Predictika · Electricity connection offers
An AI sales agent prepares a connection offer for a customer who wants a new demand or generation connection to the distribution network: the capacity, the voltage, the reinforcement the network needs, a flexible connection scheme, the offer type and how long it is open. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the National Grid Electricity Distribution connection charging methodology and returns a verdict, every reason and the connection charge it computed.
This validator models National Grid Electricity Distribution connection offers, not just the scenarios shown below.
Any National Grid Electricity Distribution connection offer that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: other distribution network operators, transmission connections, use of system charges and taxes. The assessment and design charges follow the published statement; the extension, reinforcement and equipment costs are scheme estimates entered with the request (see the note at the foot of the page).
6 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.
Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator caught | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| A reinforcement charge that depends on the voltage of the connection | Only with care The one-voltage rule is a table of asset by connection voltage, so each cell needs a rule and the table has to be kept in step with the methodology. | The asset and the connection voltage are fields of one request and are checked against the rule on every call. |
| An apportioned share with a divisor | Only with workarounds The customer share is the cost times the required capacity over the new capacity, capped at 100 percent, so a rule is needed to compute it and to stop a zero divisor. | The share is computed on every call, and a missing capacity is reported as a finding instead of an error. |
| Offer validity that depends on the offer type | Only with care Interactive offers are open for 30 days and other offers for 90, so the days since the offer and the days it is open must be compared per type. | The offer type, its validity and its age are checked together on every call. |
| A stated charge that must match the computed charge | Only with workarounds The charge is built from several lines, so a separate rule is needed to recompute it and compare it with the stated figure. | The stated charge is a field of the request and is compared with the computed total on every call. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as the offer is saved or a step is completed, so a planner often fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in. |
Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the offer; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.
| 1 | The chosen connection category does not fit the connection: single-service and small-project demand categories are LV demand up to 69 kVA, and a small scale embedded generator is LV generation up to 16 A per phase (11 kVA). |
| 2 | Demand above 1,000 kVA at low voltage is not normally supplied at LV and has no published Assessment and Design band; a planner should confirm the voltage of connection and the charge. |
| 3 | A required capacity of 10,001 kVA is outside the standard charging bands for this voltage (at least 1 kVA, and demand at HV up to 10,000 kVA). |
| 4 | A required capacity of 0 kVA is outside the standard charging bands for this voltage (at least 1 kVA, and demand at HV up to 10,000 kVA). |
| 5 | Reinforcement for this generation connection exceeds the 200 pounds per kW high-cost threshold; the excess of 200,000 pounds is charged in full and should be confirmed with the applicant. |
| 6 | Reinforcement of this kind of network asset does not arise for a connection at this point-of-connection voltage under the one-voltage rule. |
| 7 | The apportionment needs a new network capacity or new fault level capacity above zero; 0 was given. |
| 8 | A temporary connection is one needed for up to five years; 6 years was given. |
| 9 | A Type 1B multi-customer flexible scheme needs at least 2 participants; 1 was given. |
| 10 | An interactive connection offer is open for 30 days at most; the offer states 31 days. |
| 11 | This is a conditional interactive offer and depends on other offers in the queue not being accepted; a person should confirm the queue position. |
| 12 | The offer was issued 91 days ago and was open for 90 days, so it has expired. |
| 13 | A domestic connection is normally sized for 15 kW; 16 kVA needs to be agreed with the applicant. |
| 14 | The offer states a connection charge of 70,018 pounds; the inputs give 70,019 pounds. |
| 15 | The offer states a connection charge of 71,019 pounds; the inputs give 70,019 pounds. |
| 16 | The offer was issued 120 days ago and was open for 90 days, so it has expired. |
| 17 | The offer states a connection charge of 1 pounds; the inputs give 166,019 pounds. |
| 18 | An interactive connection offer is open for 30 days at most; the offer states 60 days. |
| 19 | The offer states a connection charge of 100,000 pounds; the inputs give 107,707 pounds. |
| 20 | The offer was issued 95 days ago and was open for 90 days, so it has expired. |
| 21 | Reinforcement for this generation connection exceeds the 200 pounds per kW high-cost threshold; the excess of 300,000 pounds is charged in full and should be confirmed with the applicant. |
The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.
The agent's request. Please issue a standard generation connection offer for 2,000 kVA at the high-voltage point of connection, with HV network reinforcement estimated at 300,000 pounds adding 0 kVA of network capacity, and the extension at 45,000 pounds, a Type 1B flexible connection with 1 participant, as an unconditional interactive offer open for 60 days, accepted 95 days after it was issued, for a connection charge of 100,000 pounds. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please issue a standard generation connection offer for 2,000 kVA at the high-voltage point of connection, with HV network reinforcement estimated at 300,000 pounds adding 10,000 kVA of network capacity, and the extension at 45,000 pounds, a Type 1B flexible connection with 2 participants, as an unconditional interactive offer open for 30 days, accepted 25 days after it was issued, for a connection charge of 122,707 pounds. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please issue a single-service demand connection offer for 70 kVA at the high-voltage point of connection, with HV/LV substation reinforcement estimated at 120,000 pounds adding 4,000 kVA of network capacity, and the extension at 45,000 pounds, open for 90 days, accepted 10 days after it was issued, for a connection charge of 45,133 pounds. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please issue a standard demand connection offer for 800 kVA at the high-voltage point of connection, with HV network reinforcement estimated at 120,000 pounds adding 4,000 kVA of network capacity, and the extension at 45,000 pounds, open for 90 days, accepted 10 days after it was issued, for a connection charge of 70,019 pounds. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please issue a standard generation connection offer for 2,000 kVA at the high-voltage point of connection, with HV network reinforcement estimated at 700,000 pounds adding 10,000 kVA of network capacity, and the extension at 45,000 pounds, as a conditional interactive offer open for 30 days, accepted 10 days after it was issued, for a connection charge of 427,707 pounds. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Needs approval.
The agent's request. Please issue a standard generation connection offer for 2,000 kVA at the high-voltage point of connection, with HV network reinforcement estimated at 350,000 pounds adding 10,000 kVA of network capacity, and the extension at 45,000 pounds, as an unconditional interactive offer open for 30 days, accepted 10 days after it was issued, for a connection charge of 117,707 pounds. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
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