Consultations for all Process, Operational and Credit areas

Further to the work on improving the quality of gas and electricity data, Ofgem has asked electricity and gas code administrators to establish an expert group (the Address Data Working Group (ADWG)) to look at address data. The objective is to explore potential options for harmonising address formats and utilising Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs) to support the launch of a Centralised Registration Service (CRS). The purpose of this consultation is to seek the views of electricity and gas market participants and other interest parties in order to inform the ADWG’s final report and recommendations to Ofgem.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Evaluation Register 2016/17, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 27 August 2015.

We invite your views on changing how we provide Charge Codes for light-emitting diode (LED) lighting products with Unmetered Supplies (UMS).
In the last two years we have issued over 3,000 UMS Charge Codes for LED street lights.
To mitigate this proliferation of LED Charge Codes, we propose to introduce new generic Charge Codes for LED lighting products and new supporting Switch Regimes for single-step dimming.
We invite your views on this, our proposed implementation approach and the appropriate implementation timescales.

We especially welcome views from Suppliers, UMS Operators, Meter Administrators, customers using LED lighting products with UMS (e.g. county councils, highways managers), providers of UMS inventory databases, providers of UMS Central Management Systems and manufacturers of LED lighting products.

The Code Administration Code of Practice (CACoP) defines 12 high level principles that that electricity and gas Code Administrators should follow to help protect the interests of small market participants and consumers. The Code Panels propose to add a new principle on cross Code coordination to the existing CACoP.

This consultation invites market participants and any other interested parties to provide their views on the draft of this principle by 19 June 2015.

Elexon has received a new GSP registration application from the Transmission Company, Northern Powergrid. It is constructing a new Grid Supply Point in Knaresborough, to be known as Knaresborough GSP.
The Transmission Company propose that GSP_KNAR is allocated to the North East (_F) GSP Group. Respondents’ views are sought when assessing the GSP_KNAR (Knaresborough) GSP Registration.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Evaluation Methodology 2016/17, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 23 April 2015.

This consultation asks respondents to comment on the Within Period Revision to the Risk Evaluation Register 2014/15. We are proposing to increase the net significance of Settlement Risk 0081 ‘The risk that HHDCs do not process valid HH readings resulting in estimated data being entered into Settlement’. Please submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 26 February 2015.

The Credit Assessment Price (CAP) is used in the Energy Indebtedness calculations to convert Credit Cover into an energy value. We are consulting on a reduction to the (CAP) to £49/MWh from the current value of £55/MWh. A change to CAP can impact the amount of Credit Cover required by a Trading Party.

The Performance Assurance Board (PAB) endorsed the draft Within Period Revisions (WPRs) to the Risk Evaluation Register (RER) 2014/15 for industry consultation on Thursday 27 November 2014, and we distributed it to industry for consultation. We invite you to respond to the consultation – the proposed amendments are in the Consultation Questions form and the ledger.  Please email your completed response to [email protected] by Monday 22 December 2014

The Profiling and Settlement Review Group seeks views from interested parties on the impacts of registering dynamically switched smart Meters as Half Hourly (HH) Metering Systems.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Operating Plan (ROP) 2015/16, and to submit any comments to [email protected] by 21 November 2014. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board (PAB) meeting on 27 November 2014.

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

This consultation seeks respondents’ views on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £55/MWh. CAP is used in the Credit Cover calculation and a change to the value of CAP can 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].

The Profiling and Settlement Review Group seeks views from impacted and interested parties on the benefits and savings, and costs and impacts, of the two options identified for reducing Settlement timescales.

The Market Index Definition Statement (MIDS) defines the way the Market Index Price – used to determine the ‘reverse’ Energy Imbalance Price – is calculated. We review the MIDS annually, as required by the Balancing Settlement Code (BSC).

