Requirement to Register

When and how will I be required to register?

In May–June 2009 the regulators wrote to all billing addresses where meters are settled on the half-hourly market with advance notice of their potential obligations.

In November 2009 qualification packs providing details of the registration process and of all electricity consumed through each settled half-hourly meter (HHM) during 2008 were sent to potential participants.
However, organisations will also need to consider consumption through all other HHMs – those not settled on the half-hourly market – in deciding whether they meet the threshold of 6,000 MWh.

If your organisation meets the criteria as above you must register as a participant during a six-month window from April 2010.

If your organisation had at least one HHM settled on the half-hourly market but used less than 6,000 MWh you will not have to take part, but you will be obliged to disclose the following information for 2008 to the administrator:

• a list of all your HHMs settled on the half-hourly market
• if using at least 3,000 MWh you must, when required to do so, provide details of the total annual consumption of half-hourly electricity
• if using less than 3,000 MWh you must also indicate this, using an online form, which will be available through these pages