BSC Panel

The BSC Panel supervises the management, development and implementation of the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC).

ELEXON provides all the resources, facilities and advice that the BSC Panel requires to do its work.

The BSC Panel has ten elected and appointed members, all of whom are obliged to act impartially and may not represent any one Party or class of Parties. Each Panel Member serves for two years. The composition of the BSC Panel is set-out below.

BSC Panel Members:

Nick Durlacher - Chairman

Professor Richard Brealey - (Deputy Chairman) Independent Panel Member

Moira Siddons - Independent Panel Member

Nigel Cornwall - Industry Panel Member

John Sykes - Industry Panel Member

Malcolm Taylor - Industry Panel Member

Graham Thomas - Industry Panel Member

Barbara Vest - Industry Panel Member

Andrew Horsler - Consumer Panel Member

Abid Sheikh - Consumer Panel Member

Duncan Burt - National Grid Representative

In Addition:

David Lane - Distribution System Operator Representative

Jonathan Dixon - Ofgem Representative

The BSC Panel’s powers are described in the BSC and Code Subsidiary Documents. Refer to Section B – ‘The Panel’ of the BSC and the BSC and Related Documents section of the BSC (ELEXON) website for more information.

BSC Panel meetings are held monthly and more frequently should urgent business dictate. All meetings are held in open session with the exception of confidential business. Non-BSC Parties must gain permission from the BSC Panel Chairman if they wish to attend.

For more information refer to the BSC Panel and Panel Committees section of the BSC (ELEXON) website.

The BSC Panel can be contacted through the BSC Panel Secretary at BSC.Panel@ELEXON.co.uk