SP Product Application and Qualification

A service provider applies for products with a specific procuring system operator. The application includes all the product types the service provider wants to offer to that specific system operator.

One at the time

The service provider should only initiate one application per product type, then wait for that application to be processed before initiating another application for the same product type towards another system operator. This prevents double/duplicate work for the system operators. The qualification process done by the system operator will be much lighter when the service provider is already qualified for the product type by another system operator.

The service provider will have to apply for the product type(s) they want to deliver for every procuring system operator they want to deliver to, but if the service provider is already qualified for the product type by another procuring system operation, the qualification process can be simplified by letting the flexibility information system automatically move the application ahead to communication test.

Prerequisites

• The service provider is registered and approved by the flexibility information system operator.
• Service provider data is updated. The data used in qualifying is registered on the service provider, not the application itself.
• The service provider will identify and nominate a system operator to do the qualification. This is done as part of the application.

Qualification checks

The procedure for qualifying a SP will differ based on what product types the SP is applying for. The qualification is about ensuring that the service provider is capable of delivering the specific type of product. The qualification is done by a procuring system operator.

Also note that the service provider has been vetted as part of the registration process and that SPG product application will happen later.

The following is a list of types-of-checks that might be relevant for the qualification, depending on the product type.

• Banking information.
• Financial security.
• Trading license from the Norwegian Energy Regulatory Authority (RME).
• Settlement agreement with settlement responsible for imbalance settlement.
• User agreement with the procuring system operator.
• Qualifying the service providers technical solutions for activation, including full chain of systems involved.
• Communication test.
• Operational capabilities e.g. operations center and on-call procedures.

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