Harmonisation Working Group HWG Meeting Wednesday, 27th June, 2012 CER Offices Dublin

HWG Agenda Introduction Aileen O Connor, RMDS 12:30 – 12:35 HSG Meeting Feedback S mac an Bhaird, CER 12:35 – 12:40 Enduring Solution Project Update 12:40 – 12:45 ROI HSP Update Conor Garrigan, ESBN 12:45 – 12:55 Market Design Update A O Connor, RMDS 12:55 – 13:20 HWG To-Do List Review 13:20 – 13:25 AOB & Closing 13:25 – 13:30 27th June 2012

Minutes from HWG meeting – 23rd May 2012 Approval of Minutes Minutes from HWG meeting – 23rd May 2012 27th June 2012

Feedback from HSG of 06/06/12 27th June 2012

Feedback from HSG 27th June 2012

Enduring Solution Project Update Joan-Edel Smith 27th June 2012

ROI HSP Update Conor Garrigan 27th June 2012

Market Design Update – Workload Overview 27th June 2012

DR 1117 V1 - MRC Consultation Change Request At Today’s Meeting: MRC currently under review and two specific processes are under development: MP NI 506 Ability Testing Procedure - To provide a framework for Supplier Ability Testing and MP NI 507 Market Testing Procedure - To provide a framework for Supplier Market Testing. At Today’s Meeting: Classification as NI-Specific Requested 27th June 2012

DR 1123 V1 – TCC Field Validation on 017 Change Request An additional validation rule on 017 MM to make the Tariff Configuration Code (TCC) field mandatory when requesting Re-energisation of a prepayment meter. If the TCC is not provided when requesting Re-energisation of a prepayment meter a 117R MM will be sent to the Supplier with Reject Reason code: ITF - Invalid Tariff Configuration Code. At Today’s Meeting: Classification as NI-Specific Requested 27th June 2012

Previously Approved MCRs for Approval Number Version Origin Request Description Action Requested MCR 33 V3.0 ROI New Field on 332 and 332W MM for Non-Interval De-Energisations Recommendation for Approval MCR 34 New Field on 332 and 332W MM for Non-Interval Re-Energisations V2.0 Classified as Harmonisation Impacting at HWG of 04/04/12 Approval was held over for review by Suppliers Reversioned following post-Harmonisation Release Planning Workshop At Today’s Meeting: Recommendation for approval of Version 3.0 of both MCRs 27th June 2012

Previously Approved MCRs for Approval Number Version Origin Request Description Action Requested MCR 69 V1.0 ROI Mod to XML schema to allow Market Participants communicate with full Irish Character Set Classification as Harmonisation Impacting Recommendation for Approval MCR 176 V2.0 Email Address Validation Recommendation for Approval Reversioned At Today’s Meeting: Classification and Recommendation for Approval 27th June 2012

DR 1122 V1 – Introduction of Essential Plant into the Market Design Background The traditional practice of ESBN has been not to de-energise essential plant for Non-Payment where Health & Safety issues may arise. This DR seeks to introduce a new flag to allow for an MPRN to be identified in the Central Market System as Essential Plant. 27th June 2012

Contd:- DR 1122 V1 – Introduction of Essential Plant into the Market Design A new flag to be added to the Harmonised Data Definitions with the name Essential Plant Flag and schema name EssentialPlantFlag. The Harmonised Data Definition for Essential Plant Flag is "As and where an MPRN is determined to be Essential Plant, or where Essential Plant flag has been removed, then this flag will be highlighted." This flag will be a new Boolean Flag. value of 1 it will mean that there is essential plant at this MPRN value of 0 (exceptional) - there is not essential plant at this MPRN This field is proposed to be populated only where it has been determined that there is essential plant at the MPRN. The content of the flag will be made available on the Extranet and the downloadable meter point details file as well as certain messages that are indicated on the MCR At Today’s Meeting: Classification as Harmonisation Impacting and Recommendation for Approval 27th June 2012

DR 1097 V1.0 – New Order Status Code for Supplier timeout To add a new Order Status code "SOTO" with the description of "Supplier Timeout" to be used where the Supplier has received market message 131[S] to re-schedule non-completed fieldwork and Supplier has not re-scheduled within 10 days. At Today’s Meeting: Classification as Harmonisation Impacting and recommendation for Approval 27th June 2012

Previously Approved MCRs for Withdrawal Number Version Origin Request Description Action Requested MCR 78 V2.0 ROI Add Validation to Use of Company Registered Number Classification as Harmonisation Impacting Recommendation for Withdrawal MCR 174 V3.0 Allow incomplete set of reads for multiple meters to be accepted by ESBN Details MCRs Presented at HWG of 23/05/12 and held over for review At Today’s Meeting: Approval is now being sought to withdraw these MCRs from the Active List. 27th June 2012

Open Items as at end of last meeting HWG Action Items Open Items as at end of last meeting 27th June 2012

HWG Meeting AOB 27th June 2012

Next Steps Next HWG meeting 8th August, 2012 (Belfast) Dates for all meetings for 2012 are on the Calendar on the RMDS website 27th June 2012

HWG Meeting Thank You 27th June 2012