As a Grid User you can access your metering data via the Metering API Service in TraXes starting from Januari 2025.
TraXes is a developer portal enabling seamless integrations with different API services of Elia. The Metering Service is a service which is available for all Grid Users who have a signed Connection Contract. This allows you to request the metering data of your own Access Points and underlying Metering Points.
You will need to do the following to be able to integrate with this API service:
- Ask your company admin to grant you access to the TraXes API manager service via EPIC. The accounts for TraXes and Epic are the same.
Steps taken by the company admin
Navigate to you account section in Epic and click on 'Account details'.
Add a user if it doesn't exist in the list.
Scroll to the bottom of the accounts detail page to the 'Access and permission' section. And toggle on the TraXes API Manager.
Except the terms and condition.
As soon as you have access to the API management service you are authorized to manage your applications and service subscriptions in TraXes
- Login on TraXes portal
- Navigate to Applicatios & API's (link on the top right)
- Create your own application in TraXes
- Define a name for your application
- Get your client ID and Secret.
Please copy your client secret, as it will not be possible to retrieve it later.
- Subscribe your application to the Metering Service
- Use your Client ID and Client Secret, which is needed to request your bearer token to authorize your API calls
Note: Resetting credentials and removing applications are not yet supported.
In case of more questions, you can reach out to metering.services@elia.be