Webinar on the ILR & TRA for Q2 2022
2022-01-27 10:00 - 10:45 UTC
This is an opportunity to hear from LCCC’s Forecasting Team on the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount forecast for Quarterly Obligation Period 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022. Plus, an opportunity to raise questions with LCCC on the current and longer term forecast.
To register for this webinar please complete this registration link.
Further information on the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount for Quarterly Obligation Period 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022 is available in the News section on the website

Revised Schedule of Supplier’s Monthly Credit Cover and Supplier Charges for 2021/22
2022-03-31
Suppliers received their revised monthly Capacity Market Credit Cover and Supplier Charge schedule for the 2021/22 Delivery Year. The revised schedule is based on the actual data for the Period of High Demand.
This impacts Suppliers who had metered volumes during Period of High Demand in 2021/22 Delivery Year and Suppliers who submitted a demand forecast but subsequently had zero volumes during the Period of High Demand in 2021/22.

Interim Levy Rate (ILR) for 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022
2022-04-01
On 15 December 2021, LCCC issued a Stakeholder Bulletin to announce for the Quarterly Obligation Period 1 April 2022 to 30 June 2022 the Interim Levy Rate is £0.000/MWh.
From 1 April 2022, Suppliers will be required to maintain Credit Cover using the adjusted ILR of £0.000/MWh. Further information on the process on lodging or requesting excess Credit Cover is available in WP42 – Supplier CfD Credit Cover.
We have published supporting information for Suppliers in our News Section on the website.

Supplier Capacity Market Demand Forecast Deadline
2022-06-01
Suppliers are required, under the Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) Regulations 2014, to provide a forecast of Gross Demand for the Period of High Demand, which is 4pm to 7pm on Working Days from November through to February for the 2022/23 Delivery Year. This forecast is used to calculate Suppliers’ monthly Capacity Market Supplier Charge and monthly Credit Cover requirements for 2022/23 Delivery Year.
The email issued to Suppliers will include the following:

CSV forecast template to be completed by entering a demand figure for each of the upcoming peak months (to 3 decimal places), saving and attaching this to your reply to the Service Desk.
Supporting Instructions (PDF) contains your actual peak demands for the previous two Delivery Years (where available) and further information on completing the forecast.

We have introduced reminders emails at specified intervals to be issued at seven, two and one working day prior to the Wednesday 1 June 2022 demand forecast deadline. The demand forecast template and the reminders emails will be issued to the Primary Company email addresses.
Upon returning back your completed CSV forecast templates via email, we do ask Suppliers to provide any supporting commentary within your reply to us via the Service Desk.
Please visit the Stakeholder Support – CM Supplier webpage and select ‘Supplier Charge Market Demand Forecast’ which also provides information on completing your forecast. We also have the WP5 – Supplier Capacity Market Demand Forecast, and G12 – Supplier Capacity Market Demand Forecast for further information.
Once all forecasts are received and reviewed, EMRS will look to send Supplier’s their Schedule of Supplier’s Monthly CM Supplier Charges and Credit Cover by the end of July 2022.

LCCC to determine the Total Reserve Amount and Interim Levy Rate Q4 2022
2022-06-30
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) is required to determine the Total Reserve Amount (TRA) and Interim Levy Rate (ILR) for the Quarterly Obligation Period 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022.
Once confirmed, on behalf of the LCCC we’ll notify Suppliers in accordance with the Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) Regulations 2014 (the “Supplier Obligation Regulations”) of the Supplier’s Reserve Payment Amount and the Interim Levy Rate.
The CfD Scheme Dashboard illustrates the calculations performed to determine TRA and the ILR. It provides calculations for the Quarterly Obligation Periods for which the LCCC have determined a non-zero ILR, a 15 month forecast and a Daily Reconciled Levy Rates. You can view the CfD Scheme Dashboard on the LCCC website.

