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Consumers at the Heart of the Energy System? – A DNO Perspective

Basil Scarsella is the Chief Executive Officer of UK Power Networks, owned by the Cheung Kong Group, which is the largest Distribution Network Operator in the UK, distributing electricity to over eight million homes and businesses across London, the South East and East of England. It has some 6,000 employees in its regulated and non-regulated areas. UK Power Networks has been ranked in the top 25 Best Big Companies to Work for 2015, 2016 and 2017 in the Sunday Times annual list and awarded Utility of the Year in the UK in 2012, 2015 and 2016. Immediately prior to taking up his appointment with UK Power Networks in 2010, Basil was the CEO of Northern Gas Networks for five years.  Northern Gas distributes gas to 2.5 million homes in the north east of England and also falls under the ownership of the Cheung Kong Group. Northern Gas Networks ranked as the most efficient gas network in the UK. Up until 2005, Basil was CEO of ETSA Utilities (SA Power Networks), the electricity distributor in South Australia. Basil holds a degree Read more…

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190918-Consumers-at-the-Heart-of-the-Energy-System-–-a-DNO-perspecti...-UKPN.pdf 2.52 MB
19th
Sep
2018

The (possible) future of energy consumer protection

The landscape for energy consumers is changing rapidly, due to new technology, demographic changes, and public pressure. The nature of consumer protection must change too. In the short term, Ofgem is implementing a price cap for default energy consumers to ensure disengaged customers can get a fair deal. Longer term, we are exploring further possibilities for transforming the energy market, including breaking up the dominant supplier hub model, and delegated switching alternatives. We are also using new methods to ensure that consumer behaviour and needs are fully taken into account, for instance through randomised controlled trials of proposed interventions and better use of the wide range of available datasets.   Joe Perkins is chief economist and partner for analysis. He is responsible for Ofgem’s analytical strategy and quality assurance, and analysis of potential energy sector developments. He leads Ofgem’s economics profession, promoting the quality of economic analysis across Ofgem, and represents Ofgem economics in external forums. Joe joined Ofgem in 2016. He was previously director for regulation, consumers and competition at the National Audit Office, and has worked as an Read more…

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1909180-Ofgem-002.pdf 2.56 MB
19th
Sep
2018

Data is the new fuel of the grid, where does it come from and who owns the data?

Lawrence Orsini is the founder of LO3 Energy, a groundbreaking energy and tech company working on innovative new hardware and software products within the emerging distributed energy and computation industry. His wide range of experience in the energy sector ranges from the development of policy and regulatory frameworks to relationship management on energy solutions with Fortune 100 utility and corporate clients. Prior to LO3 Energy, Lawrence was the Director of New Products for CLEAResult, working as the strategic lead on the development, piloting and deployment of new utility service offerings. This focused on energy efficiency, microgrid, and load management for commercial, industrial and residential market sectors.  

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190918-Lo3-Exergy.pdf 1.61 MB
19th
Sep
2018

Killing the kilowatt hour: rethinking energy as a consumer service

Philip is the Chief Executive Officer of the Energy Systems Catapult, part of a network of world-leading centres set up by the UK Government to transform the UK’s capability for innovation and help drive future economic growth.  The Energy Systems Catapult was established in April 2015 with the remit to support the transition of the UK Energy System and enable economic growth from the many commercial and technological opportunities that will be created as the way we make, distribute and use energy undergoes radical change over the coming decades. The scope includes the interaction of energy with adjacent sectors, including water and transport He is a Commissioner on the global Energy Transition Commission and a member of the Global Futures Council of the World Economic Forum.  Philip is also a Fellow of the Energy Institute and sits on various Advisory Panels.

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180918-Killing-the-Kilowat-Hour-Philip-New.pdf 1.85 MB
18th
Sep
2018

Energy cooperatives: a missing piece of the peer-to-peer energy regulation puzzle?

Alexandra Schneiders, UCL Energy Institute, University College London Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading, often facilitated through distributed ledgers (‘blockchains’), is emerging as a new mechanism for settling exchanges of energy between renewable energy generators and consumers, as well as matching local supply and demand. It is currently being tested in urban areas, where there are fewer renewable energy installations due to space constraints. The sharing of energy generated by a single installation (e.g. solar panels on the roof of a tower block) between residents, through a P2P blockchain-run energy trading platform, can tackle the disparity in renewable energy generation across the UK. Furthermore, grouping residents into a single legal entity, such as an energy cooperative, could resolve regulatory problems associated with P2P energy trading- such as the legal recognition of prosumers acting as consumers and entrepreneurs, as well as the validity of ‘smart contracts’ programmed to trade energy on the platform. Energy cooperatives are popular in European countries such as Denmark and Germany, where they benefit from government support. The situation is different in the United Kingdom, where energy cooperatives are Read more…

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Schneiders-Energy-Cooperatives-A-Missing-Piece-of-the-P2P-Energy-Regulation-Puzzle.pptx 1.44 MBSchneiders-Energy-cooperatives-a-missing-piece-of-the-peer-to-peer-energy-regulation-puzzle.pdf 460.95 KB
18th
Sep
2018

Optimal Storage Investment and Management under Uncertainty – It is costly to avoid outages!

