Notice and consultation on new digitalisation licence conditions for SONI and NIE Networks

The Utility Regulator has today given notice of our intention to introduce new electricity licence conditions which require both SONI and NIE Networks Ltd (Transmission and Distribution) to produce a joint framework for digitalising and sharing data which will benefit customers and are aligned with stakeholders needs. The principal purpose of these proposed modifications is to implement and give legal effect to our policy position, as set out in the consultation, for the companies to jointly develop, adopt, maintain and publish and comply with a Digitalisation Strategy and Action Plan.

A copy of the new proposed licence conditions can be found in Annexes B,C and D in the consultation paper.

Written feedback from stakeholders

To inform this process, we would encourage you to provide feedback on SONI’s and NIE Networks' proposed new licence conditions by 5.00pm on Tuesday 26 November 2024

Written feedback can be submitted to:  dataanddigitalisation@uregni.gov.uk and fiona.gallen@uregni.gov.uk

We plan to publish the feedback we receive, along with our own feedback (unless otherwise requested).

Other information 

Your response may be made public by the Utility Regulator. If you do not want all or part of your response or name made public, please state this clearly in the response by marking your response as ‘CONFIDENTIAL’

If you want other information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please be aware that, under the FOIA, there is a statutory Code of Practice with which public authorities must comply and which deals, amongst other things, with obligations of confidence. In view of this, it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential.

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be subject to publication or disclosure in accordance with the access to information regimes (these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA)).

As stated in the GDPR Privacy Statement for consumers and stakeholders, any personal data contained within your response will be deleted once the matter being consulted on has been concluded though the substance of the response may be retained.

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