Source - SWITCH DSO Onboarding Guide (user.switchmarket.se, 2026)

Title: Get Started as Network Owner — SWITCH User Guide Publisher: E.ON Energidistribution / SWITCH team URL: https://user.switchmarket.se/english/get-started-as-network-owner Date captured: 2026-04-12 Language: English

Public onboarding guide for DSOs (“network owners”) wanting to use SWITCH. Covers the setup sequence, data integration requirements, and organizational roles. Distinct from the 90-page PDF user documentation (Source - SWITCH User Documentation (2026)) — this is the web-based quick-start resource.

Key claims

Data is a DSO responsibility — not a SWITCH built-in

SWITCH does not generate forecasts or collect metering data itself. Providing data to SWITCH is a prerequisite for using the platform. The DSO must supply three data categories:

1. Actuals (measurement) — current, voltage, and power measurements at the constrained point; frequency and accuracy vary by product (minute-level for conditional agreements, hourly averages for market products)
2. Load forecasts — time series of predicted load at the constrained point; submitted as hourly or quarterly averages with future timestamps
3. Operating limits — thresholds for trading, activation, and control signals

Third-party forecast providers: The DSO “can either generate forecasts internally or purchase the service from a forecast provider.” No specific providers are named, but the text explicitly acknowledges the market for external forecasting services.

Forecast horizon requirements by product

DSO onboarding sequence (ten steps)

Market announcement → FSP recruitment → tendering → pre-qualification → agreement execution → FSP onboarding → QA testing → resource qualification → market activation → settlement. The SWITCH team handles platform account setup at the DSO’s request.

Organizational roles

Identical to the five roles documented in the PDF user docs: Flexibility Analyst, Market Manager, Operations Representative, Controller, SWITCH Superuser.

Relevance to existing wiki topics