ENW pens DSR partnership with GridBeyond to expand C&I customer offering
Electricity North West (ENW) has penned a new partnership with demand-side response provider GridBeyond to offer DSR services to more than 900 businesses within the DNO’s area.
Networks
Government sets July 2019 date for smart EV charging deadline
The government has confirmed that only ‘smart’ electric vehicle chargepoints can be installed from July next year.
DNOs sign landmark ‘Flexibility Commitment’
Britain’s network operators have agreed to embrace flexibility providers when seeking solutions for grid issues under a landmark new ‘Flexibility Commitment’.
Hard Brexit could add £270 million to Britain’s energy bills, UKERC warns
A hard Brexit that sees Great Britain fall out of the Internal Energy Market (IEM) could cost consumers as much as £270 million a year, a new report from the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) has claimed.
Piclo completes GB networks clean sweep with WPD flexibility deal
Flexibility platform provider Piclo has completed a clean sweep of Great Britain’s networks by signing up Western Power Distribution (WPD) to its Piclo Flex marketplace.
Electric vehicle and distributed Black Start projects land Ofgem innovation funding
Ofgem has handed more than £45 million to the winners of this year’s Network Innovation Competition, helping bring more innovative technologies to the fore.
Uber, Centrica join ‘world’s biggest’ electric vehicle impact trial
Uber, Centrica and an unnamed parcel carrier firm are participating in a new, Ofgem-backed trial which will assess the impact of up to 3,000 electric vehicles on local grids.
Ofgem assembles independent panel to scrutinise RIIO-2 business plans
Ofgem has established an independent panel of experts to challenge network companies’ business plans for RIIO-2.
Surging wind, interconnectors and distributed demand leading to capacity deficits, National Grid warns
New wind generation, interconnectors and surging EV uptake will leave the transmission system having to tackle capacity deficits over the next decade, according to the system operator National Grid.