The Application Regulations
The Application Regulations set out the manner and form in which applications for licences (or extensions, restrictions or modification of an area of licences) should be made and the fee payable for each type of licence application. They also specify the minimum information that applicants must provide for Ofgem to consider an application as complete.
- Gas Application Regulations August 2008
The Gas (Applications for Licences and Extensions
and Restrictions of Licences) Regulations
2008, SI No 2375.
- Electricity Application Regulations August 2008
The Electricity (Applications for Licences, Modification of an Area and Extensions and Restrictions of Licences) Regulations 2008, SI No 2376.
Standard Licence Conditions
The Secretary of State determined, in 2001, a set of standard licence conditions for each licensable activity which each licensee is obliged to comply with. It is important that applicants understand the duties and obligations imposed by standard licence conditions. The standard licence conditions are available from the electronic Public Register.
The electronic Public Register
The electronic Public Register (ePR) is composed of documents placed on the Ofgem Public Register since October 2001 together with consolidated up-to-date versions of licence conditions. The ePR will, in line with Ofgem’s Better Regulatory Practice duties, make regulation of the gas and electricity markets more transparent. However, ePR users should note that the ePR does not replace the formal Public Register held at Ofgem’s London Offices. While every effort has been made to ensure that consolidated conditions are correct they are not formal Public Register documents and should not be relied on.
Elexon
The rules and governance for wholesale trading and energy settlement in England and Wales are included in the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) for England & Wales and its supporting documentation. The BSC trading arrangements are administered by Elexon. For more information visit Elexon's website.
Mrasco
The framework for activities associated with meter registration is contained within the Master Registration Agreement (MRA). The MRA Service Company (MRASCo) established by MRA signatories manages the operation and development of the agreement and its supporting documentation. The services required by MRASCo are, in turn, sub-contracted to Gemserv. More information may be found on Mracso's website.
Gemserv
The services required by MRASCo are sub-contracted to Gemserv Limited. For more information visit Gemserv’s website.
Xoserve
Xoserve is jointly owned by the five gas distribution network companies and National Grid’s gas transmission business. Xoserve provides transportation transactional services (including energy recording, invoicing and balancing services) on behalf of each of the network companies to gas shippers. For more information visit Xoserve’s website.
Market Monitoring
As part of Ofgem's market monitoring of the electricity and gas supply markets, Ofgem receives data from electricity and gas suppliers regarding their domestic and non-domestic non-half hourly customers. Ofgem also sends the data to energywatch, to help in compiling their complaints statistics, and the DTI. For Ofgem to continue with its monitoring procedures you will be asked to provide domestic and non-domestic non-half hourly data on a monthly basis in an Ofgem prescribed proforma from when you start to supply domestic customers. It is currently not necessary to send data if you are supplying only non-domestic customers. The proforma is available from the further reading section of this page. The data should be sent to: marketmonitoring@ofgem.gov.uk five weeks after the end of the month to which the data applies.
Information Pack for Electricity Suppliers
This Information pack provides high-level information for parties interested in becoming licensed suppliers of electricity in Great Britain. The pack contains more information on the organisations mentioned above as well as sections that have been provided by these organisations.