Electricity Distribution Standard Licence Condition 31E: Flexibility Procurement Statements 2022
Reports, plans and updates
- Publication date
- Industry sector
- Distribution Network
- Licence type
- Electricity Distribution Licence
Related links
- Electricity Distribution Standard Licence Condition 31E: Flexibility Procurement Statements 2021
- Decision on the Procurement and Use of Flexibility Reporting Guidance for Electricity Distribution Licensees
- Annex 2 – Electricity distribution licence keeling schedule
- DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/ 944 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL - of 5 June 2019 - on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/ 27/ EU (europa.eu)
Standard Licence Condition 31E (C31E) was introduced in December 2020 and implements Article 32 of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package (Incentives for the use of flexibility in distribution networks) in GB regulation.
C31E sets out the circumstances in which distribution licensees can procure flexibility, what principles they should apply during the procurement process, and the need to take a coordinated approach with other parties to the procurement and use of flexibility services.
Among other requirements, C31E also requires distribution licensees to report on the flexibility they have procured and intend to procure. There are three reporting tools included in the Condition:
- Flexibility procurement statement – this is an annual statement that licensees needs to submit for approval to the Authority setting out what flexibility they intend to procure in the next regulatory year (April-March), as well as describing how the licensee intends to comply with the licence condition.
- Flexibility procurement report – this is an annual report detailing the flexibility the licensee has tendered for, contracted and dispatched in the past 12 months, to be submitted to Ofgem within a month after regulatory year end.
- Ongoing reporting – specifically, publication of the outcomes of flexibility tender processes within one month of contractual agreement.
We have published a Guidance which refines the requirements and processes for the reporting obligations for licensees. This section therefore has the 2022-23 forward-looking Procurement Statements, with previous Procurement Statements available on the Ofgem website. We will also publish the first 2021-22 Procurement Reports on our website.