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Flexibility

An Introduction into Flexibility

Our Clean Power 2030 advice to Government highlighted that we need to ensure that demand side flexibility is enabled to participate in markets where it can meet system operability needs. We want to enable all low carbon flexibility to move seamlessly between markets, driven by effective signals, delivering whole electricity system value. 

We believe that demand side flexibility has a key role to play in operating a fully decarbonised electricity system which is reliable, affordable and fair, but that demand side flexibility is currently underrepresented across our services due to market rules, policy and regulatory barriers. In December 2024, we published a report entitled Enabling Demand Side Flexibility in NESO Markets which set out our vision for demand side flexibility participation in our balancing services markets. 

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Demand Side Flexibility Routes to Market Review

Demand side flexibility has a fundamental role to play in delivering improved outcomes for consumers from Net Zero and in delivering a zero carbon, secure, low cost electricity system.