Electricity

Tender description

In March 2013 The Greater London Authority (The GLA) applied to Ofgem for a Junior Electricity supply Licence ‘Licence Lite’ on the basis of the GLA as licensee being relieved of it's obligation to be a party to the relevant industry codes as described below. A condition of the GLA being eligible to be granted a license without being party to the codes is that the licensed electricity supplier who IS party to the codes provides the GLA certain services to enable the GLA to operate as a licensed supplier. A third party Licensed supplier has now been appointed via a competitive process. This Framework allows the GLA to be granted a Junior Electricity Supply Licence (Licence Lite) in order to purchase electricity from small scale electricity generating operations and supply selected commercial and public sector consumers within London. The GLA's objective is that by the means it will facilitate decentralised energy generators in obtaining a better price for their electricity export, rather than relying on power purchase agreements into in the usual way.