This consultation seeks respondents’ views on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £58/MWh.

CAP is used in the Credit Cover calculation and a change to the value of CAP can ultimately affect the amount of Credit Cover that a Party is required to lodge.

Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Credit Committee.

If you have any questions about this consultation please contact Beth Connew on 020 7380 4189 or [email protected].

Elexon has received applications from the Transmission Company for new GSPs at Berryburn (GSP_BERB), Fetteresso (GSP_FETT), St Asaph (GSP_SASA), Stoke Bardolph (GSP_SBAR) and Tynemouth (GSP_TYNE).

The Transmission Company Proposed that these are allocated to the following GSP Groups: North Scotland (_P) GSP Group for GSP_BERB and  GSP_FETT; SP MANWEB (_D) GSP Group  for GSP_SASA-; East Midlands (_B) GSP Group for GSP_SBAR-; and North Eastern (_F) GSP Group for GSP_TYNE.

If you have any views on the allocation of these GSPs to GSP Groups, please respond using the consultation response form and send to [email protected] by 5pm on Thursday 15 August 2013. You can use the response form to respond to any of the applications.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Evaluation Register 2014/15, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 29 August 2013.

Elexon has received notification of a new GSP registration application from the Transmission Company. Scottish Power are constructing a new Grid Supply Point in Glasgow City Centre, to be known as Finnieston GSP. The Transmission Company propose that GSP_FINN is allocated to the South Scotland (_N) GSP Group. Respondents’ views are sought when assessing the GSP_FINN (Finnieston) GSP Registration.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Evaluation Methodology 2014/15, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 26 April 2013.

We would like your feedback on our Business Plan for 2013-14.

The Business Plan is in two parts:

1. A Business Strategy describing our priorities and major activities; and
2. An Annual Budget setting out the associated costs

Please email your responses to [email protected] by Wednesday 23 January 2013.

If you would like to talk to us about our Business Plan, please contact Victoria Moxham at [email protected] or on 020 7380 4166.

At the end of July Ofgem asked the BSC Panel to provide them with a report by the end of this year setting out how the Panel and industry could undertake a review and reform of the Settlement arrangements (Supplier Volume Allocation) in support of Ofgem’s Smarter Markets work. Ofgem will decide how it wishes the work to proceed early next year.

Elexon is developing the report in conjunction with an advisory group. We have issued a consultation seeking views on the approach, scope, design, risks, issues and deliverables from such a review. Responses are invited by 9 November.

If you have any questions or we would like to receive a copy of the consultation, please contact [email protected] speak to David Jones on 020 7380 4213

This consultation seeks feedback on changes to responsibilities for maintaining and distributing Meter Technical Details for Smart Meters. Please send your responses to [email protected] by 26 October 2012.

If you have any questions about this consultation please contact Jon Spence ([email protected]) on 020 7380 4313 or Steve Francis ([email protected]) on 020 7380 4038.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Operating Plan (ROP) 2013/14, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board (PAB) meeting on 29 November 2012.

If you have any questions on this document please contact Melinda Anderson on 020 7380 4019.

The MIDS has been reviewed to ensure that the Market Index Data used to calculate the reverse price is providing a reasonable reflection of the price of wholesale electricity in the short term market.

The Imbalance Settlement Group (ISG) is seeking views from the industry on the suitability of including the Overnight product in the MIDS and/or giving a ‘0’ weighting to timeband 6 (i.e. excluding the trades between in timeband 6).

The consultation has been published on the Elexon Website. If you would like to respond, please complete the proforma and send it to Oliver Xing by Tuesday 18 September 2012. The ISG will consider all the consultation responses at its September meeting where a final recommendation will be made to the BSC Panel.