1. Change Management Committee
11th September 2019

2. 2. New Change Proposals – Initial Review

3. 2. New Change Proposals – Initial Review
Agenda
Item
XRN / Title
Customer Class / Voting Party
Funding
Split (%)
Justification
DSC Service Area
Shipper
Y/N
DNO Y/N
GT Y/N
IGT Y/N
2.1
XRN4896 Failure to Supply Gas System and Template Amendment N Y  N 
100% 
Only DNOs are impacted because they are the party which trigger FSG invoices.  
Service Area 7: NTS Capacity, LDZ Capacity, Commodity, Reconciliation, Ad-Hoc Adjustment and Energy Balancing Invoices
2.2
XRN4923 AQ Calculation for RGMA (ONUPD) Estimate Reads Y
100%
N/A
DSC Service Area 6: Annual Quantity, DM Supply Point Capacity and Offtake Reviews
2.3
XRN5003 Data Access Platform DN Dashboard
All DN’s will be able to access agreed portfolio data via this dashboard
Service Area 21: Data flows and services to Network Operators
2.4
XRN5004 Golden Bullet report
Reporting requirements are for DN purposes only

4. 2.1 XRN4896 – Failure to Supply Gas System and Template Amendment
Voting Parties and Funding Split
Change Details
Customer Class
Voting Party? Yes or No
Funding Split (%)
Shipper NO
Distribution Network Operators (DNOs)
YES
100%
National Grid Transmission
Independent Gas Transporter
Justification for Impacted Parties:-
Only DNOs are impacted because they are the party which trigger FSG invoices.  
Problem Statement
In 2018 Northern Gas Networks voluntarily doubled their compensation payment from £30 to £60 for a failure to supply gas incident and shortly after Wales & West Utilities also decided to follow suit. As part of the gas Transportation Customer Standards of Performance there is a maximum value of £1,000 per incident; this value was not amended within Xoserve’s systems as part of the 2018 change but does need to be changed to £2,000. There are two specific areas where this maximum allowable value needs to be amended:
•The Excel template customers use to create their submission
•UK Link SAP ISU parameter change
DSC Service Area:
Service Area 7: NTS Capacity, LDZ Capacity, Commodity, Reconciliation, Ad-Hoc Adjustment and Energy Balancing Invoices
Service Line Impacts (new, amended, existing, deleted), etc.
Existing
Link to Change Proposal
XRN4896 CP
Change Description
Changes need to be made to the customer compensation submission form and align UK Link with the increased threshold to allow for the revised maximum compensation rate of £2000 where there is a disruption to gas supply.

5. 2.2 XRN4923 AQ Calculation for RGMA (ONUPD) Estimate Reads
Voting Parties and Funding Split
Change Details
Customer Class
Voting Party? Yes or No
Funding Split (%)
Shipper Y
100%
Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) N
National Grid Transmission
Independent Gas Transporter
Justification for Impacted Parties:-
Problem Statement
When an RGMA ONUPD is submitted with no read record (DATASET_GROUP_READG), UK Link will generate an estimated read. This estimated read is then used in the Reconciliation process, but is not currently used to trigger the AQ calculation.
As estimated transfer reading and class change readings trigger the AQ calculation, including the RGMA processes will bring consistency to all processes. Note defect 471
Change Description
This change will Amend UKL to utilise estimated readings generated from RGMA ONUPD transactions for AQ calculations .
This change needs to be aligned to be in place for the formula year annual quantity snap shot taken on 1st December 2019 therefore the change needs to be implemented to ensure that the AQ and SOQs have been calculated ready for the next Formula Year snapshot which is taken on 1st December 2019.
DSC Service Area:
DSC Service Area 6: Annual Quantity, DM Supply Point Capacity and Offtake Reviews
Service Line Impacts (new, amended, existing, deleted), etc.
Existing
Link to Change Proposal
XRN4923 CP

6. 2.3 XRN5003 Data Access Platform DN Dashboard
Voting Parties and Funding Split
Change Details
Customer Class
Voting Party? Yes or No
Funding Split (%)
Shipper N
Distribution Network Operators (DNOs)
National Grid Transmission Y 6%
GT & IGT
94%
Justification for Impacted Parties:-
All DN’s will be able to access agreed portfolio data via this dashboard
Problem Statement
Since the go-live of UK Link the CDSP have been using a cloud based data discovery and Business Intelligence (BI) technology to monitor and analyse internal data. The opportunity to leverage this CDSP capability provides customers a new and more visual way to receive and interpret the data services we are able to provide. The data can be visualised in the form of charts, graphs and dashboards to easily identify key metrics, trends and outliers and then to drill down into the points of interest to focus on the key information
Change Description
The scope of delivery will include:
• Updates to the Data Discovery Platform Security Model to support rollout to Distribution Networks.
• Development of a Distribution Network Dashboard based on data items highlighted below that are already available within the DDP.
• Development of further data items to include Address and Twin Stream information to add further value for Distribution Networks.
DSC Service Area:
Service Area 21: Data flows and services to Network Operators
Service Line Impacts (new, amended, existing, deleted), etc.
Existing
Link to Change Proposal
XRN5003 CP

7. 2.4 XRN5004 Golden Bullet report
Voting Parties and Funding Split
Change Details
Customer Class
Voting Party? Yes or No
Funding Split (%)
Shipper N
Distribution Network Operators (DNOs)
National Grid Transmission Y 6%
GT & IGT
94%
Justification for Impacted Parties:-
Reporting requirements are for DN purposes only
Problem Statement
Currently a number of reports are produced which provide various data points that need to be collated by the individual networks – this report would collate all of that information into one, reducing workload and increasing data quality.
Change Description
Create Data items in 1 report.
(See CP for the Excel spreadsheet with a list of Data items)
DSC Service Area:
Service Area 21: Data flows and services to Network Operators
Service Line Impacts (new, amended, existing, deleted), etc.
Existing
Link to Change Proposal
XRN5004 CP

