Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are supporting the proposed P441 modification to the Balancing and Settlement Code; and if so, what changes they expect local energy generators and consumers to experience as a result.

The Government is hugely ambitious about the role that local energy will play in achieving our mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower.

The Department – with Great British Energy – are looking at the issue of local supply and the options available.

In parallel, Elexon have been progressing the P441 code modification through a series of workgroup roundtables and have recently concluded a consultation to gather wider sector responses on proposed P441 changes. These changes if supported would clarify and simplify balancing and settlement arrangements for complex metering sites, such as those used by some community energy schemes.

The Government will continue to monitor these developments closely.