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This deliverable reports on a study within the U2demo project, which investigates the values, capacities, and fair treatment of active energy consumers within the development of energy sharing platforms. The project aims to inform the design and implementation of inclusive, effective energy sharing arrangements that are centred around the values of citizens in energy communities. In doing so, the project ensures that this new technology will positively contribute to a democratic and equitable energy system where active consumers benefit from energy efficiency measures. Findings from this study will be used by technical developers within the U2demo project to develop IT architecture, sharing algorithms and platforms designs that correspond to the requirement of active consumers. The study is conducted in energy communities spread out across four pilot sites in Europe. These pilot sites vary in the types of citizens residing there, who have different experiences with energy technologies, cultural backgrounds and geographical contexts. Preceded by initial conversations with representatives of the pilot sites, the main research in this work engages with the members of the pilot sites through semi-structured interviews. This way, the study practices an iterative approach to performing design research where the multiple phases of the research inform each other. To accommodate research in four national contexts, teams of researchers that speak the local languages are assembled and research methods are aligned to produce coherent results. A total of 21 pilot members participated in the study. The study took place before the implementation of the energy sharing platforms in the pilot sites, meaning that the members of the communities had little to no prior experience with energy sharing technology. Follow-up studies later in the project will verify and expand upon the statements captured in the results of this deliverable. We find that across the pilot sites there are many similar ideas about the interactions with energy sharing platforms, apart from a few more specific preferences. All pilot members are motivated in the first place by ambitions to reduce their energy bill and contribute to sustainability goals. Furthermore, we see how many would like to reinvest savings in communal infrastructure and how some aspire to be less dependent on national pricing structures. Capacities of the pilot members differ greatly as the level of knowledge with regards to energy systems (energy literacy) is limited, especially for the Belgian pilot and Portuguese pilot. Still, all participants in the study welcome the idea of advanced insights into their own consumption and production patterns. When these insights are presented in an actionable manner, this information could enable them to offer flexibility at times of grid congestion. Whether this flexibility will materialize in practice, however, is highly influenced by external factors and community composition (in terms of energy profiles).With regards to the fairness of sharing energy, we found a consensus across the pilot sites where members deem it fair that anyone in the pilot has an equal opportunity to make use of any surplus energy, after the owner of the production assets has had a chance to make use of it. In addition to that, there is a preference to keep the energy close to the source, distributing energy amongst a gradually increasing amount of involved parties. Starting from the community itself, remaining surpluses of energy would then be shared with neighbouring municipalities and beyond. ‘Procedural fairness’ is embodied by the communities’ governance structures, where we see that members only want to be directly involved in important decisions and are fine with delegating day-to-day decisions to a single leader or manager that they trust. Recognition can take place through the visual representation of the pilot values in interfaces and dashboards.