SAP ABAP IMG Activity _ISUEDMSET_000005 (General Information on Settlement)
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ID _ISUEDMSET_000005 General Information on Settlement  
Transaction Code S_KK4_82000696   (empty) 
Created on 20010409    
Customizing Attributes _ISUEDMSET_000005   General Information on Settlement 
Customizing Activity    
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You can use settlement in IS-U-EDM to calculate actual or forecast consumption for settlement units. Consumption values are analyzed in small time intervals and calculated as a profile.

The division of consumption values into time intervals (45 minutes, for example) also takes place for consumption values not measured using an interval meter (for example, annual/monthly consumption of residential customers).

The algorithm used to divide up consumption not measured in intervals, is determined by the settlement process, which can be created as an SAP Business Workflow from existing settlement steps.

You can, for example, defined a settlement procedure, which enables settlement using the synthetic settlement procedure or the analytical settlement procedure, as defined in the German Associations' Agreement (VV2). (Also see the settlement procedures predefined by SAP).

The following sections explain aspects of settlement in context. Consumption refers to consumption values that occur in the settlement period (such as settlement of grid usage using the synthetic settlement procedure or the analytical settlement procedure) or that are forecast for a future period (for example, creation of a schedule by the suppliers for the registration of anticipated grid usage).

Significance of the Settlement Unit

You use settlement units to control which consumption values are selected for settlement. The result of a settlement means that a profile (with consumption values per time interval) is created for each settlement unit for the settlement period.

Allocation of Consumption Values to Settlement Units

The point of delivery plays a crucial role in the allocation of consumption values to settlement units. The allocation of a point of delivery (and its consumption values) results from the point of delivery services allocated to the point of delivery. (A point of delivery can also be a billable service in the form of a contract). The following service categories are important for settlement:

  • Settlement coordination
    The point of delivery service for this service category describes the service provider that is responsible for the coordination (execution) of the settlement.
  • Distribution
    The point of delivery service for this service category describes the service provider in whose distribution grid the point of delivery is supplied.
  • Supply
    The point of delivery service for this service category describes the service provider that supplies the point of delivery.

You define settlement units in which you define the service provider for these service categories. Consequently, the points of delivery with a point of delivery service for the respective service provider are allocated to a settlement unit.
In this case, settlement units must be generated.

Settlement Unit Category

A settlement unit is allocated to a settlement unit category. The settlement unit category determines, for which of the three service categories in the settlement unit you have to define a service provider and what effect this has on the settlement unit.
The following options exist for the usage of service categories in a settlement unit.

By using different settlement unit categories you can process consumption values selected for a settlement unit seperately for settlement.

You can define other settlement unit categories in addition to those predefined by SAP.

Use of Sub-Settlement Units

You can allocate a settlement unit to a higher-level settlement unit for purposes of joint settlement. Settlement is then carried out based on the higher-level unit.

Settlement Views

You can define various settlement views, which can be independently settled.
You allocate every settlement unit and every settlement procedure to a settlement view. For every settlement view, the point of delivery must be uniquely allocated to one of the settlement units in the settlement view.
This means that you can have a different combination of points of delivery and settlement units in every settlement view.

Example

According to the German Associations' Agreement Regarding Electric Energy, a municipal utility company can create independent settlement views (in one system) for the distributor that settles grid usage and for the supplier that creates the schedule for the points of delivery supplied. Depending on the settlement view, you can define different settlement units (from a supplier's or distributor's point of view) that can be settled independently.

Note that from the distributor's point of view, the settlement unit allocated the points of delivery to which the utility company supplies energy, only consists of points of delivery that are also connected to the utility company's supply grid. From the supplier's point of view, this also includes points of delivery that are supplied by a third party and are connected to other supply grids.

Data Selection

An important function in settlement (settlement step) is the selection of consumption values (allocated by points of delivery) for each settlement unit.

The following types of consumption measurement exist:

  • Interval reading
    Consumption is measured by an interval meter in the time intervals relevant for the settlement. The summation of consumption values can also be performed by adding up the consumption values of each time interval.
  • Cumulated consumption measurement
    Consumption is determined periodically once a month or once a year, as cumulated consumption. The consumption must be divided into time intervals relevant to the settlement. You can do this using synthetic profiles. In doing so, the relationship of the cumulated consumption values for the standard profile is described by the usage factor.

In the case of interval readings, allocation of consumption values to the point of delivery takes place by allocating the profile to the interval meter. The interval meter is in turn allocated to an installation which is allocated to the point of delivery.

In the case of cumulated consumption measurement, the synthetic load shape is allocated to the installation and therefore also to the point of delivery.

Note that only deregulation points of delivery are are taken into account for data selection in settlement.

In settlement, the allocated points of delivery for each settlement unit are determined first of all.

The following selections are made for each point of delivery:

  • Selection of all load shapes
  • Selection of all synthetic profiles (in particular the consumption factors per installation)

The roles are taken into account, to which you have allocated load shapes and synthetic profiles. Define the roles for the settlement process that must be taken into account for settlement.

Multiple Selections

Within a settlement procedure you can define several selection types for selecting consumption data for each point of delivery.

Selection Not for All Settlement Units

When defining data selection for a settlement procedure, you define the settlement unit categories, for which data is selected. As a result, data does not need to be selected for every point of delivery, depending on the settlement unit category.
This can be useful if, for individual settlement units, you want the cumulated consumption values from all points of delivery to be included as parameters in settlement. Data selection for every point of delivery impairs performance and is not necessary for this settlement unit.

Selection Depending on the Service Type of the Installation

When defining the data selection for a settlement procedure, you define the service types for which data selection is to be executed. For a point of delivery, the consumption values are then determined for the installations that are allocated to the point of delivery and that correspond to one of the service types.

Example

Several installations can be allocated to a point of delivery (deregulation point of delivery). This is the case when, for example, you manage grid usage and delivery as billable services in your system. This means that there are two installations (grid usage installation and supply installation) for the point of delivery, for which you manage the same consumption values. So that the consumption for the point of delivery is not duplicated in settlement, define the service type for the settlement procedure for which the selection of consumption values takes place indep

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