National Grid contracts demand side reserve
National Grid has signed contracts that will under which large energy users will reduce their demand or run other sources of generation during peak periods in return for a payment.
National Grid has signed contracts that will under which large energy users will reduce their demand or run other sources of generation during peak periods in return for a payment.
Policymakers should stop focusing on investment v blackouts, and move their discussion on to the consumer benefits of demand response, says Colin Calder, chief executive of PassivSystems.
Has National Grid been too cautious in its procurement of demand side response?