This Change Proposal seeks to remove the Green Deal Panel Terms of Reference from the REC Baseline Statement and product set, and to amend the Change Panel Terms of Reference to incorporate consideration of Green Deal business.

The Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN) will be switched off in December 2025 by all telecom companies and will be replaced with an Internet Protocol (IP) digital network. Existing fax machines that are incompatible with new all IP digital networks will become obsolete and no longer capable of meeting Code Communications as prescribed in the REC. All communication methods referencing fax or facsimile will need to be removed and replaced with email (where this is not an existing option), unless an alternative form of communication is needed. Please note: The government have published preparatory guidance which includes migrating to IP-supported technology in advance of the planned decommissioning. UK transition from analogue to digital landlines - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) (“assets, facilities, systems, networks or processes and the essential workers that operate and facilitate them”) which is subdivided into 13 sectors including Energy, are advised to consider how they move to digital alternatives smoothly to avoid unnecessary interruption following the PSTN switch-off. Openreach's Energy Guidance Factsheet can be found in the CPs Accompanied Documents.

Following several recent events of non-payment for services and REC defaults it is clear that the event of default provisions in the Code are unclear. This change seeks to introduce clarity to the REC Main Body.

Consumers that wish to utilise multi-channel switching services for gas, electricity, water, broadband, bank, home insurance etc. cannot make use of generic address-capture services for electricity switching as Unique Property Reference Number (UPRN) search functionality is not available within the Electricity Enquiry Service (EES).