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  "summary": "This chapter is observing (no good/bad criterion): observation started 2026-09-03, 1 series, latest confirmed 2026-09-24. Latest final value: EU27 day-ahead total load FORECAST 6,600,091 MWh (2026-09-24). (Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform (day-ahead total load forecast, article 6.1.B, CC BY 4.0) / updated 2026-09-24 20:06 JST)",
  "cite_as": "AI Lifeline, Electricity (European Union edition), data confirmed 2026-09-24, https://ai-lifeline.org/eu/power/",
  "region": "eu",
  "generated": "2026-09-24 20:06",
  "value_status_note": "value_status=final means fetched on a CET/CEST date later than the observation day with no published area missing; provisional otherwise (may still be revised or completed on a later refetch). retrieved_retrospectively=true marks backfilled history retrieved after the series went live, kept apart from day-by-day observation. Source series are curve type A03 (variable-length blocks; omitted points repeat the previous value) and are expanded before summing.",
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    "note": "Per-area daily series are split by year into the files listed in files (machine-readable only; page shows the EU27 aggregate). Empty until the source is connected.",
    "files": {
      "2026": "/eu/api/power_eu_breakdown_2026.json"
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  "connection_status": {
    "backfill_from": "2026-08-01",
    "note": "2026-09-12 接続（代表指示・entsoe_token 設置後）。observation_start=2026-09-12。遡及は 2026-08-01 から（retrieved_retrospectively=true）。curveType A03（可変長ブロック）の展開を fetch_entsoe.ps1 に実装（初回実測で必要と判明）。IE・MT は 6.1.B 未公表のため available=false",
    "source_enabled": true,
    "observation_start": "2026-09-12"
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    "How much electricity the transmission system operators of the 27 member states forecast, one day ahead, for each CET/CEST day (sum of one area per member state, MWh), as published on the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform under CC BY 4.0.",
    "Which days are final (all 27 areas present, fetched on a later day), which are provisional, and which were backfilled.",
    "Which 27 areas make up the aggregate (areas_definition in the JSON)."
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      "a": "What this chapter cannot say (ledger v1.0, approved 2026-09-05; full text in the method section): How much electricity was actually consumed (actual total load, article 6.1.a, is not published here until ENTSO-E confirms its re-use terms in writing); Whether the EU grid is tight or has spare capacity (a load forecast is not a reserve margin; no criterion is frozen); Conditions in the United Kingdom, Norway, Switzerland or the Western Balkans (non-member areas are excluded), or what any single member state's grid did (the member-state breakdown is machine-readable only)."
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