The document discusses the evolving landscape of the electricity industry, focusing on demand-side flexibility amidst decarbonization, decentralization, and digitization. It emphasizes the operational challenges faced by National Grid and the potential opportunities for flexibility through various technologies, highlighting cost savings and revenue generation possibilities. It outlines strategies for customer engagement and the gradual evolution of flexibility markets to enhance system operability.

1. Demand Side
Flexibility: System
Operator view
Paul Lowbridge
Power Responsive Manger
National Grid

2. GB Electricity Transmission
SPTL
SHET
NGET
Ireland
Netherlands
France
OFTOs
Multiple TSOs One NETSO
National Grid
Electricity
Transmission
System Operator
Northern
Ireland

3. GB Electricity Distribution
Image: ENA (Electricity Networks Association)

4. Energy Industry Undergoing Significant Change
Decar-
bonisation
 Fewer synchronous
generators and increased
renewables
Decen-
tralisation
 Generation units decrease
in size and move closer to
consumption
Digiti-
sation
 New electricity assets such
as distributed storage and
Electric Vehicles
…resulting
in:
greater
system
uncertainty

5. Changing GB Electricity Landscape

6. National Grid’s Planning
Operational
Challenges
Solutions &
Opportunities
Performance
Requirements
Future Energy
Scenarios Electricity Ten
Year
Statement
System
Operability
Framework
Transmission System
Infrastructure
Requirements

7. A range of technologies can provide Flexibility
Inter-
connectors
Energy
Storage
Demand
Side
Response
Async.
Generation
Sync.
Generation
Embedded /
Distributed
Generation
}Flexibility

8. What are the Demand Side opportunities?
Cost Savings
Revenue
Potential Firm Frequency Response (FFR)/Bridging
Frequency Control by Demand Management (FCDM)
Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR)
Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR)/Runway
Demand Turn-up
Fast Reserve
Triad Avoidance Red Zone Management
Balancing: Reserve
Balancing: Frequency Response
Capacity Mechanism
Transitional Arrangements
Capacity Market
0 – 30 Secs
30 Sec – 2 hrs
Up to 4 hours
Local Distribution Network Trials

9. Next Steps for Participating
1 2 3 4 5

10. Driving Growth: Power Responsive
Customer Engagement: Raising Awareness &
Clarity
Increasing Confidence in Flexibility
Evolution of Flexibility Markets
1
2
3
Improving Market
Information
Simplifying Services
Incremental
Improvements
“Evolution” not
“Revolution”

11. To get in touch…
Power Responsive Programme:
www.powerresponsive.com
LinkedIn:
Power Responsive
For National Grid service opportunities:
commercial.operation@nationalgrid.com