Standard content for Members only
To continue reading this article, please login to your Utility Week account, Start 14 day trial or Become a member.
If your organisation already has a corporate membership and you haven’t activated it simply follow the register link below. Check here.
Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) has contracted a total of 202MW of flexible capacity in its central southern England license area, a 140% increase in available flexible options to manage its network.
The distribution network operator (DNO) made the announcement as it revealed it was seeking to increase its flexibility service portfolio and that it was beginning a new procurement round to help achieve this.
SSEN said it had signed contracts with five participants following its September 2022 tender, covering the period from 2023 to 2028. The contracts are expected to be worth £5.15 million in total.
The DNO added that the 202MW of flexibility represents an approximate 140% increase in available flexible options a year to manage its network, when compared with the results from the December 2021 procurement round.
Catherine Winning, flexibility manager at SSEN, said: “We are delighted to secure these flexibility services, supporting our ambitious targets to accelerate to a net zero future.
“This is a vital part of our journey for flexibility services, and it’s encouraging to see an increase in response from flexibility providers for September’s tender.
It comes as National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) recently unveiled details of this year’s Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) after submitting plans to Ofgem.
The ESO has confirmed that this winter’s DFS would look very similar to last year’s service, which saw around 1.6 million households and businesses save 3.3GWh of electricity.
Utility Week revealed earlier this year that the DFS was to return this winter, with the ESO exploring the possibility of a full commercial product for winter 2024/25.
Please login or Register to leave a comment.