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Balancing services
We use several techniques and services to help maintain the security and quality of electricity supply across Britain's transmission system. Here you can find out about system security…
Balancing services
We will approach potential service providers directly if a specific requirement is identified. Intertrip services are required as an automatic control arrangement where generation may be reduced or…
Balancing services
SO to SO services are provided mutually with other transmission system operators connected to Britain's transmission system via interconnectors.
Balancing services
As part of the rationalisation of balancing services, we are no longer actively procuring the Max Gen service. Contracts currently in place with stations, will continue until station closure of if…
Future energy
Our FES publication is divided into four sections, referred to as chapters within the document itself. As well as a section on reaching net zero, FES 2023 has the following dedicated sections:…
Future energy
Consumers require energy that is clean, secure, affordable, and fair. This is achievable, but strategic coordination and whole system thinking is key to achieving net zero while ensuring security of…
Future energy
Consumers will play a bigger role in the energy system in future, but care must be taken to ensure fairness so changes to markets and policy have an equitable outcome for all consumers. We…
Future energy
Flexibility is the ability to shift the consumption or generation of energy in time or location. Flexibility is crucial to operating the energy system where the supply and demand of energy needs to…
Future energy
Reaching net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 is critical to limiting the negative impacts of climate change. In this section, we look at potential emissions reductions across…
Future energy
We believe that there are aspects of decarbonising the whole energy system that are driven mainly by local factors. These cannot be fully understood using only a top-down assessment…