UK power watchdog Ofgem has launched a consultation on the legally binding commitments offered by utility SSE following an investigation into whether it abused its dominant position in the electricity connections market, the regulator said Wednesday.
Ofgem said its investigation, launched in December 2014, had identified inconsistencies in providing services needed to enable SSE and its competitors to connect up new development sites.
By September 2015, SSE had agreed to issue commitments to alter its conduct which would addresses the competition concerns.
On June 21, SSE sent a set of proposed processes and procedures to ensure consistency in its pricing and when identifying points of connection to its electricity distribution networks.
"Ofgem considers that these commitments will meet the competition concerns that have been raised," it said Wednesday.
The regulator added that SSE's proposed commitments could "supplement" a new code of practice which was recently introduced to force companies to open up competition in the electricity connections market.
Ofgem called for comments from interested parties by August 3, 2016.
A formal acceptance of the commitments by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority would result in the closure of the investigation, the regulator said.
No decision would be made on whether or SSE had infringed competition rules, it added.
