Whole System Register

What is the Whole System Register?

This Whole System Register provides a record of coordination activities with other network companies during 2024/25, which has enabled us to deliver improved whole system outcomes. It includes coordination with other electricity network licensees, and more generally solutions arising from working and coordinating collaboratively across the whole value chain. This includes network companies, local authorities, consumers and consumer groups, retailers, technology firms and others, to deliver wider societal benefits, as well as to meet our core objective of delivering affordable, secure electricity to our customers. Whole-system's thinking in this widest sense is fundamental to facilitating Net Zero at the lowest whole system cost for society, and is a key part of our approach for RIIO-ED2 as set out in our business plan, which can be found here: https://ed2.ukpowernetworks.co.uk/.

Why do we publish it?

The register demonstrates compliance with the Whole Electricity System Licence Condition 7A for Electricity Distributors to clearly and transparently demonstrate the process we have undertaken to coordinate and cooperate with other electricity network licensees, and to consider proposals from systems users which seek to advance the efficient and economical operation of our network. This will allow other electricity network licensees and stakeholders to understand what opportunities have been identified and to learn from them.

What will you find in the Register?

Information within the Coordination Register comprises:

• Details of all relevant coordination and cooperation activities completed with other electricity network licensees during the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, to develop whole electricity systems outcomes, including data sharing.
• Details of any actions or processes that have been implemented (or are being implemented) as a result of coordination and cooperation activities completed with other electricity network licensees.
• Details of all proposals received during a relevant period from system users to advance the efficient and economical operation of Electricity Distributors’ and/or transmission owners’ networks.
• Details of any system user proposals that have been implemented (or are being implemented). As well as a concise and clear summary of proposals not deemed to be apt for implementation, including the reason(s) for that decision.

Examples from our register include Local Area Planning with Councils and establishing an enhanced data exchange with the Electricity System Operator (ESO).

We encourage stakeholders to provide input for us to consider on what more we could be doing to deliver whole system outcomes. Please get in touch with us.