1. France, UK, Ireland Regional Initiative SONI Commercial Manager
Stakeholders Meeting
3rd December 2008
Nick Fullerton
SONI Commercial Manager

2. Areas of presentation:-
SONI Interconnector Roles
Interconnector Administrator Responsibilities
Access to the Moyle Interconnector

3. SONI Interconnector Roles
SONI wear quite a number of ‘hats’ in relation to the Moyle Interconnector:-
System Operator & Operational Agent – managing all aspects of the Moyle Interconnector operation including capacity auctioning, scheduling, agreeing the ATC, real-time operation and System Operator Trading
Externally Interconnected System Operator (EISO) in the GB BETTA market
Interconnector Administrator (IA) and Interconnector Error Administrator (IEA) in the GB BETTA Market
IA in the SEM
Meter Data Provider (MDP) in SEM

4. Interconnector Administrator Responsibilities
In both SEM & BETTA the IA is responsible for the management of the ‘error account’ (the difference between the total of the calculated interconnector energy and the actual metered)
Auctioning capacity on behalf of Moyle
Calculation of the ‘Modified Interconnector Unit Nominations’ in SEM. (Taking into account ramping/deadbands etc)
Calculating and sending the active capacity holdings to SEM.
Submission of the ‘Physical Notifications’ (PNs) in BETTA.
Informing the System Operators of the interconnector schedule
Sending and agreeing System Operator trade volumes.
Settling the finances!

5. IA RESPONSIBILITIES – Basic data flows
Operational
Systems
Schedule
Interconnector (modified) Unit Nominations
ATC
SO Trades
Trading volumes
PN’s
Schedule
MITS
(‘Trading’ System)
BETTA
SEM
Nominations
‘P/Q pairs’
Access to up-to-date positions
Live notification of ATC changes
Nominations to BETTA
(may be through another party)
GB settlement
Interconnector users

6. Access to the Moyle Interconnector
SEM Interconnector Forum
Access to the Moyle Interconnector
In the GB BETTA Market Interconnector Users must:-
Have acceded to the UK Balancing & Settlement Code (BSC)
Signed the Connection & Use of System code (CUSC) if required.
Registered for interconnector ‘BM Units’
In the SEM Market Interconnector Users must:-
Be a Party to the Trading & settlement Code (TSC) and be bound by Agreed Procedure 2
Have Registered an Interconnector Unit

7. Access to the Moyle Interconnector
SEM Interconnector Forum
Access to the Moyle Interconnector
To have access to the Moyle Interconnector Users must additionally:
Have signed a Moyle Interconnector Framework Agreement with Moyle Interconnector Limited
Be bound by the Moyle Interconnector Procedures (BETTA side procedures required by the IA)
Have signed a Moyle Interconnector Framework Deed with SONI
Have completed registration for access to the Moyle Interconnector Trading System (MITS)
Have signed a TUoS Agreement if required and have the necessary security requirements in place.

8. Access to the Moyle Interconnector
Operation Agency Agreement
Collection Agency Agreement
SEM
Trading &
Settlement
Code (TSC)
Agreed
Procedures
BETTA
Balancing &
Settlement
Code (BSC)
Connection &
Use of System
Code (CUSC)
Moyle Interconnector
Capacity
Framework
Agreement
Moyle
Interconnector
Framework
Deed
Moyle
Interconnector
Procedures
Interconnector
Users