Consumer Consent decision
Summary
Ofgem decision on the Consumer Consent Solution. Defines how consumers grant and withdraw consent for their data to flow between regulated and unregulated parties in the energy system.
Why it matters
Operative consent architecture for energy data flows. Determines default settings, granularity of consent and ease of revocation. Companion to the August 2024 consultation and October 2025 Impact Assessment. Affects supplier switching friction, flexibility provider engagement and broader digital-energy interoperability.
Areas affected
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Memo
Consumer Consent decision | 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: Consumer Consent decision Publication type: Decision Publication date: 29 April 2025 Topic: Digitalisation Decision for: Consumer Consent Solution consultation Print this page Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Today, we are publishing our decision to appoint the Retail Energy Code Company (RECCo) as the Delivery Body. RECCo will develop and deliver an enduring, system wide digital Consumer Consent Solution (CC Solution). This solution will enable consumers to grant and manage consent to share their energy data. We have built our evidence base for requiring the development of a CC Solution through a Call for Input, a Consultation, and a series of workshops and other engagements. Having selected our minded-to positions and approached industry and interested parties for views through the consultation, we have reached decisions on where there was consensus. The scope and purpose of this decision document is to set out the responses received and the emergent themes in responses and how they have informed our positions. Secondly, to explain and detail the decisions we have taken, namely that: RECCo is selected as the Delivery Body for the CC Solution the data model considered should be a hybrid model with more decentralised aspects we will produce and consult on an Impact Assessment (IA) created with support from RECCo the initial funding of the development will be from RECCo’s cost recovery mechanism we are setting up a series of working groups to inform the detail for the CC Solution which RECCo will deliver. Details for these groups are published alongside this document Main document Consumer Consent decision [PDF, 666.63KB] Subsidiary documents Terms of Reference [PDF, 130.68KB] Print this page Share the page Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Close