Interim Levy Rate (ILR) for 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022
2022-07-01
On 28 March 2022, LCCC issued a Stakeholder Bulletin to announce for the Quarterly Obligation Period 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022 the ILR is £0.000/MWh.
From 1 July 2022, Suppliers will be required to maintain Credit Cover using the ILR of £0.000/MWh. Further information on the process on lodging or requesting excess Credit Cover is available in WP42 – Supplier CfD Credit Cover.
We have published supporting information for Suppliers in our News section on the website.

Webinar on the ILR & TRA Q4 2022
2022-07-20 10:00 - 10:45
This webinar is an opportunity to hear from LCCC’s Forecasting Team on the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount forecast for Quarterly Obligation Period 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022. Plus, an opportunity to raise questions with LCCC on the current and longer term forecast.

To register for this webinar please complete this registration link.
Further information on the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount for Quarterly Obligation Period 1 October 2022 to 31 December 2022 is available in the News section on the website

Planned System Outage - My EMRS
2022-09-13
Planned System Outage – My EMRS
We would like to inform you there will be a planned system outage to My EMRS on Tuesday 13 September 2022 from 8:30am to 5:30pm to facilitate the updates required to My EMRS for the additional services.
Please can we ask that you submit any registration and amendments requests by 3:00pm on Monday 12 September 2022 to support any changes you may require.
We will provide an update on our website to confirm once the outage has been completed.

My EMRS - Implementation
2022-09-14
We are so excited to let you know on 14 September 2022 we will go live with consolidating the information currently available on the EMR Settlement Portal in one place onto My EMRS for Capacity Providers, CfD Generators and Suppliers. This will centralise your information onto one digitalised platform and supports further opportunities for the future.
The functionality that will be available on My EMRS will include the ability to:

View Registration Details
Submit Registration Amendments
Download Party Data Files
Download Metered Data*
Submit and view Capacity Market Volume Reallocation Notification (CMVRN)*

*Available to Capacity Providers
Supporting Information
Over the coming weeks we will be updating the About My EMRS webpage that features frequently asked questions. We will also be uploading a new short video to show you some of the new services on My EMRS and updating the My EMRS User Guide to support you on the additional services.
Review your Authorised Contacts
We would encourage you all to review your Authorised Contacts to ensure EMRS is holding the most up-to-date contact details. Especially, if you’ve had new colleagues join your organisation and maybe had some colleagues leave over the last year. It is always worth checking who you do have as Authorised Contacts and it is easy to submit amendment requests using My EMRS.

Deadline to complete Metering Assessments for 2025/26 Delivery Year
2022-10-01
By 1 October 2022, the following generating CMU types for the T-4 Auction are required to complete Metering Assessments for the 2025/26 Delivery:

Existing Generating
Proven DSR
Existing Interconnector

Further details on completing Metering Assessments is available on our Stakeholder Support for Capacity Providers webpage. We have provided information in G1 – Capacity Market Metering to aid with any technical queries you may have with the questions.
Please contact our Service Desk if you require further information or support.

Prequalification Results Day
2022-11-01
National Grid ESO EMR Delivery Body (Delivery Body) will confirm the results from Prequalification to Applicants via the EMR DB Portal. For news on this announcement please visit the Delivery Body website.

Deadline for Conditionally Prequalified Applicants to lodge Credit Cover
2022-11-22 17:00
Following Prequalification Results Day on 1 November 2022, those Conditionally Prequalified Applicants are required to provide Credit Cover within 15 Working Days (WDs) after Prequalification Results Day; this deadline is 22 November 2022.
The full details of the process for Applicants to lodge Credit Cover is available on the Stakeholder Support for Applicant/Capacity Provider webpage and in WP35 – Applicant Credit Cover.

Tier 1 Disputes Credit Cover Deadline
2022-12-20
Those applicants who have now had an updated status to Conditionally Prequalified are required to lodge Credit Cover within 15 Working Days (WDs); this deadline is 20 December 2022.
Full details of the process for Applicants to lodge Credit Cover is available on the Stakeholder Support for Applicant/Capacity Provider webpage and in WP35 – Applicant Credit Cover.

