BSC Change Report summary for March – April 2024

Here you can find a summary of all Modifications, Change Proposals and Issues covering from 25 March 2024 until 26 April 2024. 

Ongoing active changes

• Modifications: 15
• Change Proposals: 5
• Issues: 5

New changes March 2024

• P471 ‘Amendment to BSC Section E to allow more flexibility in procurement of BSC Agents’
• P472 ‘Amendment to provisions for Parties to bring claims against BSC Agents in BSC Section E’
• CP1594 ‘Creating an Approval Process for New and Legacy Communication Types’
• CP1595 ‘Correcting the D0148 flow in BSCP520 – CP1590 fix’
• Issue 113 ‘Introduction of a Radio Teleswitch System (RTS) user charge’

Workgroups

Four Workgroup held since last month’s report:

• P412 – 25 April
• P462 – 2 April
• P463 – 10 April
• Issue 110 – 17 April

Eight Workgroups coming up:

• P444 – 8 May
• P459 – Early June
• P462 – Mid May
• P463 – 10 April
• P469 – Early May
• P470 –  10 May
• P471 – May
• P472 – May
• Issue 109 – Early May

Consultations

Consultations closed since last month’s report:

• P455 ‘On-Site Aggregation as a method to facilitate Third Party Access’ Report Phase Consultation 20 March – 19 April

Live Consultations:

• April CPC 8 April – 3 May
• P463 ‘Introduce a Standard Change Process’ Assessment Procedure Consultation 22 April – 13 May
• CP1594 ‘Consultation relating to older metering communication types’ 3 April – 24 April

Consultations coming up:

• May Change Proposal Consultations – 13 May – 10 June

Extension requests

• P463 ‘Introduce a Standard Change Process’ – 1 Month

Awaiting decision (decision cut-off)

• P442 ‘Reporting chargeable volumes for exempt and licensed supply’ – 10 May 2024 (February 2025 Release)
• P461 Accurate Reporting of Customers Delivered Volumes to Suppliers  (7 May 2024 (November 2024 Release) / 27 August 2024 (February 2025 Release)

Decisions since last month

• Approved: P468 ‘Enabling Elexon to support the (currently in draft) Electricity Support Payments and Levy Regulations 2024’
• Rejected: None

Awaiting Implementation

Standard release for November 2024

• P415 ‘Facilitating access to wholesale markets for flexibility dispatched by Virtual Lead Parties’
• P465 ‘Correction to P415 legal text to amend Credit Cover requirements for Virtual Trading Parties’