SECMP0032 Prioritising Prepayment Customers in No WAN Situations
Proposer
Andy Knowles
Lead Analyst
SEC Change
Date raised
20/02/2017
Stage
Withdrawn
Implementation date
Unknown
Latest update
On 1 June 2022, the Proposer decided to withdraw this modification due to the extremely high costs involved in implementing the Proposed Solution.
What is the issue?
The Proposer believes that a prepayment customers’ ability to effectively manage their energy bills is greatly diminished in the absence of Smart Meter Wide Area Network (SM WAN) coverage, placing them at a disadvantage relative to credit customers. When considering SMETS2+ meter functionality, Unique Transaction Reference Number (UTRN) and physical input capability, there is a very limited range of potential solutions available to Suppliers to support prepayment customers in areas of no SM WAN.
What is the solution?
This modification seeks to introduce a requirement on the DCC to prioritise prepayment customers in no SM WAN situations and to reduce the time frame to achieve SM WAN coverage for those customers from 90 days to 30 days. This modification also seeks to introduce a mechanism for Suppliers to inform the DCC that there is a customer signed up to a prepayment contract at a given location.
Who is impacted?
Large Suppliers
Small Suppliers
DCC
Timeline
20Feb2017
Modification Proposal raised
08Aug2017
Working Group meeting
18Apr2018
to
12Oct2018
DCC Preliminary Assessment
25Oct2018
Working Group meeting
Modification documents
Issue SEC0009/SECMP0032/SECMP0038 October 2018 Working Group meeting summary
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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