national grid ESO

National Grid ESO has announced what will likely be the last test event within its Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) trial period.

National Grid ESO has put out a call for input regarding its Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) as the trial period comes to an end.

In our weekly issue of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – we take a look at Britain’s interconnector plans, the approach of the end of the ESO’s Winter Enhanced Actions options, and passing on the drop in wholesale prices to consumers.

The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has asked National Grid ESO to explore the potential of extending the contingency coal contracts into next winter, but all five units will be unavailable.

National Grid ESO has called on four of its contingency coal units to warm, as well as issuing an electricity margin notice (EMN), as capacity margins for this evening’s peak look tight.

In this week’s Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact –  we take a look at how the ESO is protecting supplies, the role of renewables over the winter and what Static Firm Frequency Response will look like next month.

National Grid ESO estimated that it has saved consumers £80 million between April 2022 and January 2023 that would otherwise have been used on constraint payments, through the early adoption of its Constraint Management Pathfinder’s (CMP) Anglo-Scottish Intertrip scheme.

The Capacity Market’s T-1 2023-24 auction has cleared at its second highest price ever, with 5,782.777MW procured at a clearing price of £60/kW/y.

Zenobē Energy’s 100MW/107MWh Capenhurst battery energy storage system (BESS) has begun delivering reactive power services to the grid, as part of a world first contract.