8. 3. New Change Proposals – Post Initial Review

9. 3. New Change Proposals – Post Initial Review
Agenda
Item
XRN / Title
Customer Responses
Organisation
Change Proposal in Principle
Key Points
3.1
XRN4992 Modification Creation of new charge to recover Last Resort Supply Payments 
W&W
Approve
Q2 - Yes – will allow DNs and shippers to identify how much has been recovered in respect of supplier of last resort claims. This will allow for matching of costs and revenues by DNs. Details of SOLR costs and revenues are required to be confirmed to Ofgem each July.
Q3 - We would support option 2 to be implemented: Add a new charge type to Scheduled Ancillary Invoices
NGN
 Approve
Q1 - We believe that option 3 would cause the biggest risk/cost to NGN. Due to the time constraints to implement option 1, which would have been our preferred option, we support option 2 as having the lowest material risk.
Q2 - We believe the introduction of a new Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) Customer Charge should be a positive benefit to the market.
Q3 - Modification Proposal should be implemented within a Major Release.
Q4 - We agree with the proposed funding of 100% Shippers.
 E.ON
Q1 - Depending on solution design and complexity there could be a risk to the invoicing processes. We prefer creation of a new charge type. Our approval is based on a new charge type only.
Q2 - As this is an initial review we have not yet completed a full cost/benefit review, we understand the benefit proposed but are yet to quantify it.
Q3 - We would support a major release, we view minor releases as housekeeping or Xoserve impacting changes only, this would impact invoicing and therefore would in our view be a candidate for a major release.
Scottish Power
No Comments
No private Reps received
(Link to CP)

10. 4. New Change Proposals – Post Solution Review None for this meeting

11. 6. Approval of Change documents

12. 6.1 XRN Enabling large scale utilisation of Class 3 – MOD Project Update Change Pack 1 – Responses
August Change Pack
Design Summary Outcome
Key Points
Proposed
Release
Organisation
W&W
WWU believes that the cost of this change should be met entirely by Shippers.
No Target Date Given
NGN
We agree that changes are required to the UK Link Manual in order to facilitate this change.
We believe clarity regarding the funding arrangements for this change is still required.
E.ON
If the solution is to deliver what we believe is intended then delivery needs to be implemented by this date to deliver the benefits proposed. We see this change as an initial facilitating change and further process reviews, including a post implementation review, is required.
EDF
We support the principal of a cap however are you saying that every with the removal of the daily capacity that we cannot send ANY class change requests without prior agreement? I think there should be a baselined defined max daily capacity by default allocated to each shipper not sure how this would be allocated.
- FRJ would be better as this follows all other flow processes
Total
Please see Change Pack for all details
SSE
For the process of communicating rejections to shippers, our preference would be for the CDSP to use the standard file level rejection approach rather than . This is because the use of would require more manual process for shippers.
Scottish Power
The PARR needs to be assessed to determine if they will continue to measure compliance with the UNC700-amended performance obligation.
No private Reps received
(Link to CP)

13. 6.2 XRN4991 - Enabling large scale utilisation of Class 3 – MOD0700 - Project Update
Extraordinary August Change Pack
Design Summary Outcome
Key Points
Proposed
Release / Implementation
Approve
Defer
Reject
Organisation
 Yes
Gazprom
Approved design/date, however had additional questions for clarification
AdHoc Release
Date
28/09/2019
Yes
Total
Reiterated a concern with the limits applied on Supply point amendment files that it is ensured that normal business on non affected processes, like SOQ changes, are not declined. Due to a file limit rather than records it is more of a challenge. We can see how Xoserve are looking to be pragmatic within this area which is appreciated.
Scottish Power
N/A
PAFA
Whilst the PAFA do not believe it is appropriate for them to comment on the change proposal itself they provide d feedback on the potential impact of this change on the PARR reporting.
NGN
NGN has no comments regarding daily class change allocations, batch submissions or read selection and validation as these are Shipper impacting processes.
Private

14. XRN4991 – MOD0700 - Status Update
11th September
Overall Project RAG Status:
Schedule
Risks and Issues
Cost
Resources
RAG Status
Status Justification
BW (Reporting) Changes:
Impact assessment carried out and recommendations proposed to Performance Assurance Committee – 10th Sept
AMT SPC File Restrictions:
In development with 3rd party; expected build and system test completion on 20th Sept
SAP ISU Changes:
Design, Build and System Test phases complete; UAT execution and Regression testing in progress; due to complete 11th Sept.
Performance Test preparation in progress and due to commence 16th Sep
Risk: There is a risk that AMT changes may not be available for go-live 28th Sept but 5th Oct; due to capacity restraints in 3rd party
Risk: There is a risk that the number of Inner Tolerance rejections will increase as a result of this implementation – these rejections will be monitored and a solution has been identified, but will need to be implemented based on criticality
The BER being presented to seek approval in ChMC 11th Sept
Daily stand-up with all areas; resources prioritised for MOD0700; no internal resource constraints

15. XRN4991- MOD0700 Timelines 2019 XRN 4991 MOD0700 Aug Sept Oct Design
Build & Test (Unit, System, UAT and Regression) PT
IDR
PIS
GO LIVE 28/09/19
28/08: Change Pack Approval
11/09: BER Approval
Key:
Completed
On-target
Medium risk
Slipped / High risk