FUSION Consultation Form Please complete the form below, answering as many questions as possible. * Full Name: * Organisation Name: * Role / Designation: * Email: Contact No: Is your response confidential?Is your response confidential? Yes Q1: Flexibility value chain - Independent aggregation in wholesale markets Q1a: Provided appropriate arrangements for wholesale energy and imbalance settlement for affected suppliers are in place, do you agree that aggregators should be able to provide their services in the wholesale energy markets without a supply licence or an agreement with the supplier of the customer? Please select from the following options:Please select from the following options: Yes No Don't Know Q1b: If yes, a baseline methodology needs to be defined for the ToE in the wholesale markets. Which organisation(s) should take the initiative to design and propose this methodology? Q1c: Please provide the basis for your answers. Q2: Market Organisation - Congestion point repository Q2a: Should there be a standardised publication of congestion points and associated connections, flexible assets and active aggregators, which market participants have access to?Q2a: Should there be a standardised publication of congestion points and associated connections, flexible assets and active aggregators, which market participants have access to? Yes No Don't Know Q2b: If yes, do you think this should be a regulated entity (e.g. operating under licence, and regulated by Ofgem)?Q2b: If yes, do you think this should be a regulated entity (e.g. operating under licence, and regulated by Ofgem)? Not Applicable Yes No Don't Know Q2c: Please provide the basis for your answers Q3: Market Organisation: Central data hub Q3a: Do you agree that there should be a central data hub to record flexibility volumes and transactions to allow consistent settlement of flexibility and create transparency?Q3a: Do you agree that there should be a central data hub to record flexibility volumes and transactions to allow consistent settlement of flexibility and create transparency? Yes No Don't Know Q3b: If yes, do you think this should be a regulated entity (e.g. operating under licence and regulated by Ofgem)?Q3b: If yes, do you think this should be a regulated entity (e.g. operating under licence and regulated by Ofgem)? Not Applicable Yes No Don't Know Q3c: Please provide the basis for your answers. Q4: Market Organisation - Constraint management service provider Q4a: Would it be beneficial to formalise the responsibilities and the role of the constraint management service provider (CMSP) similarly to the BSP role?Q4a: Would it be beneficial to formalise the responsibilities and the role of the constraint management service provider (CMSP) similarly to the BSP role? Yes No Don't Know Q4b: If yes, what kind of responsibilities should be defined for the CMSP role? Q4c: Please provide the basis for your answer. Q5: Market Design - Operating regimes Q5a: Do you think that there is need to create transparency on network limitations that restrict the free trade of flexibility services by market participants?Q5a: Do you think that there is need to create transparency on network limitations that restrict the free trade of flexibility services by market participants? Yes No Don't Know Q5b: If yes, do you think that Operating Regimes recommended by USEF are a feasible solution for this issue?Q5b: If yes, do you think that Operating Regimes recommended by USEF are a feasible solution for this issue? Not Applicable Yes No Don't Know Q5c: Do you think that clear rules should be defined to regulate when DSOs move from one state to the other?Q5c: Do you think that clear rules should be defined to regulate when DSOs move from one state to the other? Yes No Don't Know Q5d: Please provide the basis for your answers. Q6: Market Design - Information exchange Q6a: Do you think that further coordination of flexibility deployment between suppliers/aggregators and the ESO/DSOs is needed to facilitate efficient and reliable flexibility markets?Q6a: Do you think that further coordination of flexibility deployment between suppliers/aggregators and the ESO/DSOs is needed to facilitate efficient and reliable flexibility markets? Yes No Don't Know Q6b: If yes, do you agree that information exchange (i.e. D-programs) between suppliers/aggregators and ESO/DSOs, concerning flexibility contracts and flexibility activations, limited to congested areas, should be mandatory?Q6b: If yes, do you agree that information exchange (i.e. D-programs) between suppliers/aggregators and ESO/DSOs, concerning flexibility contracts and flexibility activations, limited to congested areas, should be mandatory? Not Applicable Yes No Don't Know Q6c: Please provide the basis for your answers. Q7: Market Design - Flexibility Platforms Q7a: Would you consider that it is beneficial to have a standard interface between (1) flexibility service providers and flexibility platforms; and (2) TSO/DSO platforms and third-party commercial platforms?Q7a: Would you consider that it is beneficial