GMARG Teleconference

Thursday 17 January 2019

Today’s Agenda

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Today’s Agenda

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Item Number

Description Time Allotted

1 Introduction/confirmation of attendees 5 mins

2 Review of Previous Minutes and Actions 15 mins

3 Eircodes 5 min

4 Data Sharing Agreement / Code Modification 5 min

5 Schema Release 2019 5 min

6 MPD 42 Supplier Complaints – Initial Stats 5 min

7 MPD & Procedures Review 5 min

8 GNI Verbal Updates:

PPM Emergency Credit

Warm Transfers

Revenue Protection update

20 mins

9 CRU Verbal Update 5 mins

10 AOB 5 mins

Action Number

Status Overview Responsible

G121 Open Data Processing Agreement: GNI to revert with updated proposals for Code

Mod

GNI

G175 Open GNI to maintain watching brief on Eircodes, co-ordinate future go-live project

plan with ESBN, issue portfolios when licencing question resolved. All to

consider impact of simultaneous versus sequential implementation, confirm

licencing position with Eircode holder

GNI/All

G202 Open Priority Customer Flag: GNI to submit full version of revised MPD2 to CRU for

approval, advise when approved

GNI

G203 Open Misdirected Payments: Technical process to be addressed as part of any PPM

enhancement project, Financial arrangements to be discussed at that stage

GNI

G206 Open GMARG ToR including revised CR/DDR timelines. CRU to provide update to

GMARG on ToR including revised CR/DDR timelines

CRU

2. Review of Previous Minutes & Actions13th December 2018

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Action Number

Status Overview Responsible

G248 Open PPM Working group ToR: GNI to circulate PPM working group ToR when

approved

GNI

G249 Open 2019 GMARG Workplan: Shippers to input to the 2019 GMARG workplan by the

next GMARG

Shippers

G250 Propose

to Close

VC reconciliation: GNI to contact outstanding Shipper for response GNI

G251 Propose

to Close

Revenue Protection MPDs 24/25: Industry to comment on MPD 24/25 by 29th

November

All

G252 Propose

to Close

Contacts Channel list: GNI to circulate updated Contacts Channel list (further

updates will be required post new Customer Complaint process)

GNI

G253 New PPM Front Office arrangements decision: CRU decision paper to be circulated to

GMARG

GNI

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2. Review of Previous Minutes & Actions13th December 2018 (continued)

3. Eircodes

No change from December

• Several Shipper have requested that their portfolio files with Eircodes are issued

• GNI has e-mailed all Shippers to confirm their Capita Licencing positions

• Internal review taking place with GNI IT’s team ref licencing requirements

• GNI urges Shippers to consider implications on their own systems, in particular for

dual fuel customers

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Eircodes

4. Data Sharing Agreement

• GNI has consulted its external legal advisors.

• GNI intends to mitigate the “Double Jeopardy” issue by proposing modifications to

Part B – General Principles which addresses priority between licences, Code etc.

• GNI continues to work with its external legal advisors but the material is not yet

ready to be circulated.

• GNI will circulate as soon as possible.

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Data Sharing Agreement

5. Schema Release 2019

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GasMap Schema Release 2019Timelines

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GasMap Schema Release 2019Testing Progress as of [15 Jan 2018] - update with most current information on day of meeting

Updated GasMap Schema scheduled to Go Live 2nd Feb 2019

• Delays experienced in testing (and associated market assurance sign-off)

• Go/No-Go Decision

‒ Project plan provided for Go/No-Go decision on 15 Jan

‒ Telco on Tue 15 Jan (supplier & GNI project leads) - all parties agreed to allow additional time for

resolution of outstanding market assurance issues before confirming any postponement

‒ Go-Live date of 2 Feb 2019 remains

• Next Steps:

‒ Suppliers to provide all test evidence to IBM for review and sign-off

‒ Final Market Assurance Report (IBM) to issue to CRU

‒ CRU decision on report to be circulated12

GasMap Schema Release 2019Status Update - update with most current information on day of meeting

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GasMap Schema Release 2020Scoping Phase - proposed timelines

• At last GMARG (Dec 2018), GNI noted that:

‒ Next GasMaP schema release is scheduled for April 2020; and

‒ July 2019 is the deadline for finalising the scope of the next Schema

• GNI / Suppliers / CRU to submit any DDRs in advance of next GMARG (21 Feb)

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GasMap Schema Release 2020Scoping Phase - proposed timelines

6. MPD 42 Supplier Complaints –Initial Stats

MPD 42 - Management of Supplier Complaints

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Background:

• MPD 42 approved by CRU in June 2018

Implementation Date:

• New process implemented Monday 19 November 2018

Send Complaints to:

• GNIsuppliercomplaints@gasnetworks.ie

• 066 979 9174

Activity since new process started:

5 complaints received to date

Recap - Scope of Process:

• Complaints process or Issue Resolution Process?

