SONI has today published a consultation paperon Contractual Arrangements for the procurement of a Low Carbon Inertia Service (LCIS).
This consultation paper covers the proposed contractual arrangements governing the provision of LCIS and a number of areas relating to the design and parameters of the LCIS procurement process. This consultation paper should be read in conjunction with the following accompanying documents (available under the questions in the 'Materials' section):
proposed template for the Low Carbon Inertia Service Agreement between SONI and a service provider in Northern Ireland;
proposed Low Carbon Inertia Service Protocol which specifies the compliance requirements which a LCIS service provider must satisfy as well as the performance monitoring procedures that will be applied;
AFRY Management Consulting report entitled ‘Low Carbon Inertia Services (LCIS) – price cap and imbalance price proposals’ of April 2023.
Responses to the consultation, preferably structured in line with the specific questions raised in this paper, should be submitted via the SONI consultation portal before 09 June 2023.
Please note your response will be publicly available for viewing on the portal. If you require your response to remain confidential, please clearly state this in your response.
Note also that an information session will be held on 18 May 2023 from 09:00-10:30 If you would like to attend this information session, click here to register.
Should you require any further information about the consultation process, please contact us at SOEF@SONI.co.uk.
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Q1. Do you have any comments on the extension of the period between LCIS contract Effective Date and the Target Go-Live Date from 33 months to 36 months?
Q2. Do you have any comments on the clauses introduced regarding prohibition/participation in other System Services arrangements?
Q3. Do you have any comments on the clauses regarding Grid Code compliance?
Q4. Do you have any comments on the proposed Performance Security section?
Q5. Do you have any comments on the remaining content of the main body of the LCIS Agreement?
Q6. Do you have any comments with respect to the content of the Schedules of the LCIS Agreement?
Q7. Do you have any comments with respect to the Scalars (Synchronisation Dispatch Performance / Reactive Power Product / Availability Performance / Consumption Performance) and Trip Charge proposed?
Q8. Do you have any comments on the remaining content of the LCIS Protocol?
Q9. Do you have any comments with the additional clarification proposed regarding the planning permission requirement?
Q10. Do you have any comments on the modified locational quantity criteria?
Q11. Do you have any comments on the proposed approach for the price cap?
Q12. Do you have any comments with the proposed imbalance prices to be used in the LCIS tender evaluation process?
Q13. Do you have any comments on the proposed contract execution deadline and the fact that in Ireland grid connection offer will be processed following contract execution?
Consultation on Contractual Arrangements for the Procurement of a Low Carbon Inertia Service (LCIS)
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SONI has today published a consultation paper on Contractual Arrangements for the procurement of a Low Carbon Inertia Service (LCIS).
This consultation paper covers the proposed contractual arrangements governing the provision of LCIS and a number of areas relating to the design and parameters of the LCIS procurement process. This consultation paper should be read in conjunction with the following accompanying documents (available under the questions in the 'Materials' section):
Responses to the consultation, preferably structured in line with the specific questions raised in this paper, should be submitted via the SONI consultation portal before 09 June 2023.
Please note your response will be publicly available for viewing on the portal. If you require your response to remain confidential, please clearly state this in your response.
Note also that an information session will be held on 18 May 2023 from 09:00-10:30 If you would like to attend this information session, click here to register.
Should you require any further information about the consultation process, please contact us at SOEF@SONI.co.uk.
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