LCCC to determine the Total Reserve Amount and Interim Levy Rate Q2 2023
2022-12-30
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) is required to determine the Total Reserve Amount (TRA) and Interim Levy Rate (ILR) for the Quarterly Obligation Period 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023.
Once confirmed, on behalf of the LCCC we’ll notify Suppliers in accordance with the Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) Regulations 2014 (the “Supplier Obligation Regulations”) of the Supplier’s Reserve Payment Amount and the Interim Levy Rate.
The CfD Scheme Dashboard illustrates the calculations performed to determine TRA and the ILR. It provides calculations for the Quarterly Obligation Periods for which the LCCC have determined a non-zero ILR, a 15 month forecast and a Daily Reconciled Levy Rates. You can view the CfD Scheme Dashboard on the LCCC website.

LCCC hosting a webinar on ILR and TRA for Q2 2023
2023-01-25 10:00 - 10:45
This is an opportunity to hear from LCCC’s Forecasting Team on the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount forecast for Quarterly Obligation Period 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023. Plus, an opportunity to raise questions and to look back at the outcomes in Q4 2022. They will also explain first-hand the reasons for creating the new Supplier Payments Dashboard and how stakeholders can interact with the dashboard.
If you would like to find out more, please sign up to this webinar via this registration link.
LCCC will look at the following topics in the webinar:

How Q4 2022 CfD costs compared to our forecasts, and how this affects money flows within the CfD scheme.
The assumptions that went into forecasting the Interim Levy Rate and the Total Reserve Amount for Q2 2023.
Newly published “Supplier Payments Dashboard”, which shows how much each Supplier has paid to LCCC due to the ILR since the CfD scheme began.

Further information on the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount for Q2 2023 is available in the News. Also, please do refer to the CfD scheme Dashboards published by LCCC to illustrate scheme data and metrics.

Final Capacity Market Auction Results for T-1 2023/24
2023-02-24 00:00 - 2023-02-27 00:00
The Capacity Auction Final Results Report for T-1 Capacity Auction for DY 2023/24 will be published on the Delivery Body Website within latest News.
Final CM Auction Results for T-1 2023/24 are now published.

Final Capacity Market Auction Results for T-4 2026/27
2023-03-03 00:00 - 2023-03-06 00:00
The Capacity Auction Final Results Report for T-4 Capacity Auction for DY 2026/27 will be published on the Delivery Body website within latest News.

Supplier CfD Credit Cover Deadline
2023-03-08 00:00 - 17:00
Suppliers will be required to maintain Credit Cover. Suppliers need to ensure they have sufficient Credit Cover lodged by 5pm on 8 March 2023 to meet the increase in the Interim Levy Rate to £8.120/MWh from 9 March 2023 until 31 March 2023, the end of the Quarterly Obligation Period.
Details on how to lodge Credit Cover have been published in news item ‘CfD Interim Levy Rates increases from 9 March 2023’. Also, you can view information on the Stakeholder Support for Suppliers – CfD webpage.

CfD Interim Levy of £8.120/MWh
2023-03-09
The CfD Interim Levy Rate has been adjusted for the remainder of the Quarterly Obligation Period from £0.000/MWh to £8.120/MWh and takes effect on 9 March 2023. From the effective date, Supplier’s CfD Interim Rate Payments and Credit Cover requirements will be calculated using the adjusted Interim Levy Rate.
Further details on the increase to the Interim Levy Rate is published in news item ‘CfD Interim Levy Rates increases from 9 March 2023’.

Telephone outage on 28 March 2023
2023-03-28
On Tuesday 28 March, we will have a telephone outage. This is due to moving to a new provider which requires some changes to our communication systems. We understand this may cause some inconvenience, and we apologise in advance for any disruption to your work.
During the outage, please contact our Service Desk via contact@emrsettlement.co.uk and our team will respond to your query. It is worth remembering you can use My EMRS to submit new registration, submit registration amendments, download invoices, backing data and metered data reports.
We would like to reassure you that once the work is complete, you will not notice any difference when calling the Service Desk.

