Establishing a harmonised prioritisation process in the Industry Codes: statutory consultation
- Publication type:
- Consultation
- Status:
- Open
- Publication date:
- Closing date:
- Topic:
- Energy codes, Offshore electricity transmission
- Subtopic:
- Changes to energy codes
- Industry sector:
- Distribution Network,
- Generation and Wholesale Market,
- Offshore Transmission Network,
- Supply and Retail Market,
- Transmission Network
We are undertaking a statutory consultation under the Energy Act 2023 on our proposals to harmonise the code modification prioritisation process across the codes.
Who should respond
As these proposals are part of energy code reform, we particularly welcome views from people with an interest in energy code governance. We welcome all responses from other stakeholders and the public. This includes:
- code administrators
- code parties
- central system delivery bodies
- consumer groups
Background
The Act sets out a significant package of reform to the governance of the energy industry codes, including new powers and responsibilities for Ofgem. To implement the Act, existing code governance arrangements must be updated to reflect new roles and responsibilities. Using the transitional powers provided by the Act, we proposed to harmonise the code modification prioritisation processes across all codes, with the aim of facilitating the introduction of the strategic direction statement (SDS) and the transition towards reformed code governance arrangements.
Our proposals
We are consulting on the following four policy areas to implement our proposed harmonised prioritisation process:
- prioritisation process
- prioritisation criteria and categories
- prioritisation governance
- policy implementation
We are seeking feedback on these policy areas, as well as on the accompanying guidance in ‘Annex A: Proposed Authority guidance on code modification prioritisation’, and our proposed code text changes in annexes B to L.
We are also publishing a notice document alongside this consultation that sets out the transitional powers that we propose to use to make these changes, and our proposed basis for using them.
How to respond
You can tell us your views on our proposals to implement a harmonised code modification prioritisation process by answering the questions in the consultation document. A response form is provided with the consultation. Send the form by email to industrycodes@ofgem.gov.uk by 12 January 2026.