7. MPD & Procedures Review

Review of MPDs & ProceduresGeneral

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Purpose:

• Housekeeping - many Market Process Definitions (and related procedures) in place since market opening in 2008 (some updated in

2011 & 2015).

• Review MPDs & procedures and ensure alignment between documented process and actual process as applied currently.

Proposed Timeline:

• GNI propose to have reviewed the GPRO & Meter Data Services MPD’s in advance of GMARG February 2019.

• Remainder of processes and procedures (primarily siteworks or meter reading related) will be reviewed thereafter

Review will:

• Identify any deviations between documented and actual process

• Deliver ‘red-line’ mark-up of documentation to GMARG/CRU for review and approval - expect majority of updates to be cosmetic

NOT intended as root and branch review of each process - If there are proposals to change the

actual process, the standard DDR/CR process should to be initiated

Review of MPDs & ProceduresFirst Batch - for review by Feb 2019

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Market Process Definition Procedure1 Update End User Details

Gas Point Register Operator Procedures v3.0

2 Change of Shipper Details & CoS

3 Request for Historical consumption Data

4 End User Assignment

5 Change of Shipper Correction & Amendment

6 Registration

7 Deregistration Deregistration Procedure Version 2.0

30 Gas Debt on Prepayment Meter (PPM)

Forecasting Allocation & Reconciliation (FAR) Procedure

Annual Quantity (AQ) Calculation Procedure

Supply Point Capacity (SPC) Calculation Procedure

31 Prepayment Vending Transaction

32 Replacement of Prepayment Token

33 Financial Settlement

34 Management of Suspense Transactions

35 PPM Service Provider Invoicing

36 PPM New Outlet Set Up

8. GNI verbal updates

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GNI Verbal Updates:

• PPM Emergency Credit

• Warm Transfers

• Shipper Portal (Sharepoint)

• Revenue Protection update

• Brexit

• Siemens processed a system update to effect the increase of the Emergency Credit

value available to customers from €5 to €10 as of 1st December.

• An error in the system update was highlighted by a supplier to Siemens on 18th

December.

• Upon review by Siemens it was found that the Emergency credit limit had not been

updated correctly. In addition the Emergency Credit Threshold value had been

updated to €10 (the only impact of this being the customer would have been offered

the Emergency credit earlier)

• Siemens developed a fix to the issue and all vends as of 22nd December picked up

the correct settings ensuring the increased Emergency credit limit of €10 was

available to customers over the Xmas holiday period. The Emergency

Threshold Limit value also reverted back to €5.

PPM Emergency Credit

Warm Transfers

Revenue Protection Working Group Update

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• Code of Practice – with CRU for approval

• Working Group #3 of 6 was held with Suppliers on December 7th.

• MPD24 Identification of Interference – update to the Market Process Description to include

reference to the criminal investigation path that may be initiated based on selection criteria outlined

in the code of practice.

• MPD25 Recovery of Site works Costs - comments closed.

• MPD24 and MPD25 - Moved to final approval from CRU.

• MPD26 Recovery of Energy Costs - submitted to GMARG and CRU for comments. Comments due

by COB 21/12/18.

Shipper Locks reintroduced from 2nd January, due to manual processes some delays

with requests

2018 Christmas Working hours/Lock Moratorium

• CRU mail received regarding the transmission of data to UK based entities in the

event of a no deal Brexit:-

• https://www.dataprotection.ie/en/news-media/latest-news/dpc-issues-important-

message-personal-data-transfers-and-uk-event-no-deal

• Impacts on Siemens transactions

• Impacts on Retail Shippers who process data in UK offices

Brexit

• Schema

‒ Schema Release 2019

‒ Schema Schema 2020

• PPM

‒ Front Office Arrangements

‒ Siemens Enhancement Project

• Eircode Implementation

• Data Sharing Agreement

• Revenue Protection RP MPDs

• Market Arrangements: Refresh of MPDs and Procedures

• GMARG Terms of Reference

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Indicative 2019 GMARG Workplan

9. CRU Updates

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• CRU

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CRU Updates

• ComReg 1850 update

• Next Meeting in Dublin on 21st February

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10. A.O.B.