DCUSA Panel and Board

Simon Vicary 

Simon joined the energy industry in 1990 as an engineering graduate. Initially training as a Distribution Engineer he then moved to the commercial side of the business.

Throughout his career he has led teams of multi-disciplinary professionals across a variety of commercial, regulatory and analytical disciplines, spending over eight years leading the EDF Energy team forecasting DUoS and other non-energy costs.

He is currently the Senior Manager for Charging Development at EDF Energy with responsibility for changes relating to network charges. He has proposed several successful industry code changes and is a member of numerous industry workgroups.

Donna Jamieson 

Donna has over 20 years’ experience in the IDNO sector – a background which saw her actively involved in industry governance having managed the accreditation and market entry of one of the first licensed IDNOs. Donna first joined the DCUSA Panel in 2007 as the IDNO Party Representative and was also the first IDNO rep to chair the Panel.

In her day-to-day working life, Donna is Head of Regulations & Compliance at Independent Distribution Connection Specialists Ltd (IDCSL), which operates ‘final mile’ electricity networks. Donna’s main role at IDCSL is to develop and implement operational strategies driven by regulatory change in the energy market.

Kevin is Senior Regulatory Manager at Centrica, managing a team responsible for all energy supply industry codes and agreements, and regulatory reporting for both the domestic and commercial business units.

Kevin has extensive energy regulation, commercial and operational experience with a detailed understanding of the retail energy market. He has in-depth knowledge of the energy industry code governance arrangements, coupled with experience of senior representation on multiple code governance bodies including REC, MRA, and SPAA Panels and Boards. Kevin also takes a leading role on code governance reform and major industry transformation projects, such as MHHS.

Kevin has led on a number of significant DCUSA change proposals, including the introduction of Network SLAs to support smart installations, arrangements to facilitate gas only smart installations, introduction of electricity theft incentive schemes and changes to permit de-energisation activity to facilitate installation of low carbon technologies.

Karl Maryon

Karl has been working in the energy industry since 1988 and has performed a variety of roles spanning forecasting, tariff design, IT programming, application development and regulation. He has been directly involved in industry code modification developments for over 14 years, with a particular focus on the DCUSA and industry-wide charging arrangements and has been a DCUSA Panel Member since 2018.

Karl currently works in the Regulation team of Drax Group with primary responsibility within the team for Industry Governance arrangements pertaining to the DCUSA. As part of this role, he ensures industry changes and code modifications are successfully delivered into Drax’s Supply licensed businesses within the required timelines. Prior to his current role, Karl worked as a Non-Commodity Cost Analyst within Haven Power (now trading as Drax Energy Solutions Limited). In that role he was responsible for forecasting Non-Commodity Costs, ensuring internal systems were accurately configured and took account of regulatory and industry developments.

Throughout the last 14 years, Karl has been a regular participant in Ofgem and industry-led workstreams. This has involved participation in many industry-code working groups, including Distribution Change Proposals (DCPs) looking at credit cover and tariff stability. He has also been instrumental in raising successful changes to other industry codes, for example, P326 under the BSC which looked to make the Credit Cover calculation more accurate for suppliers in the I&C market.

Karl’s areas of subject matter expertise include Credit Cover, Non-Commodity Costs and Charging Methodologies.

Karl’s approach to fulfilling the role of Panel Member is geared towards protecting the integrity of the DCUSA and the industry and he always seeks to provide a balanced view recognising the different needs of the varied market participants and consumers both today and in future.

Alex Travell

Alex has a background in the energy and utilities sector spanning roles in retail, trading and network businesses, with experience of working in electricity, natural gas, hydrogen, water, smart metering and telecoms. His specialist area is industry code governance and policy development. He thrives in complex business environments, leveraging his expertise in regulation, governance and compliance to drive success. He finds fulfilment in contributing to the energy transition and in applying his skills to help teams towards achieving their goals.