per channel; switching volumes monthly per supplier | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Regulators and market surveillance (ACER, national NRAs), exchange market surveillance departments, auditors of REMIT/EMIR compliance | Per surveillance case / per reporting obligation per participant; periodic… | partnership |
| customer demographics | Retail electricity suppliers' CRM systems, DSO metering registries, regulators collecting supplier market-share and vulnerable-customer… | Per customer account; aggregated monthly by segment/postcode | exclusive |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.