Transfer of REC responsibilities
Assurance for the Helix Programme
During 2022/23, colleagues from our Assurance team will be working with the Retail Energy Code Company (RECCo) to transfer some of the responsibilities which used to sit under the BSC to the REC. As part of its Retail Code Consolidation and Switching Programme Significant Code Reviews, Ofgem has merged a number of existing industry codes into the REC, including some aspects of the BSC, such as transfer of governance of Supplier Volume Allocation (SVA) MOAs. MOAs will no longer fall under the jurisdiction of the BSC’s Assurance framework, however they can still impact Settlement because of their handling of meter data. These changes will also require existing BSC documents to be updated where there are references to obsolete codes.
The Assurance team is also supporting the implementation of MHHS by working on a new Assurance framework for it. This will be robust enough to allow for the accurate Half Hourly Settlement of all customers. It will also need to provide an appropriate level of Assurance for those meters that cannot be migrated, or do not migrate, and will maintain and build upon the experiences of the existing PAF.
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Elexon
To manage the impact of these changes we will continue to work with the RECCo through the crosscode REC/Elexon Assurance meetings to ensure a seamless approach between the BSC and REC.
