News

27 March 2023

This year’s Meter Administrator audit was again carried out by KPMG during March.  We are pleased to have received confirmation that the audit was completed without issue. Continuing our long term sequence of…

26 March 2023

The Directors of Power Data Associates would like to thank all our customers, staff and business partners for enabling PDA to become the business it has become over the past 20 years.  We started the business in March 2003 doing…

26 March 2023

The Directors of Power Data Associates would like to thank all our customers, staff and business partners for enabling PDA to become the business it has become over the past 20 years.  We started the business in March 2003 doing…

05 January 2023

In December Ofgem approved the modification P434 which is a precursor to Marketwide Half Hourly Settlement.  P434 has changed…

14 October 2022

It is with mixed emotions that we said a fond farewell to Nigel this week.  He has retired again, having previously retired in 2011 from Midlands Electricity when it became Western Power Distribution.

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28 September 2022

Several years ago PDA raised, through UMSUG, a proposal to formalise the interaction of data between the UMSO & Meter Administrator (our role).  Historically, the volume of data was so small that email was an acceptable…

19 August 2022

“Cyber Essentials is an effective, Government backed scheme that will help you to protect your organisation, whatever its size, against a…

15 July 2022

We have all been seeing our energy bills increase and with a Councils street lighting/traffic signals unmetered energy bills comprising approximately 30-40% of their total energy spend, it is no wonder that customers have been…

17 May 2022

This year’s Meter Administrator audit was carried out by KPMG during March and was observed by representatives from Elexon. We are pleased to receive confirmation that the audit was completed without issue. Now with over a…

24 February 2022

Today the Unmetered section of the National Terms of Connection are amended.  These changes are part of the sequence of changes triggered by the move…

26 January 2022

A PECU Array records the switching of photocells according to local light conditions, this data is used by PDA to calculate the daily burning hours of a customer’s assets and is used in energy calculations for Unmetered Supplies. PDA contacts all…

24 January 2022

In our role as Meter Administrator we have visibility of the different PECUs used on traffic signal installations by our customers to switch between bright (daytime) and dim (night time). But what is the optimum lux level range for a set of…