to have a standard interface between (1) flexibility service providers and flexibility platforms; and (2) TSO/DSO platforms and third-party commercial platforms? Yes No Don't Know Q7b: What could be the possible scope of this standardisation? Q7c: Please provide the basis for your answer. Q8: DSO Flexibility Transactions - DSO flexibility procurement Q8a: Do you agree with USEF recommendation to allow free bids in a DSO congestion management product, even when DSOs requirements are met by the existing availability contracts?Q8a: Do you agree with USEF recommendation to allow free bids in a DSO congestion management product, even when DSOs requirements are met by the existing availability contracts? Yes No Don't Know Q8b: Please provide the basis for your answer. Q9: DSO Flexibility Transactions - DSO flexibility products & processes Q9a: Do you agree that a common mechanism for all DSOs and the ESO to procure flexibility and interact with the market would be beneficial?Q9a: Do you agree that a common mechanism for all DSOs and the ESO to procure flexibility and interact with the market would be beneficial? Yes No Don't Know Q9b: If yes, would you consider the USEF approach to be suitable for providing this mechanism?Q9b: If yes, would you consider the USEF approach to be suitable for providing this mechanism? Not Applicable Yes No Don't Know Q9c: If you agree with that consistent processes and standardisation would be beneficial, which elements of the flexibility transactions processes and interactions should be standardised? Q9d: Do you consider it beneficial for GB processes to align with European processes for DSO flexibility mechanisms?Q9d: Do you consider it beneficial for GB processes to align with European processes for DSO flexibility mechanisms? Yes No Don't Know Q9e: Please provide the basis for your answer. Q10: Market access requirements - Aggregator implementation models Q10a: Do you consider that aggregators should have balance responsibility for the flexibility they operate in all flexibility markets and products?Q10a: Do you consider that aggregators should have balance responsibility for the flexibility they operate in all flexibility markets and products? Yes No Don't Know Q10b: If not, which products may deviate from this principle? Q10c: Do you agree that the open supply position of the supplier should be corrected through defined mechanisms?Q10c: Do you agree that the open supply position of the supplier should be corrected through defined mechanisms? Yes No Don't Know Q10d: Please provide the basis for your answer. Q11: Market access requirements - Re-dispatch responsibility Q11a: Who should be responsible for the re-dispatch in a DSO congestion management product? Please select among the options a-e aboveQ11a: Who should be responsible for the re-dispatch in a DSO congestion management product? Please select among the options a-e above a b c d e None of the above Q11b: Please provide the basis for your answer. Q12: Market access requirements - Flexibility value stacking Q12a: Do you agree that dynamic pooling in flexibility services should be supported?Q12a: Do you agree that dynamic pooling in flexibility services should be supported? Yes No Don't Know Q12b: If yes, please indicate products and services where dynamic pooling should be possible (i.e. balancing, congestion management, wholesale, capacity market). Q12c: Please provide the basis for your answer. Q13: Market access requirements - Sub-metering arrangements Q13a: Should sub-metering be allowed in all markets and products, including wholesale market and DSO constraint management service?Q13a: Should sub-metering be allowed in all markets and products, including wholesale market and DSO constraint management service? Yes No Don't Know Q13b: If not, please indicate products and services where sub-metering should be possible and cost-effective Q13c: In the case of independent aggregation, should sub-metering also be used as input for the quantification of the Transfer of Energy, which, in turn, will impact wholesale settlement?Q13c: In the case of independent aggregation, should sub-metering also be used as input for the quantification of the Transfer of Energy, which, in turn, will impact wholesale settlement? Yes No Don't Know Q13d: Who should be responsible for the validation of sub-metering data? Q13e: Please provide the basis for your answers. Q14: Privacy and cyber security - Congestion point publication Q14a: Is the publication of congestion points using connection identifiers in line with GDPR requirements on security and privacy?Q14a: Is the publication of congestion points using connection identifiers in line with GDPR requirements on security and privacy? Yes No Don't Know Q14b: If not, what alternative can be used to capture locational information of congestion points and their associated substations (postcodes, GPS coordinates, streets, etc.)? Q14c: Please provide the basis for your answer. Please refer to our Privacy Policy to understand how your data is treated once submitted via this form.