On 11 September 2019, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a consultation seeking stakeholder views on proposed changes to the Smart Energy Code (SEC) and the Data Communications Company (DCC) Licence. The intent of these changes is largely to facilitate the continued enrolment of Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specifications 1 (SMETS1) smart meters into the DCC network. There are also some other miscellaneous smart metering-related changes.
Following consideration of stakeholder responses, BEIS has now published its conclusions and has laid the regulatory changes to the main body of the SEC and the energy supply licence conditions before Parliament, in line with the procedure under section 89 of the Energy Act 2008.
- The government response letter and associated documents can be found here.
- An explanatory memorandum and SEC legal text can be found here.
If you have any questions, please contact smartmetering@beis.gov.uk.