The Second Balancing Services Charge Taskforce 

As you may be aware, Ofgem published their final decision and impact assessment on the Targeted Charging Review in November 2019. Ofgem made an important announcement on the work of the Balancing Services Task Force.

The first Task Force concluded that Balancing Services Charges should be treated as cost-recovery charges. In order to develop this work further, Ofgem have requested that there will be a second Balancing Services Task Force, led by National Grid ESO.

The Task Force will be tasked with applying the TCR principles to balancing services charges as a cost-recovery charge to consider how they should be recovered. The second Task Force will be asked to look at two specific questions:

• Who should be liable for Balancing Services Charges, and;
• How should these charges be recovered.

The ESO will be leading and providing coordination and administrative (secretariat) support for the Task Force.  The scope for the Task Force and timetable for delivery of the outputs can be found in the terms of reference.

Resources

To view the meeting papers, presentations, webinars, and podcasts please visit the resources page

Getting in touch 

If you have any questions about any of the Second Balancing Services Charges Task Force, please don't hesitate to ask us:

• Charging Futures Lead Secretariat - National Grid SO - [email protected]

The Second Task Force meeting dates:

The Second Task Force members are detailed below: