User concept and role management for the auction modules

In accordance with a freely definable user concept and role management the below described roles for the handling of auctions can easily be extended and their rights can be extended or restricted to the needs of the implementation, too.

In compliance with the business process needs additional roles for the framework modules should be defined. A detailed description of these possible roles would go beyond the scope of this document, even more as due to the modular concept of the system the services of the framework modules can be provided by third party companies or by already established in-house solutions.

Currently the following roles, i.e. user types, are defined for the handling of auctions:

• Administrator
• Auction Office
• Regulator
• TSO
• Power Exchange
• Trader
• Viewer
• Guest

Administrator

Administrators act as the “super-users” of the system. They are allowed to view, edit and delete everything as well as to run the auctions. Additionally and exclusively they are able to set up system parameters like the creation of new market areas, new interconnections, etc.

Auction Office

The role of the Auction Office is mainly defined to coordinate and run auctions and hence they are allowed to fulfil all the tasks connected to it, like the creation of new accounts (hierarchically below the level of Auction Office) and new auctions, the publication of the auction results, the initiation of fall-back procedures, etc.

Regulator

Regulators are allowed to view all data which they feel relevant to them. The type and amount of data can freely be defined according to the Auction Office’s needs and rules.

Transmission System Operator (TSO)

TSOs are allowed to view data which are relevant to them. The type and amount of data can freely be defined according to the Auction Office’s needs and rules. According to the auction rules exclusive rights can be defined according to the auction rules, like upload of the capacities or load-flow data (PTDFs, i.e. Power Transfer Distribution Factors).

Power Exchange

Trader

The role of the trader comprises all rights within the auction rules which are common to every auction. This means that they are able to get any auction relevant data, submit, edit and delete their bids, view their results and the overall (anonymised) results of the auction.

Viewer

Viewers are derived from the role of the traders, but they are not allowed to place any bids in the auctions. Thus they have the rights to observe an auction as a passive participant.

Guest

Guests comply with the role of an anonymous user which is the ordinary, non-registered visitor. According to the Auction Office needs, members of this role are allowed to view non-sensitive data such as auction results.