Industry Change

Change R0094  has been raised to address an issue with the ‘Switch with a Concurrent Change of MEM process.’.

MEMs are obliged to issue ONJOBs to the CDSP as part of a meter exchange. However, this would not be issued if the MEM has received a de-Appointment flow as part of the Switch. This change proposes to obligate MEMs to issue ONJOBs for any completed meter exchanges, even after receiving a de-Appointment flow. This will ensure accurate Meter Technical Details are available to the gaining Supplier and MEM.

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Following discussion with impacted Parties and the REC Change Panel, REC have applied some updates to the Solution documentation for R0043 – Commissioning of Works by the Crowded Meter Room Coordinator (CMRC) to Resolve Issues In Crowded Meter Rooms. This is to ensure alignment with the Legal Text and to provide clarity to parties as they begin development for this change release in June 2024.

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The Final Change Report for the following Change Proposal was published on 12 March 2024:

• R0157 – Removal of Facsimile as a Method of Code Communication

The Final Change Reports for the following Change Proposals have also now been published:

• R0108 – Enabling Electricity Enquiry Service Searches Using a Unique Property Reference Number

The following Consultation have been published and can be accessed on the REC Portal

R0158 – Amendment to the ‘Supplier Registration Report (MAP)’ report methodology

Meter Asset Providers (MAPs) can query the Gas Enquiry Service (GES) as part of their billing process to establish the Registered Gas Suppliers of their portfolio of Metering Assets. The reports via which MAPs can query the GES are not currently working exactly as intended due to incorrect wording in the GES Definition; this change seeks to rectify that.

The response deadline 05/04/2024

The SECCo Board has been advertising for a Head of Industry Operations and that Dave Waner had advised the OPSG members that he will be standing down as Chair of the OPSG once the new role is filled. Following a competitive recruitment process it has been announce that the SECCo Board has now concluded the process of appointment and Jason Stevens will be joining SECCo in mid-June.

Members will appreciate that Jason taking up this role means that the SECCo Board has to consider the CTG Chair role, which is something that they are looking at. Once there is more detail in this regard SECCo will issue further communications.

On 12 March 2024, the UK Government published consultation regarding the review of electricity metering arrangements. This second consultation is an opportunity to provide feedback to government on the ongoing review of electricity market arrangements (REMA).

The UK government is welcoming views from a range of stakeholders including:

• energy industry
• non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
• Consumer groups
• academics
• policy think tanks

Review of electricity market arrangements (REMA): second consultation – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

This consultation closes on 7 May 2024

A Security Notification was sent to SEC Parties on 19 December 2023 notifying an intention to mark the Devices listed in below as ‘Removed’ on the CPL on 29 March 2024. In recognition that this is Good Friday, the SSC has since amended the date to avoid any operational impact over the Easter weekend.  In accordance with SEC Appendix Z section 6.4, the Devices will be marked as ‘Removed’ on Tuesday 2 April 2024.

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Please note, Version 2.113 of the Central Products List (CPL) is now available. The new workbook can be downloaded here.

An RFI based on what was outlined within the initial change proposal was published to all REC Parties on 19 January 2024 and closed 09 February 2024. Overall, responses stated that the misalignment in the timescales of MTDs were not causing operational issues for Parties and that they would not endorse any system changes outside of the MHHS Programme which seeks to expedite these timescales.

The Proposer has since agreed to withdraw this Change Proposal

Aligning electricity and gas timescale requirements for sharing Meter Technical Detail information – REC Portal