Consultation outcome

New Smart Energy Code content: January 2015

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Department of Energy & Climate Change
Published
26 January 2015
Last updated
26 March 2015 — See all updates
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This consultation has concluded

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March 2015 Smart Energy Code government response

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Annex C: SEC legal text March 2015

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Annex D: DCC licence March 2015 amends (conclusions and consultation)

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Annex E: Electricity supply licence March 2015 consultation and conclusion

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Annex E: Gas supply licence March 2015 consultation and conclusion

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Annex F: user interface services schedule (SEC appendix E) March 2015 amended

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Annex G: informal testing direction letter (March 2015)

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BG-NP response

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SEC January 2015 consultation SC-XO response

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Detail of outcome

This document provides the Government response to specific areas of the following consultations:

  • Stage 4 of the Smart Energy Code (SEC 4) published on 30 June 2014
  • Additional Consultation as part of the SEC 4 Part A Government Response published on 17 November 2014
  • January 2015 SEC Consultation published on 26 January 2015

This document provides the final policy position (and associated legal text), or in a few cases an update on the current position, on topics including:

  • DCC User Interface Service Schedule
  • Provision of Data for the Central Delivery Body
  • User Supplier to Non User Supplier Churn
  • Requirement to consult on Communication Hub Dimensions
  • Movement of some Technical Arrangements into Subsidiary Documents
  • SMKI/DCCKI and IKI related changes to the SEC
  • Further Security Requirements and Post Commissioning Obligations
  • Notifying new commencement dates for SEC testing phases
  • Testing
  • Changes to when Communications Hubs can be ordered and associated forecasts are required to be submitted

Conclusions on the remaining SEC 4 and SEC 4 Part A content will follow in due course.

Original consultation

Summary

Smart Energy Code: consultation on providing certainty on start date for testing phases and the ordering of communication hubs.

This consultation ran from
to

Consultation description

The Smart Energy Code (SEC) is a new industry code which has been created through, and comes into force under, the Data and Communications Company (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.

The January 2015 Smart Energy Code (SEC) consultation document sets out our proposals and the accompanying draft legal text in the following areas:

  • Notifying new commencement dates for SEC testing phases
  • Informal testing
  • Changes to the timings of when Communication Hubs can be ordered
  • DCC Key Infrastructure Policy Management Authority (DCCKI PMA)
  • Minor consequential change to the electricity and gas supply licence conditions

Documents

New Smart Energy Code content: January 2015

Ref: 15D/014

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Annex B: Draft SEC Legal text (change marked)

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Annex C: informal testing draft text

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Annex D: minor consequential change to the electricity supply licence conditions

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Annex D: minor consequential change to the gas supply licence conditions

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Published 26 January 2015
Last updated 26 March 2015 + show all updates

  1. March 2015 Smart Energy Code Government Response to Consultation

  2. First published.