Kinnect Customer Solution ongoing development and planning

Current functionality

Elexon Kinnect Customer Solution, self-service gateway, offers online services that enables BSC Parties to carry out tasks and manage accounts online. This includes: Digitalised Market Entry; Asset registration; Account management; and Exiting the market.

• About the Customer Solution service

Developments now taking place

The following developments were delivered in 2022/2023.

P376

This modification allowed VLPs and/or Suppliers to notify us through the Elexon Kinnect Customer Solution if they want to use a baselining methodology to determine the expected energy flows for an MSID Pair in the calculation of Non-Delivery Charges and Delivered Volumes.

• P376: Utilising a Baselining Methodology to set Physical Notifications

P419

This modification introduced the ability for Non-Final Demand facilities to declare the assets that should be excluded from BSUos charges. Parties can submit the declarations through the Kinnect Customer Solution.

• P419: Enhanced Reporting of Demand Data to the NETSO to facilitate BSUoS Reform

Developments next in our roadmap

The following developments are expected to be delivered in 2023/2024.

P395

This modification introduces changes to the SAA-I042 ‘BM Unit Gross Demand Report’ to exclude electricity from Generators that falls outside the definition of supply. We are working to align the declaration process to reduce the effort involved and make it easier for Parties to submit through the Kinnect Customer Solution.

• P395: Aligning BSC Reporting with EMR Regulations – an enduring solution

P415

This modification will introduce a new type of Virtual Lead Party that can access the Wholesale Trading Market.

• P415: Facilitating access to wholesale markets for flexibility dispatched by Virtual Lead Parties

CRA Decommissioning

Elexon is migrating their legacy systems and services to the Cloud through the Kinnect Programme, delivering significant benefits not least extensibility and the associated capability to minimise both their CAPEX and OPEX exposure in delivering these services.

The Central Registration Agent (CRA) forms a key component of Elexon’s CVA applications which has been part migrated to the Cloud through the Elexon Kinnect Customer Solution.

Elexon has identified further significant benefits and savings from decommissioning the remaining functionality in CRA and moving the capabilities to the relevant cloud solutions. The CRA Decommissioning programme has been established to deliver this, targeting early 2024 for cutover to the new cloud services.

The scope of services being moved includes:

• the validation and capture of CVA Metering Systems
• the Reporting of registration and Asset details to various roles and parties using Elexon’s services
• the determination of GC/DC Breaches and capture of GC/DC Breach values
• the provision of key reports to the Elexon Portal
• all associated key Local Work Instructions

Future developments

• CVA Qualification – the ability to book the CVA Qualification test online as well as view the results for your Party roles
• Communication line – the ability to order a low grade communication line
• Updates to existing user interfaces
• SVA Qualification – digitalised Self-Assessment Document
• Market-Wide Half Hourly Settlement