Review of Category 3 documents in the REC Baseline Statement
Summary
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Impacts Overview
Impacted REC Parties and Market Participants
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Priority and rationale
Standard
Priority last updated on 29 May 2026
Solution development
Problem Statement
As a rule, changes to Category 3 products should not cause a material impact to parties and stakeholders. It has been identified that there are a number of Category 3 documents where changes to these artefacts could have a material impact to the systems and processes of REC Parties and Service Users. These changes should therefore follow a more robust and thorough assessment to ensure these impacts are identified and the most appropriate solution is considered.
Proposed solution summary
- As a Market Participant, I need to understand any changes that may impact my business, so I can engage in the change process and plan any required changes to my systems and processes.
- As the REC Code Manager, I need to ensure that proposals to amend the REC and its subsidiary documents are subject to appropriate scrutiny and impact assessment, so that impacted stakeholders can appropriately engage with the proposal and understand the impacts to their business.
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Change Plan
Preliminary Change Report Issued
Completed
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07 Jan 2022Due:
04 Feb 2022Completion:
04 Feb 2022Consultation Issued
Completed
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04 Feb 2022Due:
18 Feb 2022Completion:
18 Feb 2022Final Change Report Issued
Completed
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18 Feb 2022Due:
25 Mar 2022Completion:
25 Mar 2022Responsible Committee Decision
Completed
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25 Mar 2022Due:
05 Apr 2022Completion:
05 Apr 2022Original submission
Change details
Ann Perry - -
7 Jan 2022
Change details
Review of Category 3 documents in the REC Baseline Statement
It has been identified that there are a number of Category 3 documents where changes to these artefacts can have impacts to the systems and processes of market participants and service providers. These changes should therefore follow a more robust and thorough assessment to ensure these impacts are identified and considered, and the most appropriate solution is considered. The Category 3 change process is not appropriate for this, as changes to Category 3 products as a rule should not cause a material impact to parties and stakeholders.
Documents in the REC Baseline statement not having the appropriate categorisation could have material impacts on Market Participant systems and/or processes. The formal REC change process will provide the formal engagement mechanisms for industry stakeholders and required controls for changes.
An initial review of the REC Baseline Statement and industry feedback has identified two Category 3 documents which should be designated as Category 2 documents: - Performance and Assurance Report Catalogue (PARC) - Electricity Enquiry Service (EES) Technical Specification During the progression of the Change Proposal there may be further Category 3 documents identified for re-designation. This proposal seeks to formally designate these identified Category 3 documents as Category 2 documents in the REC Baseline Statement, so these are subject to formal change control set out in the REC Change Management Schedule.
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Impacts
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There is no direct impact to consumers for this Change Proposal. Although ensuring appropriate change controls to industry systems and processes has an indirect benefit to consumers, as this provides greater assurance that changes made will be fully formed and deliver the required benefits to the market and consumers.
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This change proposes a number of products are formally designated as Category 2 products
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Impacted Parties will be identified during the initial assessment of the Change Proposal, following identification of all Category 3 documents to be re-designated as Category 2.
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Priority & timing
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Although this Change Proposal is not proposed to be progressed as an Urgent change, due to the benefits that will be seen by impacted Parties we may look to implement in a non-standard release.
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Activity
Proposed solution summary changed to As a Market Participant, I need to understand any changes that may impact my business, so I can engage in the change process and plan any required changes to my systems and processes.As the REC Code Manager, I ne…
Proposed solution summary changed to As a Market Participant, I need to understand any changes that may impact my business, so I can engage in the change process and plan any required changes to my systems and processes.As the REC Code Manager, I need to ensure that proposals to amend the REC and its subsidiary documents are subject to appropriate scrutiny and impact assessment, so that impacted stakeholders can appropriately engage with the proposal and understand the impacts to their business..
Show moreImplementation Date has been updated to 14 Apr 2022.
amoden has been allocated as SME.