Interim Levy Rate & Total Reserve Amount determined for Q3
2023-03-31
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) is required to determine the Total Reserve Amount and Interim Levy Rate for the Quarterly Obligation Period 1 July 2023 to 30 September 2023.
Once confirmed, we will notify Suppliers in accordance with the Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) Regulations 2014 (the “Supplier Obligation Regulations”) of the Supplier’s Reserve Payment Amount and the Interim Levy Rate.
The CfD Scheme Dashboard illustrates the calculations performed to determine the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount. It also provides a 15 month forecast and a Daily Reconciled Levy Rates. You can view the CfD Scheme Dashboard on the LCCC website.

Revised Schedule of Supplier’s Monthly Credit Cover and Supplier Charges for 2022/23
2023-03-31
Suppliers received their revised monthly Capacity Market Credit Cover and Supplier Charge schedule for the 2022/23 Delivery Year. The revised schedule is based on the actual data for the Period of High Demand. The first month a Supplier’s Capacity Market Supplier Charge will be calculated using metered data will be May 2023.
This impacts Suppliers who had metered volumes during Period of High Demand in 2022/23 Delivery Year and Suppliers who submitted a demand forecast but subsequently had zero volumes during the Period of High Demand in 2022/23. Supporting information is available in the Stakeholder Support for Suppliers.

Interim Levy Rate for 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023
2023-04-01
On 16 December 2022, LCCC issued a Stakeholder Bulletin to announce for the Quarterly Obligation Period 1 April 2023 to 30 June 2023 that the Interim Levy Rate is £0.000/MWh.
From 1 April 2023, Suppliers will be required to maintain Credit Cover using the Interim Levy Rate of £0.000/MWh. Further information on the process on lodging or requesting excess Credit Cover is available in WP42 – Supplier CfD Credit Cover.
We have published supporting information for Suppliers in our News Section on the website.

Supplier’s Capacity Market Monthly Credit Cover Deadline
2023-04-13
You must lodge enough Credit Cover no later than 12 working days before the start of the month to meet your monthly Credit Cover requirement for each month of the Delivery Year. The amount of Credit Cover is 110% of the monthly Capacity Market Supplier Charge.
This is illustrated in the revised monthly Capacity Market Credit Cover and Supplier Charge schedule for the 2022/23 Delivery Year which Suppliers receive at the end of March 2023. A copy of this schedule will be available on My EMRS for Suppliers to review. Supporting information is available on the Stakeholder Support for Suppliers webpage.

LCCC hosting a webinar on ILR and TRA for Q3 2023
2023-04-26 10:00 - 11:00
This is an opportunity to hear from LCCC’s Forecasting Team on the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount forecast for Quarterly Obligation Period 1 July 2023 to 30 September 2023. Plus, an opportunity to raise questions and to look back at the outcomes in Q1 2023.
If you would like to find out more, please sign up to this webinar via this registration link.
Further information on the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount for Q3 2023 is available in the News. Also, please do refer to the CfD scheme Dashboards published by LCCC to illustrate scheme data and metrics.

EMR Delivery Body hosting a Capacity Market Pre Delivery Year 2023/24 Webinar
2023-05-23 14:00 - 15:30
EMR Delivery Body are hosting a webinar for Capacity Market Participants who were awarded a Capacity Market Agreement from T-1 2022 Auction Results or T-4 2019 Auction Results for the Delivery Year 2023/24. The purpose of this webinar is to provide an understanding of the activities required prior to the commencement of the Delivery Year. Those wanting a general refresh of this information are also welcome to attend.
This webinar will provide you with a better understanding of:

Roles & Responsibilities
DB Milestones Tool
Pre Delivery Year Timeline (June – October 2023)
Metering Activities
My EMRS
Stress Event Information

There will also be time for attendees to ask questions to the following Capacity Market Delivery Partners: Electricity Market Reform Delivery Body (EMR DB), Electricity Settlements Company (ESC) and EMR Settlement (EMRS).
Register for this webinar here.
You can email emr@nationalgrideso.com if you have any queries about the above information.

