CATRID (Customer Access to Retailer ID)

Project status

In Progress

Aim

This project involves building a query engine on the Open Water website that will enable customers to find out the name of their retailer by inputting their postcode or meter serial number.

Project updates

Due to this project being owned by MOSL and MOSL's role as administrator in the fund, the project team has produced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to outline their role in the CATRID project and the issue of funds.

Date Update

 12 August 2025

MOSL and Ofwat met on 12 August. MOSL will begin work putting the CATRID tool onto the testing area of the Open Water website this month and will work with Ofwat to confirm the successful operation of the tool. Actions for Aug and Sep by their completion date are below:

 

18 August 2025            Outstanding Bugs resolution 

20 August 2025            Integration with Ofwat test page and code release to pre-production

21 August 2025            Business demonstration of the solution 

28 August 2025            Enterprise to Enterprise (E2E) / MOSL business testing 

1 September 2025       Demonstration of the solution to Ofwat/CCW 

 4 September 2025     Define Product Management post go-live

8 September 2025      User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

9 September 2025      UAT Sign-off 

10 September 2025    Code locked for production rollout 

12 September 2025     Service transition 

12 September 2025     Go/No-go meeting 

12 September 2025     Preparation for go-live 

15 September 2025     Production deployment 

29 September 2025     Hypercare

30 September 2025     Project closure 

25 March 2025

Testing and development set to continue in July, with project completion expected by August 2025.

31 January 2025

Testing of the integration of the CATRID tool with the Open Water Website is on hold due to prioritisation of the Market Performance Framework (MPF) Reform and Business Retailer and Customer Measure of Experience (BR-MeX) survey.

August 2024

Design complete

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