Modification 422 Creating the permission to release data to Meter Asset Provider organisations

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Modification 422 Creating the permission to
release data to Meter Asset Provider
organisations A presentation by the Community
of Meter Asset Providers Kay Houghton
Calvin Asset Management kay.houghton_at_calvincapital
.com
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Questions regarding clarification of the topic
will be taken during the presentation. Questions
regarding the proposal itself will be taken at
the end of the presentation
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Community of Meter Asset Providers

• Community of Asset Providers was set up in 2011
  to ensure MAP attendance at industry groups to
  address the MAP concerns future requirements in
  meter markets
• Current participants of the Community are shown
  below. The community is open to all Commercial
  Meter Asset Providers and is not exclusive
• Calvin Asset Management Limited
• Meter Fit North West Limited
• Meter Fit North East Limited
• Meter Fit 2 Limited
• Meter Fit 3 Limited
• Meter Fit Assets Limited
• Lowri Beck Limited
• Macquarie representing
• Onstream
• Capital Meters
• Macquarie Metering Limited
• Northern Powergrid
• Utility Funding Limited
• Siemens
• EDF

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Meter Asset Provider
A MAP essentially finances the metering asset and
some installation costs in the gas and
electricity markets The MAP is the owner of the
meter and receives rental from the
Supplier Where the MAP is directly contracted
with the Supplier, the meter asset is provided to
the Supplier who passes to the MAM for
installation and maintenance. The MAP can have a
relationship with many MAMs An organisation may
be a MAP and a MAM or just a MAP Even where the
MAP is within an organisation with a MAM the MAP
still provides meters to other MAMs
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Key issues faced by MAPs
The lack of timely access to / provision of
essential and accurate data. This lack of data
leads to the inefficient management of the meter
asset not just for the MAP but for other parties
e.g. Supplier and MAMs The inefficient
management is adding costs to the industry
through rental billing issues, disputes,
reconciliations and risk premiums.
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Actions taken to date to address the data issue
MAPs submit the same portfolios of meter points
to all Suppliers and MAMs requesting information.
This is an inefficient and ineffective
process. MAPs have raised the data-flow process
issues through SPAA to improve data flows between
MAMs, and Suppliers and MAPs. MAPs have raised
data access request through SPAA to obtain access
to the data held on UK Link systems. SPAA advised
this was not possible without a supporting
modification to the UNC The issues faced by MAPs
for the future regarding Smart meters have been
raised at senior level with Ofgem and DECC and
the Smart Metering Implementation Programme.
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Modification 422 Creating the permission to
release data to Meter Asset Provider organisations
The purpose of this proposal is to create
permission in the UNC for data to be provided to
MAPs. The data is - Asset data o Meter Serial
Number o Meter Model o MAM id o Meter
installation date o Meter removal date - Supply
meter point data o Meter point status o GT id
or iGT id - Supply data o Shipper shortcode and
full name o Supplier id and full name o
Confirmation effective date
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Modification 422 Creating the permission to
release data to Meter Asset Provider organisations
A permission route for MAPs could be via changes
to UNC V5.5.2 to add another category for MAPs
similar to (g), with the data defined in an annex
(other routes may be available a GT legal view
would be helpful). A confidentiality agreement
would be in place between the MAPs and GTs
clearly defining the Data and Permitted purpose.
The confidentiality agreement would extend to
Shippers / Suppliers being able to take action
against a MAP under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Act 1999. MAPs would enter into a
contract with Xoserve for the services The
service envisaged is that MAPs would submit
portfolios of MPRNs to Xoserve, with Xoserve
providing a completed portfolio.
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Modification 422 Creating the permission to
release data to Meter Asset Provider organisations
Confidence in service provision MAPs register
with SPAA, only MAPs registered with SPAA will be
entitled to the service (Xoserve control check
and requirement of contract between MAP and
Xoserve). Confidentiality agreement with GTs
data and permitted purpose defined. Data is only
used by the MAP for the purpose of the MAP
business, data is not passed outside the MAP
business or used for any other purpose. Modificat
ion 422 seeks to enable access to gas data for
MAPs
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Summary
MAPs are a vital part of the gas and electricity
industry Issues faced today are a significant
order of magnitude greater for the Smart metering
world. Access to data will improve the
efficiency of operation of the MAPs and MAP
services to other organisations, and the roll-out
of Smart meters.
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Workgroup views?