Supplier Capacity Market Demand Forecast 2023 Deadline
2023-06-01
Suppliers are required, under the Electricity Capacity (Supplier Payment etc.) Regulations 2014, to provide a forecast of Gross Demand for the Period of High Demand: 4pm to 7pm on Working Days from November through to February for the 2023/24 Delivery Year. This forecast is used to calculate Suppliers’ monthly Capacity Market Supplier Charge and monthly Credit Cover requirements for 2022/23 Delivery Year.
The email issued to Suppliers will include the following:

CSV forecast template to be completed by entering a demand figure for each of the upcoming peak months (to 3 decimal places), saving and attaching this to your reply to the Service Desk.
Supporting Instructions (PDF) contains your actual peak demands for the previous two Delivery Years (where available) and further information on completing the forecast.

‘Reminder’ emails will be issued at specified intervals at seven, two and one working day prior to the Thursday 1 June 2023 demand forecast deadline. The demand forecast template and the reminders emails will be issued to the Primary Company email addresses.
Upon returning back your completed CSV forecast templates via email, we do ask Suppliers to provide any supporting commentary within your reply to us via the Service Desk.
Please visit the Stakeholder Support – CM Supplier webpage which provides information on completing your forecast. We also have WP5 – Supplier Capacity Market Demand Forecast, and G12 – Supplier Capacity Market Demand Forecast for further information.
Once all forecasts are received and reviewed, EMRS will look to send Supplier’s their Schedule of Supplier’s Monthly CM Supplier Charges and Credit Cover by the end of July 2023.

Implementation the data flows changes to support EMR backing data
2023-06-30
EMR Backing Data changes aligns the associated data flows structures and is named in line with the actual output from the Settlement System. This change impacts Suppliers, CfD Generators and Capacity Providers.
The changes amends the following data flows:

D0362 – CfD Supplier Invoice Backing Data
D0363 – CfD Supplier Credit Cover Report
D0364 – CM Supplier Invoice Backing Data
D0365 – CfD Generator Invoice Backing Data
D0366 – CM Capacity Provider Invoice Backing Data

The CSV backing data format will also be updated to ensure consistency across all backing data formats.
For full details of this change please do visit the EMR Backing Data changes webpage. EMR235 provides some historical background information about these changes.

Interim Levy Rate & Total Reserve Amount determined for Q4
2023-06-30
The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) is required to determine the Total Reserve Amount and Interim Levy Rate for the Quarterly Obligation Period 1 October 2023 to 31 December 2023.
Once confirmed, we will notify Suppliers in accordance with the Contracts for Difference (Electricity Supplier Obligations) Regulations 2014 (the “Supplier Obligation Regulations”) of the Supplier’s Reserve Payment Amount and the Interim Levy Rate.
The CfD Scheme Dashboard illustrates the calculations performed to determine the Interim Levy Rate and Total Reserve Amount. It also provides a 15 month forecast and a Daily Reconciled Levy Rates. You can view the CfD Scheme Dashboard on the LCCC website.

Service Desk Maintenance
2023-06-30 12:00 - 2023-07-03 08:30
Please be advised that this maintenance did not go ahead and we are working with an external service provider to reschedule this work.

We would like to advise from 12:00pm on Friday 30 June 2023 to 8:30am on Monday 3 July 2023, the Jira Service Management application used to manage the Service Desk is going to be down for maintenance.
How will this impact the EMRS Service Desk?
During this short period of maintenance, the following is impacted:

Issue of ticket reference numbers
Ability for Operators to respond via the Service Desk
Ticket status notifications

This includes the contact@emrsettlement.co.uk and metering@emrsettlement.co.uk email addresses.
Rest assured we have chosen the quietest period to undertake this maintenance to minimise impact on our customers.
What should I do if I have an urgent query or service request?
If you do have an urgent query or service request during this period, please call the Service Desk on 020 7380 4333 and the team will be happy to assist.
What happens when the maintenance is completed?
We are confident the Service Desk will be fully restored at around 8:30am on Monday 3 July 2023. Any emails received during the downtime will load into the Service Desk and ticket reference numbers will be issued. All other activities will resume from this point.
When will I receive a further update?
We will provide an update following the completion of this maintenance on Monday 3 July 2023.
