National Grid ESO

Read our constraints collaboration report to find out how we've been working with industry over the last six months to identify and develop measures to reduce constraint costs in the short term. 📰 View the report: https://bit.ly/4cXYdoE To learn more, join our webinar on 7 August at 10am to discuss the assessment and project recommendation. We’ll also answer any questions, which you can submit ahead of the webinar. 💻 Register here: https://bit.ly/46ei8wV ❓ Submit your questions: https://bit.ly/46dUcK1

Shape the future of the Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) ⚡🏡 Respond to our ERB Article 18 consultation before 22 August at 1pm by completing the submission form to feed into the future of DFS. View the consultation questions: https://bit.ly/3zKEYjp ✉ If you have questions about the consultation process or wish to discuss any of the proposals in more detail, please contact us at demandflexibility@nationalgrideso.com. Following your feedback, we’ll submit the consultation and final design for DFS for Ofgem to review. Learn more about the consultation. ⬇

Congratulations to Claire Huxley as she collected her WeAreTheCity Rising Star ⭐ award as one of five winners in the Energy & Utilities Category. Claire has lead on the delivery of frequency response products, commercial code changes, advocated employee engagement and supported the training and office socialisation of a trainee Guide Dog. The Rising Star awards showcase the UK pipeline of female talent below director level create 100 female role models across different industries and professions. Learn more about Claire: https://bit.ly/3zL4i9c

💻 Don't forget to join our connections forum this morning at 11am. Register ⬇

🦁 Take a look at how demand for electricity in Great Britain fluctuated during last night’s #Euro2024 Spain vs England final and how this compared to the Italy vs England Euro 2020 final. ⚽ Last night, demand began to fall before the 8pm kick-off and continued to do so until half time. We experienced a rapid demand pick up of 1300MW at half time which we fulfilled using 700MW of hydro 💧, 400MW of batteries 🔋 and increasing conventional units already running. As the second half kicked off, demand for electricity fell until the full time whistle where we experienced demand increase gradually by 600MW. During the Italy vs England final in 2020, you can see a sharp rise in demand at full time as the nation rushed to get refreshments in the short gap before extra time kicked off. Because last night’s final ended after 90 minutes the increase in demand was much more gradual.

Watch the live launch of Future Energy Scenarios (FES) 2024 at 10:30am this morning to hear a variety of speakers outline the findings of this year’s FES. 🎥 Watch here: https://bit.ly/4bArwMo Visit our website to see the full suite of FES 2024: ESO pathways to net zero documents and register to attend our series of webinars on 17 and 18 July to learn more about the key areas of FES 2024. FES 2024: https://bit.ly/3S6Pg3D

This week, we welcomed our Industrial Placement Students into the ESO as part of their induction process run by Krystal Mckinnell, Early Careers Specialist and Molly Edwards, Early Careers Manager, from the Early Careers Team.    Our Industrial Placement Programme is 12 months long with learners also choosing a preferred stream to delve into, including Power System Engineering, Data Science and Economics.   Our placement students have been busy growing their team building skills, receiving a welcome from our Chief People Officer Andreia de Melo Cabral, learning about the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion with Brit Pickering, learning how to ‘Shine in 90 days’ with our learning and development partner Cappfinity and gaining an understanding of how our different businesses units operate, including a National Control experience day with Jean Hamman.

Read our Chief Information Officer, Shubhi Rajnish, outline the importance of data sharing across the energy industry to achieve net zero with Utility Week. You can also find out how our Virtual Energy System is creating a digital replica of Great Britain's energy system to model different scenarios to reduce carbon emissions. ⬇

🦁 See how national demand for electricity fluctuated during last night’s Netherlands vs England game at #Euro2024 ⚽ We experienced demand increase by 1GW due to the TV pick up effect as the nation grabbed their half time refreshments. 📈 As the second half kicked off demand for electricity fell until the full time whistle caused a 740MW increase in demand. Learn more about TV pick up: https://bit.ly/3S2hcFS

Join our next monthly virtual connections forum on 16 July at 11am where we’ll be joined by National Grid to discuss substation nodes. You’ll also hear the latest connections developments and get a recap of our recent compliance seminar. Register ⬇