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Performance Assurance Processes

Do you have any further questions?
Please contact:

Douglas Alexander

Douglas Alexander
Monitoring and Disputes Manager
Telephone: 020 7380 4218
Email: paa@elexon.co.uk

Each year, the BSC Panel and the Performance Assurance Board (PAB) deploy the Performance Assurance Framework (PAF) to manage Settlement Risks.

Performance Assurance Techniques are applied to Performance Assurance Parties (PAPs) based on the Settlement Risks that they pose.

To do this, the BSC Panel and the PAB identify, evaluate and prioritise the risks that may occur within Settlement and the extent to which they apply to each PAP.

The BSC Panel and the PAB produce a suite of documents in consultation with the industry to aid this process including:

The timetable for this work is set out in the PDF Annual Performance Assurance Timetable (21Kb) .

Performance Assurance Parties

A Performance Assurance Party is a Supplier, Meter Operator Agent, Data Collector, Data Aggregator, Meter Administrator, Licensed Distribution System Operator and/ or a Registrant.

Are you a Performance Assurance Party?

Do we have the right contact details for you? Please help us maintain our records by emailing paa@elexon.co.uk and tell us the key people in your organisation we can speak with about Performance Assurance.

Performance Assurance Documents

These documents are produced and maintained by the PAB.

Risk Evaluation Methodology (REM)

The PDF Risk Evaluation Methodology 2010/11 (227Kb) which has been effective since 1 April 2010 describes how the PAB:

  • Identifies Settlement Risks;
  • Evaluates Settlement Risks; and
  • Assesses the materiality of Settlement Risks

The PAB has approved the PDF Risk Evaluation Methodology 2011/2012 (432Kb) to be effective from the 1 April 2011.

Risk Evaluation Register (RER)

The PDF Risk Evaluation Register 2010/2011 (199Kb) and Excel RER Appendix 2010/2011 (144Kb) which details the significance of each Settlement Risk has been in effect since April 2010. The RER is approved for use by the PAB.

The PAB has approved the PDF Risk Evaluation Register 2011 - 2012 (375Kb) (PAB 114/07) for use from 1 April 2011. The Settlement Risks for RER 2011/2012 are detailed in Excel Appendix B (144Kb) .

Risk Operating Plan (ROP)

The PDF Risk Operating Plan 2010/2011  (210Kb) and Excel ROP Appendix 2010/2011 (2.1Mb) have been approved by PAB and in effect from April 2010.

We have started the review of the Risk Operating Plan 2011/2012 in July 2010 and the PAB endorsed it for Industry consultation during the August 2010 meeting. The proposed ROP 2011/12 and questionnaire are published on the Consultations page of the website.

The ROP sets out how the PAB will manage Settlement Risks by:

The PDF PAF Techniques Guiding Principles Document (161Kb) details the key principles of the PAF techniques and how they are applied against the ROP.

Risk Management Plans (RMPs)

PDF Risk Management Plans (55Kb) document the Settlement Risks and the Performance Assurance Techniques relevant to each Performance Assurance Party (PAP). To help manage Settlement Risks within your organisation, we can produce plans for combinations of PAPs which are owned by a company group. These groupings of PAPs constitute Material Business Units (MBUs). Please let us know how you want your RMPs to be structured by emailing paa@elexon.co.uk. They are confidential and are only available to the party to which the plan relates.

Annual Performance Assurance Report (APAR)

The PDF Annual Performance Assurance Report 2009/10 (504Kb) :

  • provides the results of the risk evaluation and risk assurance procedures, in particular how well the techniques mitigated the Settlement Risks;
  • sets out the costs of ELEXON implementing the techniques;
  • recommends changes to existing techniques or recommends creating new techniques; and
  • explains the benefits of changing the Performance Assurance Techniques.
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