DCC Price Control decision: regulatory year 2022 to 2023
Summary
Ofgem decision on the DCC (Data Communications Company) price control for regulatory year 2022-23. Sets the allowed costs DCC can recover for operating the smart metering communications infrastructure.
Why it matters
DCC costs are recovered from energy suppliers and passed to consumers. The price control determines whether DCC is spending efficiently on behalf of the smart metering programme.
Areas affected
Related programmes
Memo
DCC Price Control decision: regulatory year 2022 to 2023 | 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: DCC Price Control decision: regulatory year 2022 to 2023 Publication type: Decision Publication date: 28 February 2024 Topic: Metering Subtopic: Data Communications Company (DCC), Smart meters Decision for: DCC Price Control consultation: Regulatory Year 2022/23 Print this page Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn In November 2023 we consulted on our proposals for the Data Communications Company (DCC) Price Control submission for the Regulatory Year 2022/23 (RY22/23), along with our assessment of DCC’s performance and its Baseline Margin and External Contract Gain Share applications. We also ran a second consultation at the end of January 2024 to further inform our Price Control assessment and decision-making. 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 consultations and any further information made available to us during the consultation windows. Alongside this document we publish notices of our Price Control Decisions and Determinations and Directions relating to the calculation of Allowed Revenue set out in the Price Control Conditions in the Smart Meter Communications Licence. Main document DCC Price Control Decision Regulatory Year 2022/23 [PDF, 721.97KB] Subsidiary documents Notice of Price Control Decisions, Determinations and Directions Regulatory Year 22/23 [PDF, 195.22KB] Direction to amend the Service Charges in respect to Price Control Determinations for Regulatory Year 2022/23 [PDF, 111.78KB] Print this page Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Close