Our analysis shows that the current Individual Liquidity Threshold (ILT), timeband weightings and product weightings are suitable. However, the calculation could better reflect trades close to Gate Closure. We recommend excluding trades more than eight hours ahead of Gate Closure rather than the current 12 hours.

Due to some amendments made, Price changes has been updated to version 2 below.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Evaluation Register 2015/16, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 28 August 2014.

Scottish & Southern Energy is constructing a new Grid Supply Point in Cairnford, Aberdeenshire, to be known as Cairnford GSP.
The Transmission Company propose that GSP_CAIF is allocated to the SHEPD (_P) GSP Group.

This consultation is part of a Profiling and Settlement Review project to identify options for maintaining accurate Settlement for dynamically switched Meters during and after the smart metering roll-out.

National Grid is constructing a new Grid Supply Point in Liverpool, connected to the Electricity North West Limited Distribution System at Kirkby. This is to be known as GSP_KIBY_G to differentiate it from the existing GSP at Kirkby, GSP_KIRY_1 which is connected to the SP Manweb Plc Distribution System. The Transmission Company propose that GSP_KIBY_G is allocated to the North Western (_G) GSP Group.

Prior to the SVG making any revision of the Grid Supply Points to be comprised in a Group of GSPs, the Code requires the Panel to consult with the Authority, the Transmission Company, the Licensed Distribution System Operators comprised or to be comprised in relevant GSP Groups and all Suppliers.

You are invited to provide a response in respect of the questions on the attached pro-forma. Please send your responses, entitled “Kirkby GSP Registration Consultation”, to [email protected] by 17:00 on Thursday, 29 May 2014.

This consultation is part of the Profiling and Settlement Review. It is part of a project to identify future options for reducing Settlement timescales in light of the smart metering roll-out.

We are consulting on revised GSP Group Correction Scaling Weights based on a revised methodology and approach to the volume errors that have been estimated in the Non Half hourly and Half Hourly markets.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Evaluation Methodology for 2015/16, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 24 April 2014.

As part of the implementation of Electricity Market Reform (EMR), responsibility for settlement with generators, suppliers and capacity providers will lie with the Contracts for Difference (CfD) Counterparty and the Capacity Market (CM) Settlement Body.

They will deliver this function through Elexon. Elexon is therefore procuring an IT provider to build, host and operate the appropriate IT settlement systems that will calculate and invoice CM and CfD payments. These systems will be required to exchange electronic data flows with a variety of market participants and data providers.

This consultation sought views on the interfaces that will be used for the exchange of electronic data flows to and from the EMR settlement systems and a variety of market participants and data providers.

This consultation seeks respondents’ views on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £51/MWh.

CAP is used in the Credit Cover calculation and a change to the value of CAP can 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 Oliver Xing on 020 7380 4276 or [email protected].

Elexon is reviewing the Trading Operations Report to ensure that it continues to best meet customer requirements, and to improve its usability and relevance.

The attached slides set out our proposed changes.  We welcome any comments or views on these by email to [email protected].

If you have any questions, please contact Chris on 020 7380 4108.

We invite you to respond to the attached consultation for delivering a modern Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS). This consultation follows on from a recent BMRS survey and outlines the issues our end users are facing and the benefits that we believe would accrue from introducing a new low grade web platform. We are seeking your views on these matters and we will use the information you provide to shape a new BMRS platform and the approach to its delivery.

The deadline for responses is 5pm on Wednesday 15 January 2014. Please email your completed response to [email protected].

If you have any questions on this document, please contact Zaahir Ghanty on 020 7380 4362 or [email protected].

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Operating Plan (ROP) 2014/15, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board (PAB) meeting on 28 November 2013.

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

The Market Index Definition Statement (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 the current Individual Liquidity Threshold, Timeband weightings and Product weightings as defined in the MIDS.

If you would like to respond, please complete the proforma and send it to [email protected] by Wednesday 11 September 2013. The ISG will consider all the consultation responses at its September meeting where a final recommendation will be made to the BSC Panel.