The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has called on large industrial and commercial companies to get involved in electricity Demand Side Flexibility services.
Demand Side Flexibility means energy users can get extra income from increasing, decreasing and storing energy, in order to help NESO in balancing supply and demand on Britain’s national electricity network. NESO already pays energy generators to ramp up and down (ie supply-side flexibility) but now it wants to work with large industrial and commercial energy users such as supermarket cold stores, airports, data centres and more, because using demand-side options can be more responsive and cleaner, while reducing total costs and increasing system resilience.
NESO said it wants to raise awareness about the existing opportunities available through Demand Side Flexibility services. Through the stakeholder-led Power Responsive programme, NESO will also be reaching out to currently under-represented sectors to further grow Demand Side Flexibility.
Rebecca Beresford, Director of Markets for NESO, said “Flexibility is critical to our future energy system, providing costs and carbon incentives for companies that participate, unlocking new commercial revenue streams and reducing costs for all consumers in the process.
“We want to work with Britain’s largest energy users to make this goal a reality and turn demand flexibility into a commercial advantage for British business.”
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