Future of response services
Current areas of focus for improvements to the Dynamic Response Services, Dynamic Containment (DC), Dynamic Moderation (DM) and Dynamic Regulation (DR) include investigating options for Locational Procurement of Dynamic Response Services. We are also considering reform of the two legacy response products Mandatory Frequency Response (MFR) and Static Firm Frequency Response (SFFR). MFR reform will evaluate compliance with regulations and ensure the service better meets the needs of the future system. SFFR reform will evaluate the opportunity to optimise the procurement as part of the wider suite of services.
The following graphic highlights the current service design status of each of the forementioned reforms.
Response Reform: March Webinar
We held a webinar to share the Draft Service Design for Instructible Dynamic Response. The full service design has been published and we welcome feedback on this proposal before 17:00 27 April 2025.
To provide feedback or request a 121 please compete the following survey.
The content from the webinar is available below:
Response Reform: January Webinar
We held a webinar to outline the problem statement and initial thinking of the Future of MFR, Static FFR Reform and Location Procurement of Dynamic Response Services.
The content from the webinar is available below:
Future frequency response products
Technical workshops
Following the webinar and survey, we ran three workshops with selected members of the industry throughout May. These workshops allowed us to discuss our proposals in more detail, explore the reasons behind some of the design decisions we have made, and understand providers' views firsthand.
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