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First published: 11 February 2026 · Status: PUBLIC

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About Auth Energy

The UK energy system is undergoing its most significant digital transformation in a generation. The programmes now in motion - Smart Data Infrastructure, Consumer Consent Solution, half-hourly settlement, tariff interoperability, flexibility market reform - are interconnected. The decisions being made in each will shape how energy markets operate for decades. Auth Energy provides independent technical scrutiny of these programmes: how they are designed, whether they are coherent, and where the risks lie. Our work is published openly and submitted formally to the relevant code bodies, regulators, and government departments. We also work directly with organisations that need to understand and navigate this landscape. We are not a lobbying firm. We do not represent suppliers or technology vendors. Our value is in being technically rigorous, independent, and on the record.

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What You’ll Find Here

This documentation covers three areas:
  • Programme analysis and commentary - our published assessments of key industry initiatives, including where we believe the design is sound and where we believe it is not.
  • Open specifications - technical artefacts we have developed and published, including the Data Access Register specification, as contributions to better industry outcomes.
  • Advisory reference material - frameworks, models, and integration guidance for organisations working in the energy data space.

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Industry Programmes

The diagram below shows how the major UK energy digitalisation programmes relate to one another. Understanding these interdependencies is central to our work. UK Electricity Digital Landscape The key programmes we are actively assessing and contributing to include:
  • Tariff Data Interoperability - standards and infrastructure for machine-readable tariff data exchange.
  • Consumer Consent Solution (CCS) - RECCo’s centralised consent architecture, which we have formally challenged as inconsistent with Ofgem’s stated hybrid model direction.
  • Flexibility Market Asset Registration (FMAR) - emerging registration infrastructure for distributed energy assets.
  • SEC Modifications - we have authored and successfully advanced multiple Smart Energy Code modifications, primarily focused on privacy, consent, and data access lawful bases.
  • Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS) - the transition to granular settlement data and its implications for data access and permissions.
  • Smart Data Infrastructure (DSI) - the proposed coordination layer for energy data access and sharing across the market.
Our commentary on each programme reflects our independent technical view. Where we disagree with the direction being taken, we say so - and we submit that view formally.
Last modified on March 29, 2026