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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Hopkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her role is in (a) the appointment of the (i) Chairman and (ii) Board of Elexon Ltd. and (b) determining the terms and conditions of appointment of the (i) Chairman and (ii) Board. [159090] Mr. Timms: [holding answer 8 March 2004]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has no role in the appointment of the Chairman and/or Board of Elexon Ltd. The Elexon Chairman and Board are appointed in accordance with the arrangements set out in the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) in Section C4.1. The Chairman of the Board is the Chairman of the BSC Panel. The Chairman of the BSC Panel is appointed by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority. Other Directors are appointed by the BSC Panel and by the Chairman. Any change to these arrangements would require a modification proposal to be progressed through the BSC modification procedures as outlined in Section F of the BSC. This process is designed to be transparent and inclusive. Modification proposals are subjected to a series of industry consultations, and are usually assessed in detail by a group of industry experts, and then considered by the BSC Panel (which comprises five members elected by parties to the BSC, a potential 6th member drawn from licence exempt suppliers or generators, two members nominated by energywatch, two independent members, one member nominated by NGT, one representative of distribution system operators and is attended by Ofgem) before being approved or rejected by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

159090; 418 c1420-1W;418 c1422-3W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Ofgem Electricity Markets Elexon

Link

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