22/02/2024 At the Metering Expert Panel meeting on 14 February 2024, the Panel voted to reject the Code Manager's recommendation to approve R0145 - Service Termination Issue Reporting (Change to Category 2 Document). Under REC Schedule 5 - Change Management, when a Responsible Committee rejects the recommendation of the Code Manager with respect to a Self-Governance Change Proposal, the Change Proposal is automatically referred to Ofgem (as the Authority) for its determination, unless the Code Manager changes its recommendation based on the reasons provided by the relevant sub committee. Following consideration of the decision made by the Metering Expert Panel and the reasons for its rejection, the Code Manager has decided to amend its recommendation, and is now recommending the rejection of R0145. The Code Manager maintains that the business case for R0145 was made, and the solution does address the identified problem statement, and this was reflected in the comments of a majority of group members as the R0145 was progressed and during the vote. However, it is clear that some RECMEP members are supportive of a change to the governance of this document that would remove it from the REC completely. Although this was outside of the scope of the original change, it was a consistent theme throughout the development of R0145. Consequently, R0145 has been rejected for implementation and the decision will not be referred to Ofgem.