Within the Criteria for Reporting High Demand Category 3 Document developed by the Switching Operator it states: “Should any Market Participant expect to send an increase of 50% more requests than their peak single day over that past 3 months, the Switching Operator should be notified using a Service Request on the Switching Portal”.********** A request for clarification received by the Switching Operator asked whether Market Participants should only send a Service Request if they expect to send an increase of 50% in one day otherwise, they will not be required to notify the Switching Operator. Should the paragraph be interpreted in this manner then in this scenario Market Participants could increase their daily switching volume requests incrementally by up to 49%, over and above, their peak monthly switching volume over the course of the previous 3 months. In a worst-case scenario these increments of up to 49% could take place on a daily basis with no opportunity for the Switching Operator to investigate via an Impact Assessment, as these are only carried out once a Service Request is received.************** These increments would also result in a new three-monthly peak volume to be formed which could continually be incrementally added to which could result in stepped increases of switch requests from Market Participants within a month, or across months. ********** The repercussions if all Market Participants interpreted the drafting in this manner could result in an overall risk to the switching service to function as designed and, potentially, an increase in cost of the service.*************** The Switching Operator proposes to amend the current drafting to avoid any potential ambiguity so that the drafting states: “Should any Market Participant expect to send an increase of 100% more Switch Requests on a single day relative to their average over that past 30 days, the Switching Operator should be notified using a Service Request on the Switching Portal”. *********** The updated drafting clarifies when all Market Participants must notify the Switching Operator and includes additional guidance.********** The REC Baseline Statement will also be updated to reflect the updated version of the Category 3 document********* All Market Participants and Switching Service Data Providers will be consulted to ensure the revised drafting is fully understood and for any clarifications to be raised. A 10 Working Day consultation will be published by the Code Manager.