New Smart Energy Code content (Stage 3)
This consultation will help inform the content of Stage 3 of the Smart Energy Code, which governs the end-to-end management of smart metering in Great Britain.
The Smart Energy Code (SEC) is a new industry code which has been created through, and comes into force under, the DCC Licence. The SEC is a multiparty contract which sets out the terms for the provision of the DCC’s Smart Meter communications service, and specifies other provisions to govern the end-to-end management of Smart Metering.
This document consults on proposed text for stage 3 of the Smart Energy Code (SEC3). This follows the designation of Stage 1 of the Smart Energy Code (SEC1) in September 2013. Responses to an October 2013 consultation on the proposed text for Stage 2 are currently being considered.
This consultation includes:
- our proposed policy approach for the introduction of a Smart Meter Key Infrastructure (SMKI)
- options for how companies that operate energy meters (Supplier Nominated Agents) could access DCC Services
- how the DCC and their service providers will be required to test that their systems interoperate with each other, and that these systems operate together with other energy industry systems.