Sunshine Tariff

The project will have 2 phases; the first will investigate and report on the commercial viability of the tariff, exploring current and future value streams to fund it. Whilst there is clear value to the generator we also want to explore the value for both supplier and DNO. Phase 2 is the domestic demand side response trial. With a tariff subsidised by the supplier, we will investigate the effects of the tariff on demand, exploring the extent and reliability of any increase. Four levels of intervention will be trialled, tariff only, tariff & feed-back, basic automated water heating and fully automated flexible load switching. The tariff will be managed and administered by Tempus however the customer engagement will be conducted by the local energy cooperative WREN.

We envisage that this type of connection could be of particular interest to community energy groups such as WREN who don’t have the movability of commercial developers but would have the links to change customer behavior.

No generator will be connected as part of the trial due to the inherent financial risk.

Benefits

Understanding of feasibility of an offset connection agreement for both DNO and developer (including legal arrangements)
Understanding of the capacity, longevity and reliability of domestic demand side response
Recruitment of over 200 participants in the trial, on time and on budget
Retention of at least 80% of participants through to the end of the trial
Learning gained in the project successfully disseminated.

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