News

26 April 2013

Power Data Associates is pleased to be working with Luton Borough Council and Harvard to help them achieve significant energy and carbon savings. Luton was the first local authority to realise the benefits of Harvard’s ‘Install to Save’ finance…

08 April 2013

Power Data Associates is pleased to welcome our 100th Meter Administrator customer. Our business has gone from strength to strength as we continue to invest in our service to ensure our customers gain the maximum benefit of working with the…

21 February 2013

The majority of unmetered customers will see a reduction in charges from April 2013. Distribution businesses have published their revised Distribution Use of System (DUoS) charges effective from April 2013. The changes introduce a new structure…

11 December 2012

The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have announced their plan for simplifying the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). They have confirmed that from 1st April 2014 all unmetered supplies (Non Half Hourly, passive Half Hourly and…

16 October 2012

Power Data Associates was proud to be involved at the inaugural ILP Professional Lighting Summit that took place in Brighton this month.
The ILP asked Power Data Associates to present a technical presentation examining the impact part night…

15 May 2012

The National Measurement Office (NMO) has released their final guidance on the ‘500W rule’. This has been a hot topic for debate among many local authorities over the years and there is much to be encouraged about with the final…

07 February 2012

The National Measurement Office (NMO) has now published an informal consultation on their draft guidance in relation to the so called “500W rule”.
The 500W rule has invoked strong feelings from many street lighting engineers around the…

17 January 2012

Elexon have announced that the next lamp types will subject to load research during 2012:

  • SON 50W
  • SON 100W
  • SON 400W
  • SOX 180W
  • SOX-E 131W
  • 150W CDM-T TT ET

The final…

09 January 2012

We would like to share the good news that Nigel Birchley, formerly the Unmetered Supplies Operator (UMSO) Manager in the midlands (now part of WPD), has joined our team. Nigel brings with him a vast wealth of experience that we…

01 October 2011

October 2011 saw PDA present at several Charles Endirect technical seminars around the country. These seminars aimed to promote the new technologies available to customers from Charles Endirect and PDA provided details on how customers could…

01 September 2011

September 2011 saw a PDA article on current industry news published in the ILP Journal. In the article PDA provided an update on the latest news from the ELEXON USMUG meetings as well as an update the Carbon Reduction Commitment. This was also…

01 June 2011

June 2011 saw Scottish & Southern Energy exit the Meter Administrator market. As part of the withdrawal Power Data Associates is pleased to welcome the bulk of these customers who choose to appoint PDA as their Meter Administrator.