Who should make a report?

Generator operators

A person who generates electricity at high voltage for the purpose of supplying consumers' installations via a network.

Transmission operators

Those licenced to transmit electricity either as Transmission Owners and/or Transmission Operators.

Distribution network operators

A person who owns and operates a network, except for a network where that person is an operator of a network within the meaning of Part 1 of the Railways Act 1993^[1].

Suppliers

A person who contracts to supply electricity to consumers.

Meter operators/smart meter communicators

A person who installs, maintains or removes metering equipment used for measuring the flow of energy to or from a network at or near the supply terminals.

Members of the public

Should not make reports under ESQCR, guidance is available if you wish to raise a concern about workplace health and safety^[2]. Alternatively, if you wish to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases or specified dangerous occurrences (near misses), you can do so under RIDDOR Regulations 2013^[3].

Link URLs in this page

Part 1 of the Railways Act 1993http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/43/contents
raise a concern about workplace health and safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/contact/index.htm
RIDDOR Regulations 2013https://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm
ESQCR online report formhttps://notifications.hse.gov.uk/EsqcrForm/Esqcr.aspx
The Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations 2002http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2665/contents/made
RIDDORhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm
Electricity safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/electricity/index.htm
Statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/index.htm

Glossary of abbreviations/acronyms on this page

ESQCR: Electricity Safety, Quality and Continuity Regulations