Decision on DCP406 - Access SCR Changes to CCCM
Decision
- Publication date
- Company
- Electricity North West Limited
- Industry sector
- Distribution Network
- Licence type
- Electricity Distribution Licence
Related links
- Network charging and access reform
- Access and Forward-Looking Charges Significant Code Review: Decision and Direction
- Decision on DCP404 – Access SCR Changes to Terms of Connection for Curtailable Customers
- Decision on DCP405 – Access SCR Managing Curtailable Connections between Licensed Distribution Networks
- Decision on DCP406A – Access SCR Changes to CCCM
We have approved Distribution Connection and Use of System Agreement (DCUSA) DCP406 ‘Access SCR: Changes to CCCM (DCP406)’, to implement our Access SCR Decision and Direction from 1 April 2023 (the ‘Access Decision’ and ‘Access Direction’). DCP406 aims to implement the aspects of the Access Direction relating to the connection charging boundary arrangements, including the implementation of a ‘shallow’ boundary for demand connections and a reduced ‘shallowish’ boundary for generation connections.
We published our Decision and associated Direction on the Access and Forward-looking Charges Significant Code Review (Access SCR) in May 2022 (the ‘Access Decision’ and ‘Access Direction’). Our reforms aim to ensure that electricity networks are used efficiently and flexibly, reflecting users’ needs and allowing consumers to benefit from new technologies and services while avoiding unnecessary costs on energy bills in general.
The implementation of the Access reforms will lead to reduced connection charges, and better defined and standardised access right options, enabling more flexible access rights, reducing barriers to entry and supporting the transition to net zero.
DCP406 is part of a suite of five complementary change proposals brought forward for decision by the Authority, which collectively aim to implement the Access Decision. DCP404 and DCP405 were approved on 15 December 2022. DCP406 is being published alongside the closely interrelated DCP406A, which seeks to address potential flaws identified in the treatment of 'Exceptions' (ie, cases where alternative charging arrangements apply).