DP151 Amending Payment Terms for User CIO Invoices
Proposer
Jane Wilson
Lead Analyst
SEC Change
Date raised
29/01/2021
Stage
Withdrawn
Implementation date
Not applicable
Latest update
This Draft Proposal has been confirmed as withdrawn by the Proposer on 8 June 2021 in accordance with the Right to Withdraw provisions in SEC Section D.
What is the issue?
To use the Data Communications Company (DCC) systems, all SEC Parties must undertake a User Security Assessment conducted by the User Competent Independent Organisation (CIO). Upon completion of a User Security Assessment, the DDC issue invoices to the respective Smart Energy Code (SEC) Parties allowing them five Working Days to pay, following receipt of such invoice. The invoice cost can range from between £5,000 to £45,000. This is a significant amount for smaller SEC Parties.
SEC Parties, especially Small Suppliers have raised concerns surrounding the cost incurred from the User CIO Assessments which are too high to pay at such short notice.
What is the solution?
SECAS are now providing advance notice to Users notifying them of the cost of their assessment and highlighting that it will appear in a future DCC charging statement. This new process allows Parties the opportunity to request for any cost breakdown which are required in advance.
Who is impacted?
DCC
What SEC documents are affected?
SEC Section J 'Charges'
Timeline
29Jan2021
Draft Proposal Raised
23Feb2021
Present to Change Sub-Committee for Initial discussion
01Jun2021
Present to Change Sub-Committee for reccomendation
This is the February 2024 SEC Modifications Working Group meeting, where we will be discussing: MP247 'Future Dating of Service Requests for SMETS1 Devices' MP263 'Improving transparency of DCC indicative
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