News Archives - Association of Meter Operators

CSS Disaster Recovery Testing

Posted on 19th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

IT disaster recovery testing of the Central Switching Service (CSS) is to be conducted in the Pre-Production test environment, from late April 2024 until early May 2024. Pre-Production is aligned to the Production environment and failover and failback service between the two Azure Regions in pre-production will therefore be representative of what would happen in Production.

There will be no outage to CSS related to this testing. Pre-production testing will ensure recovery procedures can be rehearsed and validated without impact to service users. Testing will also support further analysis of the potential impacts of synchronisation lags between Azure Regions on data to ensure that future incidents can be responded to efficiently and effectively.

If you have any questions or queries about the testing, please contact bcdrteam@smartdcc.co.uk or cssservicedesk@smartdcc.co.uk.

REC: Performance Assurance Newsletter Survey

Posted on 19th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

The Code Manager has been trialling a monthly Performance Assurance Newsletter to help provide better visibility of Performance Assurance work which shares market-wide trends and insights to REC Parties.

They are seeking feedback from readers of the Performance Assurance Newsletter, via the short survey here.

REC: Performance Assurance Dashboards

Posted on 19th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

The Risk Driver Summary tab within the Performance Assurance Dashboard will be updated to improve its layout, simplify the design, and provide more clarity on Risk Driver descriptions.

R0164 Removing the Enumerations from Communications Method Data Item (J0386) to align with BSC CP 1594

Posted on 19th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

The Initial Assessment Report and accompanying Change Proposal Plan for the following Change Proposals has now been published to the REC Portal.

R0164 – Removing the Enumerations from Communications Method Data Item (J0386) to align with BSC CP 1594

For Information: Central Products List (CPL) Version v3.001 now published on SEC Website

Posted on 17th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

Please note, Version 3.001 of the Central Products List (CPL) is now available. The new workbook can be downloaded here.

UKRPA Request for information

Posted on 17th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

At our Annual General Meeting, we were honoured to have the UKRPA Chairperson join us, offering insights into the association’s focal points and highlighting the upcoming biennial conference. Their discussion opened a dialogue on energy theft from MEMs, inviting members to engage and contribute.

Use of AI within the energy sector – Ofgem call for input

Posted on 16th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

Ofgem is seeking views on proposals about how Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be used responsibly and safely in the energy sector to encourage more innovation.

Committee Meeting 24-02 – New Date

Posted on 15th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

Unfortunately we have had to reschedule our upcoming Committee meeting 24-02. The meeting, originally scheduled for May 09th, 2024, will now take place on May 30th, 2024.

REC R0094 Clarify obligations on gas meter exchanges that occur close to CoS

Posted on 12th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

The Impact Assessment for R0094 has been published and can be accessed from the Impact Assessments Register, on the REC Portal.

REC Changes Impacted by MHHS Change and Technical Code Freeze

Posted on 12th April 2024 by AMO Gemserv

RECco have previously communicated about the potential impacts of the existing Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement Programme Change Freeze, as well as the Core Systems (technical) Code Freeze which is planned to be in place from November 2024. Further detail on this can be found on the REC Portal.