News and events

The ESO is proud to support the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute with the creation of their new centre, focused on helping society transition towards 100% renewable energy for power grids.

As part of a new trial initiated via Power Responsive, domestic households will offer real-time flexibility to the ESO balancing activities through EV charging for the first time.

Ahead of the 2023/2024 winter, we’re announcing the return of the Demand Flexibility Service used last year and have submitted our proposal for this years’ service to the energy regulator Ofgem for their approval.

Are you an innovator and want to collaborate with us? If so, we’re inviting you to respond to our Open Call to collaborate on developing Discovery project proposals for Round 3 of the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF).

We’ve published our Electricity Ten Year Statement (ETYS) 2023, our view of future transmission requirements and the capability of Great Britain’s National Electricity Transmission System (NETS) over the next ten years.

As Great Britain transitions towards net zero, one of the first areas to decarbonise will be the electricity system. To deliver a zero-carbon electricity system, one of the first major milestones is to completely stop generating electricity using coal by October 2024. As the Electricity System Operator, we’re actively planning for this by introducing new products and services that will replace coal in our generation mix.