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:
Date | Event | Location |
30 January 2020 | TF Meeting 1 | Amba Hotel, Charing Cross, London |
12 February 2020 | TF Meeting 2 | Amba Hotel, Charing Cross, London |
25 February 2020 | TF Meeting 3 | ENA, London |
11 March 2020 | TF Meeting 4 | ENA, London |
19 March 2020 (TBC) | Webinar | WebEx |
01 April 2020 | TF Meeting 5 | ENA, London |
05 May 2020 | TF Meeting 6 | ENA, London |
19 May 2020 | TF Meeting 7 | ENA, London |
26 May 2020 | Webex – Finalise report | WebEx |
The Second Task Force members are detailed below:
Name | Organisation | Role within Task Force | |
Colm Murphy | National Grid ESO | Chair | |
Joseph Henry | National Grid ESO | Technical Secretary | |
Jon Wisdom | National Grid ESO | Task Force Member | |
Andrew Rimmer | Engie | Task Force Member | |
Lisa Waters | Waters Wye | Task Force Member | |
Olaf Islei | Shell Energy | Task Force Member | |
Tom Steward | Good Energy | Task Force Member | |
Joshua Logan | Drax Group | Task Force Member | |
John Tindal | SSE Plc | Task Force Member | |
George Moran | Centrica | Task Force Member | |
Simon Cowdroy | RES | Task Force Member | |
George Douthwaite | RWE Npower | Task Force Member | |
Caroline Bragg | ADE | Task Force Member | |
Keith Munday | Bryte Energy | Task Force Member | |
Paul Jones | Uniper | Task Force Member | |
Joseph Underwood | Energy UK | Task Force Member | |
Tom Edwards | Cornwall Insight | Task Force Member | |
Grace March | Sembcorp | Task Force Member |