Costs of Pool Membership
All costs mentioned are detailed in the Pooling and Settlement Agreement. If there is any discrepancy between the Pooling and Settlement Agreement and the costs set out below, then the Pooling and Settlement Agreement will take precedence.
There may be other costs associated with Pool Membership which are not directly linked to the Pool such as licence fees and use of system charges.
A Pool Member is liable to contribute to the costs of running the Settlement System. Currently the majority of these are allocated as follows (on annual basis):
a) Settlement Administrator's Charges
Pool Members pay an annual membership fee:
• Small Suppliers (less than 200MW maximum demand) or Small Generators (less than 50MW registered capacity) pay £9000, or £2,500 if they require only their own trading information (Settlements provide a guide on the information available to Pool Members).
• Intermediate Suppliers (200MW - 2000MW maximum demand) or Intermediate Generators (50MW - 1000MW registered capacity) pay £20,000.
• Large Suppliers (2000MW or more maximum demand) or Large Generators (1000MW or more registered capacity)pay £45,000.
Pool Members that are both Suppliers and Generators pay only one membership fee.
Pool Members who wish to receive only their own trading information by electronic mail pay an additional fee of £800 per year.
Pool Members wishing to receive data by courier pay an additional membership fee of £1000.
b) Generator Unit Registration
Generators pay £500 for each of their Generating Units for which standing data is submitted; a CCGT module pays £1,500 during its first year and thereafter £500;
c) Registration of Metering
Each Pool Member pays £750 for each Metering System for which it is the Registrant;
d) Second Tier Data Collection Charge
Pool Members that are registrants of a Metering System at a Second Tier Site pays an amount in respect of the Second Tier System charge for each Metering System that is registered. A charge is determined annually.
e) Energy Related Charge
The balance of any Settlement System costs, after the payment of the above sums, is allocated between Pool Members according to their respective Contributory Shares, i.e., in relation to their trading shares - the more energy you trade through the Pool, the greater the charge will be.
A general rule of thumb would be in the region of 4 to 4.5p/MWh.
f) Pool Funds Administrator's Charge
This is another energy related charge determined by Contributory Shares.
Other discrete costs directly referable to a Pool Member are payable by the Member, such as Specific Information requirements.