Part 5: Independent System Operator and Planner Section 161: The Independent System Operator and Planner ("the ISOP")
Section 161 introduces the concept of the ISOP and describes what it will do. It includes (in subsection (3)) a representative, but not exhaustive, list of its initial functions (activities) and notes (subsection (2) that functions are (or will be) typically conferred on the ISOP by legislation (including this Act) or instruments made under legislation (for example licences or codes).
	The ISOP has hitherto been referred to in consultation and other documentation as the Future System Operator (FSO).