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Key Documents
Early Competition

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We have published a range of documents throughout the early competition project.

We are committed to transparency and providing useful information to the industry, and all our documents are available to download.

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Early Competition Plan

Our Request for Information (RFI) document has been uploaded below, we are also inviting users to complete this survey to respond to this RFI.

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1 December 2022Request for Information (RFI)
28 November 2022Early Competition Cost Benefit Analysis Methodology Consultation
5 May 2021Early Competition - Final Plan April 2021
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Past phase documents

Published Sort ascending Name
24 Mar 2022Early Competition - Phase 5a - Dx Modification report
16 Feb 2022Early Competition - Phase 5a - Teach in
16 Feb 2022Early Competition - Phase 5a - Summary document
26 May 2021Early Competition Plan - Phase 2 workshop materials
26 May 2021Early Competition Plan - Phase 3 workshop materials
5 May 2021Early Competition - Final Plan April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 1 - Industry Codes - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 4 - System Needs and Technical Specification - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 7 - Engagement Summary - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 10 - You Said, We Did - April 2021
4 May 2021DX Thought Piece - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 2 - Heads of Terms - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 5 - Counterfactual Approach - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 8 - ESO Networks Stakeholder Group Members List - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 11 - Early Competition Precedents - April 2021
4 May 2021ENSG Early Competition Report Final - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 3 - ITT Skeleton - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 6 - Roles Interaction Map - April 2021
4 May 2021Early Competition Plan Appendix 9 - ENSG Feedback Summary - April 2021
4 May 2021Developing the ECP - April 2021

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Discover more about the Early Competition

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Early Competition

Early Competition is a competitive process to select a bidder a solution or a specific need on GB's electricity transmission system.

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Events, Webinars and FAQs

Throughout the development of our plan, we hosted numerous workshops and webinars throughout each phase of the project.

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The journey to our plan

Take a look at the journey to developing our plan so far.

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