MP128B 'Incorrect Gas Network Operator Certificates'

The SEC does not require Gas Network Operators to become DCC Users. Several Gas Network Operators who do not wish to be DCC Users have experienced difficulty and disproportionate costs in obtaining SMKI Organisation Certificates and see no benefit to their organisations or wider smart metering by being compelled to make their SMKI Organisation Certificate available in the SMKI Repository.

Also, once a Network Operator Certificate is placed on a Device, it can only be changed by the Network Operator for the given Certificate and only if the Network Operator is a DCC User. This is particularly relevant where Network Parties have changed organisation, with the incoming organisation unable to update the associated Organisation Certificate.

The original modification MP128 has been split into two parts. The Proposed Solution to this MP128B ‘Incorrect Gas Network Operator Certificates’ is that the Post Commissioning obligations be amended so that Suppliers can leave the Access Control Broker (ACB) Certificate in the GNO slot of the Gas Proxy Function (GPF). It will also be optional instead of mandatory for GNOs to become Subscribers for SMKI Organisation Certificates.