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Consultation on Smart Energy Code and Licence Amendments – September 2016
Consultation on proposed legal drafting amendments to the Smart Energy Code, Gas and Electricity Supply Licence Conditions and DCC Licence to support smart metering
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Detail
The consultation seeks any comments on proposed legal drafting on a number of topics. These include:
- Install and Leave
- Maintenance of Smart Metering Systems
- Simplification of change of supplier information flows
- Testing required to implement changes to the SEC
- Enduring Registration Data Provider Entry Process Testing
- Changes to the Enduring Testing Approach Document (ETAD)
- Provision of variant Communications Hubs for testing
- Changes to Section N to support SMETS 1 Enrolment and Adoption by the DCC
- Amendments to the Ofgem Significant Code Review process
- Privacy requirements
- Making certain transitional variations enduring
- Changes to the Supply Licence Conditions, the DCC Licence and the SEC to accommodate multiple versions of Technical Specifications and multiple versions of DUIS
- Minor miscellaneous changes
Documents
Consultation application/pdfAnnex A - draft legal text for the smart energy codeapplication/pdfAnnex B1 - draft legal text for electricity supply licence conditionsapplication/pdfAnnex B2 - draft legal text for gas supply licence conditionsapplication/pdfAnnex C - draft legal text for DCC licenceapplication/pdfGovernment Response to the September 2016 Smart Energy Code and Licence Amendments Consultationapplication/pdfAnnex A: SEC Legal Textapplication/pdfAnnex B: Electricity Supply Licence Conditions Textapplication/pdfAnnex B: Gas Supply Licence Conditions Textapplication/pdfAnnex C: DCC licence Textapplication/pdfInitial Response to the September 2016 Smart Energy Code and Licence amendment’s consultation (Changes to SEC Section N: SMETS1 Meters)application/pdfAnnex C: Final legal text drafting changes to SEC Section N (clean)application/pdfAnnex D: Change made to consultation version of proposed legal text (showing changes from September 2016 consultation version)application/pdfExplanatory Memorandumapplication/pdfLaying orderapplication/pdfRedacted responses A-Napplication/x-zip-compressedRedacted responses O-Zapplication/x-zip-compressed