Customer Recharge Process

Sometimes standard maintenance approaches may not be optimal for our customers. Where this is the case, the Customer Recharge Agreement can enable parties to agree different maintenance approaches through a bilateral contract with directly connected customers. Customers can pay the incremental costs of working flexibly outside normal working practices where we are able to accommodate these requests. For example:

Customer-initiated requests for us to change our planned maintenance to a non-standard arrangement, such as requesting planned maintenance during non-standard hours (e.g., weekend or bank holiday).
Customer-initiated requests for National Gas work, including the isolation of their supply to facilitate the customer's works.

If you would like more information, please take a look at our standard C ustomer Recharge Terms and Conditions.

The Customer Recharge Agreement covers non-routine works facilitated for third parties, which includes isolations.

This form is only to be used to request planned works on National Gas Transmission sites. It is not to be used in the event of an emergency situation.

Please provide at least 40 days notice, to allow us to plan the work and raise or gain approval for the necessary Non-Routine Operation (NRO) procedure for the work. If an NRO is not required, then this timescale may be reduced.

Please note that this pro-forma form does not constitute a contract. See Terms and Conditions (link to open PDF).

The process has 4 steps:

The customer completes and submits the form
We will provide a quote, based on the information in the form, and other information provided by the relevant Operations Team

NB: National Gas Transmission does not make a profit on Customer Recharge - all quotes invoiced are to cover costs
Once the customer accepts the quote, the relevant Operations Team will plan and complete the work
National Gas Transmission will invoice your company for the work

If you would like more information, please email [email protected]

All fields marked with “*” are mandatory

Invoicing details

Company name

Address for invoicing

Details of work

Site name

Address of site where the work is to take place

Specific details of work you require National Grid to carry out

Note: All valves etc. must be clearly identified

Details of work that you, the customer will be carrying out that directly relates to the work you require NG to do

Eg: purging
Write “N/A” if not needed

Date and time that works are to start

Date and time that works are to completed

Customer's site contact details

Name

Phone number

You can add several e-mail addresses if required separated by “;”