Data Best Practice as a Code Obligation
Consultation
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- Distribution Network
- Generation and Wholesale Market
- Supply and Retail Market
- Transmission Network
We are consulting on expanding the obligation to follow Data Best Practice Guidance (“DBP Guidance”) to selected code parties. We seek views from organisations and people with an interest in digitalisation of the energy system, administration of energy codes, and code parties. We particularly welcome responses from third parties who operate under energy codes. We would also welcome responses from other stakeholders and the public.
Data Best Practice (DBP) Guidance is a tested foundational framework for how energy companies must structure, handle, and consider the value of their data, ultimately leading to more open and standardised sharing of data within the energy sector. The next logical step in expansion is to ensure DBP Guidance is embedded within the energy codes which underpin much of the efficient functioning of the energy system. In this consultation we propose to achieve this through licence modification which will then be promulgated through to the codes via consequential code modifications to the relevant code initiated and managed by the licensees.
We are aware of ongoing reforms to energy code governance and have been working closely with colleagues to ensure alignment with these changes. Nothing in this consultation should be considered as superseding that work, or as anything other than a complimentary workstream focused on evolving industry codes. This document outlines the scope, purpose and questions of the consultation and how you can get involved.
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Charles Clark