Constraint costs

​Regen has released a new insight paper identifying seven potential solutions to reduce the cost of balancing and managing constraints, which has already reached £1.2 billion in the last 12 months.

​National Grid ESO has awarded 15 contracts to ten companies to provide new ‘post fault’ services.

​Constraint costs could hit £2.5 billion per year over the next decade, as the generation mix continues to change rapidly.