Energy code reform: competitive code manager selection
- Publication type:
- Consultation
- Status:
- Open
- Publication date:
- Closing date:
- Topic:
- Energy codes
- Subtopic:
- Energy code reform, Balancing and settlement code (BSC), Connection and use of system code (CUSC), Distribution code, Distribution connection and use of system agreement (DCUSA), Independent gas transporter (IGT) Network codes, Grid code, Retail energy code (REC), Security and quality of supply standard (SQSS), Smart energy code (SEC), System operator - Transmission owner code (STC), Uniform network code (UNC)
- Industry sector:
- Distribution Network,
- Generation and Wholesale Market,
- Offshore Transmission Network,
- Supply and Retail Market,
- Transmission Network
- Related consultations:
- Energy code reform: consultation on code manager selection
Related links
We are seeking views on our proposed approach to evaluating code manager candidates as part of a competitive licensing assessment. We would also like your feedback on the amended draft guidance.
Consultation description
In May 2025, we published our decision and guidance on code manager selection. We also stated that we would issue updated guidance on how the licensing assessment stage under a competitive selection process would work, following the making of the enabling regulations.
Those regulations came into force on 6 June 2025, so we are now consulting on the additional text on the competitive selection process that we are proposing to insert into our guidance on code manager selection.
Who should respond
We want to hear views from anyone who has an interest in the selection of code managers, as well as people who work in the energy sector and the public. This includes:
- code administrators
- code parties
- central system delivery bodies
- consumer groups
How to respond
Please read in full the attached consultation document and draft guidance and respond by Friday 23 January 2025 using the consultation response template or sending a PDF (.pdf), Word (.doc) or Excel (.xls) document to industrycodes@ofgem.gov.uk.