Mr Joachim  Geske, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom Prof Richard Green, Imperial College Business School, United Kingdom Overview: Storage has the technical potential to increase efficiency of electrical systems significantly – especially in the context of integrating intermittent renewable technologies. This is achieved by shifting energy from periods of low demand to periods of high demand. Thus, the utilization of medium load power plants is increased and the utilization of peak load power plants is reduced. The full extent of efficiency gain is achieved if generation capacity is adapted to the “equilibrated” load situation – with a higher base load and lower peak load share. In this case, the installed fossil generation capacity falls below peak load level. Since the amount of energy stored is generally limited, there is a risk of outages in cases of prolonged demand peaks. This problem does not occur in perfect foresight based analyses that are still the paradigm of electrical system analysis. The subject of this analysis is to show how storage is operated optimally under renewable and load uncertainty in the system context. Methodology: We Read more…

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GeskeGreen-Optimal-Storage-Management-Under-Uncertainty1.pdf 893.03 KBGeskeGreen-Optimal-Storage-Management-Under-Uncertainty.pdf 687.17 KB
22nd
Sep
2016

The impact of tightening margins on plant availability

Dr Amy  O’Mahoney, Ofgem, United Kingdom  Mr Kristian Marr, Ofgem,United Kingdom  Shashi van de Graaff, Ofgem, United Kingdom  Mr David Hall,  Ofgem, United Kingdom In recent years, the generation mix in most electricity markets has been in transition, resulting in larger proportions of variable generation. In GB, wind and solar accounted for 13% and 5% of installed capacity respectively in 2015 , and 11.5% of generation over the same period.  This intermittent generation is not always capable of delivering in periods of tightness, and thus contributes considerably less to peak demand. This development in the electricity market has led to changes to how the system is operated.   As a result, more flexible thermal plant is now required to run differently than originally intended; wind generation has been shown increase the cycling of existing units (Troy et al., 2010). This relates to additional start-ups, ramping and operation at part load (Denny and O’Malley, 2009; Troy et al., 2010). Analysis of availabilities in other markets has indicated that the availability of CCGTs in GB is below those in comparable markets.  Forced breakdown rates are Read more…

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OMahoney-The-Impact-Of-Tightening-Margins-On-Plant-Availability-slides.pdf 722.77 KBOMahoney-The-Impact-Of-Tightening-Margins-On-Plant-Availability1.pdf 698.22 KB
21st
Sep
2016

Innovative Business Models to Meet Grid Challenges

Mr Bruno Menu, Limejump Ltd,United Kingdom Dr Luke Peck, Limejump Ltd, United Kingdom At the tail end of 2015, National Grid UK released its System Operability Framework (SOF) detailing how the Future Energy Scenarios (FES) will impact the energy system and what operability challenges are foreseen. Currently, the UK grid is under considerable stress as the margin between supply and demand continues to narrow. However the situation will only exacerbate with the planned closure of fossil fuel plants and the expected increase of distributed generation.   According to National Grid UK’s SOF, within 5 years the primary frequency response requirement is expected to increase by up to 40% and by 2030 the overall response requirement will be up to 4 times today’s level. National Grid UK has highlighted the implications of this by clearly stating that unless alternative business models are offered, by 2035 providers will not be able to meet requirements as listed by any of the FES.   An additional challenge to the UK energy system is the growth of embedded generation over the next decade which is forecast to Read more…

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Peck-Innovative-business-models-to-meet-grid-challenges.pdf 3.19 MBPeck-Innovative-Business-Models-to-meet-Grid-Challenges.pdf 133.6 KB
21st
Sep
2016

A Fit-For-Purpose energy policy for the European Union

Ms Samuela  Bassi, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom Prof Samuel Fankhauser, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom Dr  Maria Carvalho, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom •           Overview  and relevance Following the Paris Agreement, the focus of EU decision makers has turned again towards domestic policy. Good European and national policies will be essential to achieve the target outlined in the EU’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC) in the most cost effective way. It is therefore particularly crucial to understand what works in climate policy, and whether the current EU policy architecture is able to facilitate the technology development required to meet future carbon reduction targets.   This paper aims to identify the effectiveness of European and domestic policies. It investigates their effectiveness, credibility and unintended consequences. In particular, it assesses whether the current policy framework is fit for purpose to accommodate the required technological and economic transformation Read more…

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Carvalho_A_Fit-for-Purpose_Energy_Policy_for_the_European_Union1.pdf 1.02 MBCarvalho_A_Fit-for-Purpose_Energy_Policy_for_the_European_Union.pdf 319.17 KB
21st
Sep
2016

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