EWIRE holding slide

1. Managing the energy system
in a time of change
Tuesday 28 April

2. 14.00 Welcome
Rachel Hayes, head of networks and development, Regen
14.05 Future outlook from National Grid ESO
Carolina Tortora, head of innovation strategy, National Grid ESO
14.15 The role of flexibility
Claire Addison, head of regulation, Flexitricity
14.25 Panel discussion
Rachel Hayes, head of networks and development, Regen (chair)
Carolina Tortora, head of innovation strategy, National Grid ESO
Claire Addison, head of regulation, Flexitricity
15.00 Breakout rooms/networking
16.00 Close
Agenda

3. Managing the energy system in a time of change

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D e m a n d R e s p o n s e . D e l i v e r e d .
Flexitricity in a nutshell
• First, largest and most diverse demand
response aggregator
• First energy supplier to bring a DSR asset
into the Balancing Mechanism
• 11,000+ demand response events
• 24-hour operations
• Fully automated
• <1s to 30m response
• Flexible load, CHP, hydro, energy storage,
UPS, standby
• Positive and negative reserve
• Industrial, commercial, public sector

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D e m a n d R e s p o n s e . D e l i v e r e d .
We maximise value for all types of flexible assets, across all markets
Peakers
Batteries
Commercial & industrial load
Electric vehicles
CHP DRUPS
Wholesale
market
Day-
ahead
trading
Intraday
trading
Balancing
Mechanism
Capacity
Market
Reserve services
Fast Reserve,
MARI
Static FFR / Low Frequency Static
DSO services
Fast response
(sub-second)
Medium response
(minutes, seconds)
Slow response
(months, days)
Frequency response
STOR,
TERRE
Dynamic
FFR
Dynamic
Low/High
Dynamic
Containment

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D e m a n d R e s p o n s e . D e l i v e r e d .
Bringing smaller industrial and commercial customers into flexibility
Moving towards DSR ‘opt out’ system for 60%* of GB electricity demand
• Nearly 7 times more I&C DSR needed by 2050*
• Quickturn project = non-domestic companies flexing assets
previously too small to be economical
• Applies AI to load behaviour of assets like HVAC, lighting and
water pumps to provide near-time forecasts for networks
• Technical barriers surmounted; we need I&C awareness, plus
legislative carrots and sticks
• It has to be worth the I&C customer’s time and investment
*2019 FES, NG ESO

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D e m a n d R e s p o n s e . D e l i v e r e d .
Frozen food wholesaler delivers net zero milestone for National Grid
The future is… making halloumi fries on an industrial estate in North Devon
• Wider Access to the Balancing Mechanism (Q1 2020)
and TERRE (late 2020)
• Keep your own supplier and flex with your Virtual Lead
Party (VLP)
• Two batteries owned – 4MW total – aggregated by
Flexitricity as Virtual Lead Party dispatched 23rd April
• “This transformation is central to the way we balance the
system today – particularly as we work to meet some of
the challenges associated with balancing the system in
lockdown conditions – and forms an important part of
being able to operate carbon free by 2025.”
Roisin Quinn, Head of National Control at National Grid ESO
PHILLIP DENNIS PHOTO

8. D e m a n d R e s p o n s e . D e l i v e r e d .
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Flexitricity
overview
From our 24-hour control room in Edinburgh, Flexitricity runs the
most complete set of demand response services in the industry.
Flexitricity brings revenue to British businesses, increases asset reliability,
reduces national CO2 emissions and helps to secure energy supplies.
We are Britain’s demand-response leader.