This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Operating Plan (ROP) 2013/14, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board (PAB) meeting on 29 November 2012.

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

The 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 including the Overnight product in the MIDS and/or giving a ‘0’ weighting to timeband 6 (i.e. excluding the trades between in timeband 6).

The consultation has been published on the Elexon Website. If you would like to respond, please complete the proforma and send it to Oliver Xing by Tuesday 18 September 2012. The ISG will consider all the consultation responses at its September meeting where a final recommendation will be made to the BSC Panel.

This consultation seeks respondents’ views on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £52/MWh.

CAP is used in the Credit Cover calculation and a change to the value of CAP can ultimately 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 Jon Spence on 020 7380 4313 or [email protected].

The Elexon Board invites you to respond to this consultation to express your views on the Initial BSC Services Manager Contract Principles and to provide further views on the areas discussed in the Contract Framework Document. For more information and associated documentation, visit the Separating Elexon from its role as the Balancing and Settlement Code Company (BSCCo) page of our website.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Evaluation Register 2013/14, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 23 August 2012.

Before BSCCo may consider outsourcing some or all BSC services to a new BSC Agent, a new Service Description defining the services to be provided by the new BSC Agent must be produced and approved. It is intended this Service Description will capture all services currently provided by Elexon Ltd (BSCCo).

In anticipation of any outsourcing decision, and subject to Authority approval of Modification P284, the BSC Panel is seeking views as to whether the proposed Service Description appropriately captures all of the services that are currently provided by Elexon.

Section K1.8 of the Code states that the Panel may consider revising the GSPs comprised in a Group of GSPs (including the establishment of a Group of GSPs):

• Where a new GSP Point is commissioned or an existing GSP Point is decommissioned; or
• Where the Panel consider it appropriate to do so.

As part of a 132kV Switchgear change at Walpole S/S, National Grid and the affected LDSOs are taking the opportunity to regularise the connection arrangement whereby supplies to two LDSO Networks are currently the subject of a difference metering scheme. (Metering Dispensation D:106).  This involves the registration of a ‘new’ GSPs, and the eventual de-registration of existing Distribution System Connection Point II_WALPB1.

Appendix A shows the ‘before’ and ‘after’ scenarios.

The Transmission Company propose that GSP WALP_B is allocated to the East Midlands (_B) GSP Group.

Section K1.8 of the Code states that the Panel may consider revising the GSPs comprised in a Group of GSPs (including the establishment of a Group of GSPs):

• Where a new GSP Point is commissioned or an existing GSP Point is decommissioned; or
• Where the Panel consider it appropriate to do so.

Scottish Power are constructing a new Grid Supply Point in East Glasgow, to be known as Dalmarnock GSP.

The Transmission Company propose that GSP DALM3 is allocated to the South Scotland (_N) GSP Group.

We are seeking views on what changes to BSC arrangements are likely to be needed to accommodate dynamic switching once smart meters with load switching capabilities have been rolled out and the current Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) infrastructure is no longer available.

The consultation also seeks to establish what load/meters are currently being switched dynamically, by whom and for what purposes.

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Evaluation Methodology 2013/14, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board meeting on 26 April 2012.

As part of a 132kV Switchgear change at Littlebrook S/S, National Grid and the affected LDSO are taking the opportunity to regularise the connection arrangement whereby supplies to two LDSO Networks and Littlebrook Power Station Supplies are currently the subject of a difference metering scheme. (Metering Dispensation D:32). This involves the registration of 2 ‘new’ GSPs, and the de-registration of existing GSP_LITT_1 and Distribution System Connection Point II_DARTFORD_C.

This consultation seeks respondents’ views on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £47/MWh.

CAP is used in the Credit Cover calculation and a change in the value of CAP can ultimately 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 Ian Scougal on 020 7380 4131 or [email protected].

We would like your feedback on our Business Plan for 2012-13.

The Business Plan is in two parts:

1. A Business Strategy describing our priorities and major activities
2. An Annual Budget setting out the associated costs

Please email your responses to [email protected] by Tuesday 17 January 2012.

If you would like to talk to us about our Business Plan, please contact David Jones at [email protected] or on 020 7380 4213.

This consultation seeks respondents’ views on decreasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £52/MWh.

CAP is used in the Credit Cover calculation and a change in the value of CAP can ultimately 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 regarding this consultation please contact Ian Scougal on 020 7380 4131 or [email protected]

This consultation asks respondents to review the Risk Operating Plan (ROP) 2012/13, and to submit any comments to [email protected]. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the Performance Assurance Board (PAB) meeting on 24 November 2011.

This consultation seeks respondents’ views on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £59/MWh.

CAP is used in the Credit Cover calculation and a change in the value of CAP can ultimately 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 regarding this consultation please contact Ian Scougal on 020 7380 4131 or [email protected]

This consultation document invites Market Participants to comment on a proposed change to the GSP Group Correction Scaling Weights. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the SVG.

This consultation document has been issued following the annual review of the Market Index Definition statement. The ISG is seeking respondents’ views on possible changes to the MIDS.

This consultation document seeks respondents’ views on the allocation of a new Grid Supply Point (GSP) to a GSP Group. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the SVG.

This consultation document seeks respondents’ views on the allocation of a new Grid Supply Point (GSP) to a GSP Group. Responses to this consultation will be presented to the SVG.