UK-based consultancy BJSS is partnering with Elexon to deliver the Helix Programme, a major transformation initiative to support the roll-out of Market-wide Half Hourly Settlements (MHHS).
The Helix Programme, which is due to complete by October 2025, aims to transform Elexon’s central systems and infrastructure to facilitate MHHS, a programme predicted to bring net benefits for consumers in Great Britain of up to £4.5bn between 2021 and 2045.
According to BJSS and Elexon, the implementation of MHHS is also a key enabler to help Britain achieve its Net-Zero ambitions.
“Moving to MHHS is a key change in the energy sector, which will help enable the innovation and change needed to reach Net-Zero,” said Victoria Moxham, director of customer operations at Elexon. “Elexon is investing in redeveloping BSC central systems so we can receive and process the exponential increase in half-hourly data that we’ll be required to process once MHHS is implemented.”
BJSS is responsible for delivering the Helix Programme’s data management hub while Elexon currently collects half-hourly data from around 340,000 customers. Once MHHS is implemented across the sector, this will increase ninetyfold, BJSS said.
“We are delighted to help Elexon deliver an important programme of work, which supports the redevelopment of systems that play an essential role in the electricity market,” added Ben Cooper, sales lead for BJSS’ Energy, commodities and utilities practice. “We look forward to working with the great team at Elexon and the other suppliers involved in the programme to decarbonise the industry.”
