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Distribution networks definition

What does Distribution networks mean? In legal practice, distribution networks describes the communications infrastructure used to deliver voice, data and audiovisual content to end-users, such as fixed and mobile telephony networks, cable and fibre/IP networks (including IPTV), digital terrestrial television multiplexes, and satellite uplink/downlink and transponder capacity. The term is descriptive rather than a defined statutory term, and overlaps with concepts such as electronic communications networks and transmission services under the UK Communications Act 2003 and Irish legislation implementing the European Electronic Communications Code. The concept is used when drafting and negotiating carriage, retransmission and capacity agreements; addressing interconnection and access (including any remedies imposed...

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What is an Independent Distribution Network Operator (IDNO)?

Electricity moves from the point of generation (where it is created) to end consumers (via an electricity supplier) through transmission and distribution networks. Collectively these networks are often called the ‘grid’, although that term originally described only the transmission system and is still occasionally used in that narrower sense.

For details on:

electricity generators, see Practice Notes: Licensing of GB electricity generation and storage and great britain electricity generation, distribution and supply licensing and exemptions regime
electricity transmission networks, see Practice Notes: Licensing of GB Electricity Transmission, The role of National Grid in the Great Britain energy market and The Split of National Grid’s Transmission Owner (TO) and system operator (SO) Roles and Licences [Archived]
electricity distribution networks, see Practice Notes: Licensing of GB electricity distribution and Great Britain electricity generation, distribution and supply licensing and exemptions regime

A generator may connect to the high‑voltage National Electricity Transmission System (NETS) or link directly to a mainly low‑voltage distribution system. In either scenario, save for certain exceptions, it is typically a distribution system that ultimately delivers electricity to the consumer’s premises. Historically,...

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