A report
setting out details of the proposed trial to allow Independent Connection
Providers (ICPs) to deliver the reinforcement element of a project was
submitted to Ofgem in early January 2018. Ofgem have now completed the review
of our proposal and have made the decision to grant consent to our derogation
from Section 6.15 of our Connection Charging Methodology
Statement (CCMS), which excludes ICPs from carrying out
non-contestable reinforcement. This allows SHEPD/SEPD to offer
Part Funded Reinforcement to ICPs on a 3 year trial subject to project and
participant criteria being met.
The official start
date for the trial is 30th March 2018 and will end on 30th
March 2021.
For details on the PFR trial and how ICPs can participate, please, refer
to our Competition in Connections web page.