Part 5: Independent System Operator and Planner Section 168: Licensing of gas system planning activity
Section 168 makes amendments to the Gas Act 1986 that mirror the electricity licence in section 166 but in respect of a ‘gas system planner licence’. The Act provides for the ISOP to have a narrower role to gas than in relation to electricity. In relation to gas, its functions do not include day-to-day system operation or short-term planning. Instead, its functions are limited to longer-term planning and forecasting in relation to the gas network and markets (comprising a relatively small part of the current functions of National Grid Gas).