Data Communications Company (DCC) price control consultation: regulatory year 2024 to 2025

Data Communications Company (DCC) price control consultation: regulatory year 2024 to 2025 | Ofgem Please enable JavaScript in your web browser to get the best experience. BETA This site is currently in BETA. Help us improve by giving us your feedback . Close alert: Data Communications Company (DCC) price control consultation: regulatory year 2024 to 2025 Publication type: Consultation Publication date: 7 November 2025 Last updated: 11 March 2026 Closed date: 6 January 2026 Status: Closed (with decision) Topic: Metering, Energy network price controls Subtopic: Smart meters, Data Communications Company (DCC) Show all updates Print this page Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn We are consulting on the Data Communications Company (DCC) price control proposals for regulatory year 2024 to 2025. Details of outcome In November 2025, we consulted on our proposals for the Data Communications Company (DCC) Price Control submission for the Regulatory Year 2024 to 2025, along with our assessment of DCC’s performance and its Baseline Margin and External Contract Gain Share applications. This document sets out the decisions, and reasons for them, on DCC’s costs and performance, as well as DCC’s applications to adjust its Baseline Margin and External Contract Gain Share values under the Licence. This decision recognises responses we received to the consultation and any further information made available to us during the consultation window. To safeguard commercial confidentiality, certain information has been intentionally withheld from our decision document at this time. We have concluded our proposals for the 2024 to 2025 price control and intend to publish all details of our decision in due course. Alongside this document we published the Notice of our Price Control Decisions, Determinations and Direction relating to the calculation of Allowed Revenue set out in the Price Control Conditions in the Smart Meter Communications Licence. Read the full outcome DCC Price Control Decision: Regulatory Year 2024 to 2025 [PDF, 779.52KB] Notice of Price Control Decisions Determinations and Directions for Regulatory Year 2024 to 2025 [PDF, 130.51KB] Direction to amend Service Charges due to Regulatory Year 2024 to 2025 Price Control Determinations [PDF, 172.47KB] Consultation responses: DCC price control consultation regulatory year 2024 to 2025 [ZIP, 3.50MB] Original consultation Consultation description The Data Communications Company (DCC) is required to report price control information by 31 July, following each regulatory year. It must report its price control information in accordance with the Regulatory Instructions and Guidance (RIGS) that we publish. In this document we review whether the costs DCC reported for regulatory year 2024/25 and forecast years are economic and efficient and set out our proposals. DCC can also propose an adjustment to its Baseline Margin values. We assess its proposal and determine whether or not to adjust the Baseline Margin values agreed when the licence was awarded. We also explain our assessment of DCC’s application to adjust its External Contract Gain Share values. This version addresses minor formatting and minor arithmetic errors in the consultation published on 7 November 2025. Who should respond We welcome representations on our proposed price control proposals. We particularly welcome responses from: DCC industry stakeholders, for example energy suppliers and distribution network operators We welcome your views on our proposals and will consider them when we make our decision. Consultation documents DCC price control consultation: regulatory year 2024 to 2025 [PDF, 2.28MB] Print this page Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn All updates 21 January 2026 consultation responses added 11 March 2026 decision published Close