SEM-10-022 Directed Contracts 2010/2011 Quantification and Pricing: A Decision Paper

oday the SEM Committee published a Decision Paper on the Quantification and Pricing of 2010/2011 Directed Contracts.

Following the publication of the Directed Contract Implementation Report: A Response and Decision Paper (SEM-10-016), the RAs received a request from a market participant to delay the start of the DC subscription window until at least 5 working days following the CER’s publication of a "Review of the Regulatory Framework for the Retail Electricity Market: Roadmap to Deregulation" (CER10058) which was published on the 21st April. This is in order to give sufficient time to consider the implications of this paper. Following discussions with other market participants, the RAs concur that this request is reasonable and accordingly the start date (though not the end date) for the primary subscription window will be 3 working days later than originally planned. The dates for the 2010-11 DC subscription windows will now be:

. Primary DC subscription will start on Thursday 29th April (rather than Monday 26th) and run until 24th May 2010. Please note that the 3rd May is a public holiday in ROI and will not be a subscription day; and,

. Supplemental window runs from 1st to the 4th June 201