Endeavour Energy Launches Australia's First Dedicated Network Operator's Open Data Portal

Endeavour Energy has recently launched its open data portal, making it the first electricity distribution company in Australia to establish a dedicated open data platform. In the initial launch phase, the open data portal provides data sets on assets and networks, solar penetration, and power usage at substation level. Over time, the Open Data Portal will be enriched with more datasets. This will not only benefit Local Councils and electric vehicle charging point installers, but also support renewable energy generators, flexibility providers and anyone interested in electricity distribution data.

Endeavour is the network operator of one of the fastest growing areas in Australia:

Greater Western Sydney is at the centre of the Endeavour Energy electricity network. Over the years, Endeavour Energy has worked closely with communities, businesses, councils and residents to develop the grid and bring new technologies and initiatives to the region. They are now one of the core organisations supporting the growth and development of this important part of Sydney. A key priority for the company is to build fundamental capabilities, improve trust in data, increase data accessibility and turn data insights into action. To achieve these goals, Endeavour Energy is committed to providing easy-to-access, self-service data through an easy-to-use user interface and APIs, for internal and external stakeholders.

Endeavour Energy selected Peclet as their solution provider. Peclet, Australia's leading open data solution provider, ensured seamless integration with their expert support, enabling Endeavour Energy to offer convenient self-service data access to all stakeholders.

The need for Self-Service data capability:

Prior to establishing an open data portal, Endeavour Energy published a number of datasets through an information request page on the company's website. However, these datasets were limited in number, making it difficult for users to easily navigate and download the data. Due to a lack of self-service capabilities, Endeavour Energy's data team had to manually process a large number of data requests, and as the number of data requests increased over time, so did the time required to process them.

Adopting Opendatasoft for Enhanced Self-Service Data Sharing

To address these issues, Endeavour Energy chose the Opendatasoft platform for its self-service data sharing capabilities. Opendatasoft is a purpose-built open data and data sharing platform that offers a range of features to enable data consumers to easily search, visualise and download data. By publishing data on the Opendatasoft platform, Endeavour Energy aims to provide a better service to its customers while reducing the workload of its internal teams. Currently, the data and information available on Endeavour Energy's open data portal covers their distribution network, which serves 2.7 million people in households and businesses across Sydney's Greater West, the Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands, the Illawarra, and the South Coast. It includes details about 416,000 power poles, 240,000 streetlight, and 4.7 thousand kilometres of underground and overhead cables.

Conclusion

By improving data accessibility and enabling self-service capabilities, Endeavour Energy enhances transparency and fosters innovation. The data portal is able to support stakeholders, such as Local Government employees and local residents who may not be data experts, enabling them to visualise and reuse energy data about their specific area accessed by the web application. In addition, the data portal also allows them to explore key energy data and easily compare it to other regions. This initiative not only supports the company's operational efficiency, but also contributes to the data democratisation and Western Sydney's smart city development. Peclet played an important role in providing the solution and achieving the final results. With its leading experience in the open data solution industry, Peclet ensured that Endeavour Energy continues to make progress in open data.

If you want to learn more about our services, check our case studies and data catalogue. For tailored solutions from our experts.