The Electricity Pool Status Update - England & Wales Retail competition began rollout in September...

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The Electricity Pool Status Update - Status Update - England & Wales England & Wales Retail competition began rollout in September Retail competition began rollout in September - profiling based settlement - profiling based settlement - 14 month final reconciliation - 14 month final reconciliation - “Retailer-hub” commercial framework - “Retailer-hub” commercial framework Major review of market initiated by government Major review of market initiated by government - bilateral contract based trading - bilateral contract based trading arrangements arrangements - centralised control - centralised control - 2 year £500 million programme to implement - 2 year £500 million programme to implement

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The Electricity Pool

Status Update - England & Status Update - England & WalesWales

Retail competition began rollout in SeptemberRetail competition began rollout in September

- profiling based settlement- profiling based settlement

- 14 month final reconciliation- 14 month final reconciliation

- “Retailer-hub” commercial framework- “Retailer-hub” commercial framework

Major review of market initiated by governmentMajor review of market initiated by government

- bilateral contract based trading arrangements- bilateral contract based trading arrangements

- centralised control- centralised control

- 2 year £500 million programme to implement - 2 year £500 million programme to implement

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The Electricity Pool

Key Issues - England & WalesKey Issues - England & Wales

Form of new Trading Arrangements - especially Form of new Trading Arrangements - especially balancing marketbalancing market

Demonstration / evaluation of benefits - key concerns Demonstration / evaluation of benefits - key concerns regarding liquidity, transparency, security of supplyregarding liquidity, transparency, security of supply

Governance of new market - central control via NGCGovernance of new market - central control via NGC

Vertical integrationVertical integration

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Parallel MarketsParallel MarketsForwards

and Futures

Settlement

Day Ahead Auction

Settlement

Short term Bilateral Market

Settlement

Balancing Market

Settlement

Ancillary Services

Capacity Options?

ResidualResidual

SettlementsSettlements

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The Electricity Pool

Trading Electricity - TodayTrading Electricity - TodayRisk Management

SpotMarket

Delivery

Despatch Transmission

Settlement

Special Issues

Liquidity Timing (generator flexibility)

Real time balancing

Shared, constrained capacity

Mutual risk of disconnection

14 month reconciliation

Today Bilateral contracts:

EFAs, CfDsNGC licence

Pooling and Settlement Agreement (the “Pool”)

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The Electricity Pool

Trading Electricity - ProposedTrading Electricity - ProposedRisk Management

SpotMarket

Delivery

Despatch Transmission

Settlement

Special Issues

Liquidity Timing (generator flexibility)

Real time balancing

Shared, constrained capacity

Mutual risk of disconnection

14 month reconciliation

RETA Forwards, Futures Balancing and Settlement Code/NGC licence

Short Term Bilateral market

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Proposed GovernanceProposed GovernanceImplementation Enduring

OFFER / DTI

Development and Implementation Steering Group

Expert Groups

• Informal structure

• Reliance on NGC and other providers

OFFER

NGC Balancing and Settlement Code Panel

Service Providers

• Balancing and Settlement Code

- advice from Panel - authority via NGC licence

• NGC breakup?

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Vertical IntegrationVertical Integration

% energy vertically integrated

1991 1997 1997 adjusted forPowerGen/EME

49.5%42%

11.5%