Industry Shipperless & Unregistered Working Group

1. Industry Shipperless & Unregistered Working Group Wednesday 6th April 10.00amat Xoserve

2. Agenda • Introduction: (Alison Jennings & Mark Woodward) • Previous minutes • National Grid/BGT Unregistered sites 12 month trial: (Chris Warner) • Root Cause report • Background (Alison Jennings & Mark Woodward) • Conclusions and recommendations (All) - Agreement on content - Assign owners to proposals • Agree next steps for workgroup • Combining the GSR/GSS process (Mark Woodward) • Introduction of the new process combining the GSR and GSS processes • Statistical Information: (Mark Woodward) • Overall industry position with unregistered and shipperless meter points

3. Combining the GSR and GSS process • Current process: • For clarification the GSR is where a shipper has removed and withdrawn from a site, the GSS is where a shipper has removed a meter but remains the registered user • Networks return Safety visits, where a meter has been found on site, through either the GSR or GSS conquest code • The GSR reports are issued out to industry on a bi monthly basis through the PTS and SSP Reports • The GSS report is issued out to industry on a monthly basis • Changes: • To combine the GSR and GSS reports together • The conquest GSS code to be disabled • The GSS report will now be issued as part of the shipperless bi monthly reports • The GSS sites will be issued as part of the GSR shipper specific PTS reports, with a distinction between them detailed on report and issued in accompanying e-mail

4. Combining the GSR and GSS process • E-mail accompanying all the Unregistered and shipperless reports will now say: PTS – Shipperless Sites Report – Shipper Specific • This report contains sites where a meter has been found on site following a Gas Safety Visit by the Network Operators. • The report contains two categories of work: • i) Those showing as “YES” in the field - Live Supply Point, column S – Contain sites where a meter has been found on site whilst in your ownership (column T contains confirmation Number) and therefore require a meter being attached through an RGMA file flow • ii) Those showing as “BLANK” in the field - Live Supply Point, column S – Contain sites where, following your removal of meter on UK Link and subsequent withdrawal the Original meter has been found on site • Benefits: • Networks no longer having to check if site registered, will only be required to send all details through on GSR conquest code • Brings together all figures, reports and management under one area • Stops the need to transfer details from one report to the other • Communication has been issued out to: • Conquest Expert User Group (CEUG) • General communication • Unregistered and shipperless report recipients • GSS report recipients

5. Statistical Information

6. Overall Industry Unregistered and Shipperless Sites Meter Points