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<p>In order to protect consumers and ensure that they have choices over who can access
their energy data and for what purposes, the Government has established a data access
and privacy regulatory framework</p><p>Energy suppliers will be able to access their
own customers’ monthly consumption data for billing and for the purposes of fulfilling
any statutory requirement or licence obligations. Consumers will be able to choose
whether or not to permit energy suppliers to access data on their daily or half-hourly
consumption of energy.</p><p>Network operators will be permitted to access monthly
consumption data for the purpose of developing and maintaining efficient, co-ordinated
and economical systems for the distribution of electricity and gas. They will also
be allowed to access half-hourly data for regulated purposes, such as network design,
but this data will be aggregated so that individuals cannot be identified from it.</p><p>A
consumer may choose to permit a third party signatory of the Smart Energy Code (such
as an energy service company or switching sites) to access their consumption data
but this access will not be permitted without explicit consumer consent.</p><p> </p>
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