Procurement and Use of Flexibility Reporting Guidance for Electricity Distribution Licensees

The Clean Energy for all Europeans Package (CEP) lays out within Article 32(1) of the Electricity Directive (EU 2019/944) that Distribution System Operators (DSO) must procure flexibility services through transparent, non-discriminatory, and market-based procedures.

In December 2020, Article 32 of the CEP was transposed into the GB regulatory framework, and is known as Electricity Distribution Standard Licence Condition 31E: Procurement and use of Distribution Flexibility Services (C31E).

C31E sets out the conditions under which distribution licensees can procure flexibility, what principles they should apply during the procurement processes, and the need to take a coordinated approach with other parties for the procurement and use of flexibility services. In addition, C31E imposes three distinct reporting requirements on the procurement and use of Distribution Flexibility Services by electricity distribution licensees:

A Distribution Flexibility Services Procurement and Use Statement for the coming regulatory year
A Distribution Flexibility Services Procurement and Use Report on the previous regulatory year
Ongoing Reporting following each flexibility procurement round

We are seeking stakeholder input on draft Guidance and a Supporting Data template, which have been developed with the intention of promoting consistency and thoroughness of C31E reporting across licensees.

This Call for Input is open for 4 weeks, and will close on 20 December 2021.

Please submit any responses, or requests for further information, to Flexibility@ofgem.gov.uk with the subject heading ‘C31E Guidance – Call for Input’.

[C31E Draft Reporting Guidance [PDF, 223.93KB]

](https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2021-11/C31E%20Guidance%20%28Draft%20for%20publication%29.pdf)

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[Stakeholder Responses and Data Template (Zip) [ZIP, 2.00MB]

](https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-02/C31E%20Call%20for%20Input%20Stakeholder%20Responses%20on%20Guidance%20and%20Data%20Template.zip)

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