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Metering Dispensations

The Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) contains arrangements for the Registrant of a Metering System to apply to the Panel for a Metering Dispensation, if for financial or practical reasons the associated Metering Equipment is not compliant with the applicable Code of Practice. PDF IconSection L - Metering(73Kb) of the BSC contains the obligations and requirements for Metering Dispensations.

Section L also allows for generic Metering Dispensations to be applied to any item of Metering Equipment. For further information about current generic Metering Dispensations, please refer to the Codes of Practice .

PDF IconBSCP32 - Metering Dispensations(88Kb) defines the interfaces and timescales for Metering Dispensation applications, as well as providing the forms for application.

Generic Metering Dispensations

The BSC Panel may, on its own initiative or upon the application of a Party, establish Metering Dispensations from the requirements of any relevant Code of Practice, attaching generally to any item of Metering Equipment. Such dispensations are referred to as “Generic Dispensations”.

New Metering Dispensation – Code of Practice 1 and 2

A new Generic Metering Dispensation was granted by the Imbalance Settlement Group on 20 March 2007. The dispensation covers the installation of Meters and Outstations which comply with the previous issues of CoP1 (issue 1) and CoP2 (issue 3). The dispensation allows Parties to install Metering Equipment that complies with the previous versions until 23 February 2008. This dispensation was granted in recognition that currently there are no Meters or Outstations available for the latest versions of CoP1 (issue 2) and CoP2 (issue 4).

For further information please contact the Metering Dispensations Coordinator on 020 7380 4347.

A list of current approved Generic Dispensations is available from the Related Documents menu to the right of this page.

Metering Dispensation Review Group (MDRG)

The Metering Dispensation Review Group (MDRG) is a formal review group, with the Terms of Reference endorsed by the ISG (Imbalance and Settlement Group) and the SVG (Supplier Volume Allocation Group), to support ELEXON in the technical review of Metering Dispensations applications.

Members of the MDRG are industry metering experts in either the Central Volume Allocation (CVA) or Supplier Volume Allocation (SVA) arrangements. The MDRG do not represent the interests of their employers. For further information on the duties of the MDRG, please refer to the Terms of Reference, available from the related documents menu alongside.

If you have any queries about the MDRG, please contact the Metering Dispensation Co-ordinator at ELEXON on:

Telephone: 020 7380 4347
Fax: 020 7380 4058
Email:dispensations@elexon.co.uk

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