HOMEflex (Household or Microbusiness Energy Flexibility) Compliance

Status:

Live

Project Reference Number:

NIA_SSEN_0073

STRATEGY THEME:

Flexibility and market evolution

START DATE:

END DATE:

Mar 2024Mar 2025

Project summary

Funding Licensee(s):

SSEN - Southern Electric Power Distribution Plc
SSEN-D - Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks Distribution

Funding mechanism:

NIA_RIIO-2

Technology:

Demand Response

Expenditure:

£193,000

Preceding Projects:

NIA_SSEN_0061

Third Party Collaborators:

Flexassure

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The HOMEflex project developed the HOMEflex Code of Conduct promoting an inclusive, fair, and transparent domestic flexibility marketplace.

This phase will deliver HOMEflex Compliance, a Scheme to establish standards, help new entrants meet the service levels consumers expect, and deserve, and enable electricity networks to confidently procure flexibility ethically, encouraging the domestic flexibility market to grow in a fairer, more sustainable manner..

The Code of Conduct has been well received by Government, stakeholders, and market participants. National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) will include representation of the HOMEflex Code in the procurement of their 2023/24 Demand Flexibility Service (DFS). Phase 2 assists the ‘trial’ use of the Code, proposing to engage with DFS participants, gaining feedback for the development of a HOMEflex Compliance Scheme.

Benefits

The ultimate benefit of this project will be the development of an inclusive, healthy, publicly trusted and liquid domestic Flexibility Services marketplace. The project is not dedicated to a specific, single financial benefit to the customer, but rather a better customer experience throughout the whole cycle of a customer’s engagement with a Flexibility Services Provider, the avoidance of customer detriment and unrealised income, and facilitation of better understanding of offers and a clear thread of accountability across a potential stack of service delivery partners.

The benefits hereof must be seen in the context of the potential for the provision of domestic flexibility to contribute to the efficient and reliable operation of the electricity system along with significant reductions in carbon emissions. Findings from the first phase of the CrowdFlex1 project indicate a significant potential for domestic flexibility to help balance the Great Britain (GB) electricity system, including the potential to reduce the GB system peak demand by up to 10% (6.8GW), and to provide up to 37GW of demand turn up flexibility, equating to 53% of the magnitude GB system peak.

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NIA_SSEN_0073 Annual Progress Report 2024-07-12 2_30 (30.3 KB) 2024-07-12

2024-07-12

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NIA_SSEN_0073 HOMEflex Compliance Progress Report 2024 Final.pdf (645.8 KB) 2024-07-12

2024-07-12

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NIA Project Registration and PEA Document 2024-03-19 12_15 (66.7 KB) 2024-03-19

2024-03-19

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NIA_SSEN_0073 HOMEflex Compliance PEA Final.pdf (784.5 KB) 2024-03-04

2024-03-04

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