P482 Enable flexible splitting of BSC Agent services and establishing contracts for MHHS Delivery
Formal title: Allow Elexon to more flexibly split BSC Agent services and to put in place appropriate contracts for the delivery of MHHS
To support the transition to Market-Wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS), Elexon must sign BSC Agent contracts for the operation of new services. This Modification seeks to allow more flexibility in the requirements for procurement of BSC Agents for the SVAA services at MHHS go-live. It will provide the option of having these new MHHS systems operated by the service providers who developed them, while the currently appointed Supplier Volume Allocation Agent (SVAA) continues to operate legacy processes
P471 ‘Amendment to BSC Section E to allow more flexibility in procurement of BSC Agents’ was raised to allow more flexibility in the requirements for procurement of BSC Agents and to allow the option of having these systems operated by the service provider who developed them while the currently appointed Supplier Volume Allocation Agent (SVAA) continues to operate legacy processes. This solution would have allowed an evergreen solution to procurement for Elexon.
Ofgem rejected P471 on Monday 7 September 2024 as it did not believe P471 better facilitated the Applicable BSC Objectives. The P471 solution was not restricted to MHHS and instead would have allowed Elexon, with Panel agreement, to single source the appointment of BSC Agents more generally. Ofgem was not comfortable with this general application.
This Modification seeks to address Ofgem’s concerns with P471, by restricting the appointment of BSC Agents, without competitive procurement, to those that are required for the timely and efficient implementation of MHHS.