1. Industry Shipperless & Unregistered Working Group
Wednesday 19th October 11.00am at Xoserve

2. Agenda Introduction: (Alison Jennings & Mark Woodward)
Change to Shipperless & Unregistered sites responsibility
Previous minutes
Statistical Information: (Mark Woodward)
Overall industry position with unregistered and shipperless meter points
Updates:
MOD0369/369a
MPRN Creation Workgroup
Review of root cause recommendations to date
Agree next steps for workgroup
A.O.B.

3. Statistical Information

4. Overall Industry Unregistered and Shipperless Sites Meter Points

5. Overall Industry Unregistered and Shipperless Sites Meter Points
Age Analysis
Legitimate
Orphaned
Volume %
< 2000 98
0.31%
2000 31
0.10%
2001 60
0.19%
2002
445
1.39%
2003
1,148
3.59%
2004
1,370
4.28%
2005
2,224
6.95%
2006
4,687
14.64%
2007
7,836
24.47%
2008
6,874
21.47%
2009
4,349
13.58%
2010
2,900
9.06%
TOTAL
32,022
100.00%
Volume %
< 2000
349
2.33%
2000
587
3.92%
2001
852
5.70%
2002
1,002
6.70%
2003
1,628
10.88%
2004
1,489
9.96%
2005
1,112
7.43%
2006
1,161
7.76%
2007
1,851
12.38%
2008
2,144
14.33%
2009
1,847
12.35%
2010
935
6.25%
TOTAL
14,957
100.00%

6. Overall Industry Unregistered and Shipperless Sites Meter Points
AQ value for SSP and LSP
Shipper Activity
Orphaned
SSP
LSP
TOTAL
12,221
2,736
AQ Value
250,689,356
1,474,882,805
SSP
LSP
TOTAL
348 78
AQ Value
6,706,403
21,143,127
No activity
Legitimate
SSP
LSP
TOTAL
1,137
260
AQ Value
25,428,268
245,313,108
SSP
LSP
TOTAL
26,894
5,128
AQ Value
602,115,645
5,287,584,750

7. UNC Modification Proposal 0369 -
Re-establishment of Supply Meter Points

8. Isolation & Withdrawal (Meter Removed) (in scope scenario)8

9. Isolation & Withdrawal (Meter Capped & Clamped) (in scope scenario)9

10. Isolation & withdrawal, Shipperless then Confirmation (out of scope scenario)10

11. Isolation only (no transfer) (in scope)11

12. Isolation only & transfer (out of scope scenario)
1212

13. MPRN Creation –
The circumstances that
trigger a request to create a MPRN on UK Link

14. MPRN Workgroup
a) Service laid at same point on the main (Alteration of service, Service replacement & Capacity increase)
b) Old service disconnected and new service fitted at a different location
in the gas main
d) Additional service fitted at different points in same gas main
c) Old service disconnected and new service fitted at different main

15. MPRN Workgroup
e) House converted to flats old service removed and additional services fitted at different points in the same gas main
f) House converted to flats and existed service changed to flat 1 and additional services fitted at different points in the same gas main
g) New service laid at any point on the main (New Development) also Plot address

16. Timescales for MPRN Request
Current high level process:
Requester to UIP for infrastructure
UIP to network Planning for load (This only happens where the connection will be made to
Medium pressure)
Quote to requester
Quote Acceptance
UIP submits a request to connect to network and receives authorisation prior to proceeding
UIP request for M Number Creation to xoserve
UIP provides requester with M Number
UIP notifies network of intended start date of works
UIP provides network connections with service completion details and receives either an
adoption of assets or rejection for data/contents

17. UIP M Number Creation process
Finish
Start
Details provided of M Number used for service
Request for Service
Service Cancellation
Service Requester
Start
Service planned & M Number requested for creation on UK Link
Finish
Details provided of M Number created on UK Link
Batch of MPRN’s requested
Reinvestigated
Reinvestigated
Information returned on cancelled service
Utility Infrastructure provider (UIP
Service laid and tagged
Service cancelled
Rejected
System validation checks performed
Rejected
System validation checks performed
Accepted
Meter point details on UK Link set to EX
Accepted
xoserve

18. Shipper M Number Creation process
Finish
Start
7. M Number details provided date meter work planned
1. Meter installation required
End Consumer
2. M Number requested for creation on UK Link via FOM or MNC
5. Details provided of M Number created on UK Link
6. MPRN provided to MAM meter work planned
4. Reinvestigated by Shipper
Shipper
Rejected
3. System validation checks performed
Accepted
xoserve

19. Options
Option 1: Create MPRN at quotation acceptance stage (Current Process)
Option 2: Create the MPRN at service planned date stage
Option 3: Create the MPRN post service laid
Option 4: Create MPRN at a fixed date prior to service in the ground and meter fix stage (e.g. 5 days etc..)
Option 5: Create the MPRN with a PL status and change to LI when service laid (Set to EX if PL status and remained unregistered >2yrs)

20. Review of root cause recommendations to date