CP1533 ‘Mandatory Sending of D0052 for DCC serviced SVA NHH Metering Systems’

CP1533 was implemented on 25 February 2021 as part of the February 2021 BSC Release.

The CP1533 Assessment Report was presented to the SVG at its meeting on 1 September 2020.  The committee unanimously approved the CP.

Next Steps

CP1533 will be implemented on 25 February 2021.

Consultation Responses

Five responses were received from Suppliers and Supplier Agents, all respondents agreed with the CP and implementation date.  Two participants identified costs to implement CP1533 and four of the respondents identified they would be impacted.

Why Change?

P302 ‘Improve the Change of Supplier Meter read and Settlement process for smart Meters’ introduced clause 3.2.6.50 in BSCP504, which requires the new Supplier to send a D0052 ‘Affirmation of Metering System Settlement Details’ flow with a “new” Standard Settlement Configuration (SSC) and ”new” Profile Class (PC) to its new Non Half Hourly Data Collector (NHHDC), following the receipt of the Meter Technical Details (MTDs) from the new Meter Operator Agent (MOA).

The Issue 86 Workgroup identified that this process was not being followed by all participants, identifying the wording ‘new’ implies an optional dataflow, which will only be sent if a Supplier re-configures the smart meter as part of the switch. However, the original intention was the D0052 is required to be sent in all CoS events. 

Next Steps

CP1533 will be presented to SVG for decision at its meeting on Tuesday 1 September 2020.

At it’s meeting on on 3 March 2020 (SVG229/17) SVG confirmed they were happy for the CP to go straight to consultation phase and did not ask for any additional questions to be added to the CP Consultation.

CP1533 was raised by Elexon on 8 July 2020.  The Change Proposal has been raised on the back of Issue 86 ‘Review of processes potentially impacted by Ofgem’s Faster Switching Programme’