In 2023/24, we contracted 706 MW of Flexibility Services: dispatched 554 MWh and spent £275k.
If you own, operate, manage or supply generation, storage or demand assets over 10kW in any of the advertised zones you may be able to provide flexibility services.
How to Take Part in Flexibility
The first time you participate there are several steps that you need to take.
Register: Completed once
Pre-Qualification: Completed once per region and each time a new service becomes available
Mini-competition: Completed for each Overarching Agreement Awarded
Asset Registration: Complete once, can be updated at any time if new assets are available
Bidding: Expect a minimum of two long-term bidding windows a year. Multiple bidding rounds can occur under each Overarching Agreement
Onboarding: Completed once
Autumn 2024 Bidding Activity:
Short Term, Month Ahead: Tuesday 10th September 09:00 – Thursday 12th September 17:00
Short Term, Month Ahead: Tuesday 15th October 09:00 – Thursday 17th October 17:00
Short Term, Month Ahead: Tuesday 12th November 09:00 – Thursday 14th November 17:00
These windows are only available to Providers already on overarching agreements who meet all the prerequisites for that area.
September 2024 pre-qualification & October 2024 mini-competition
If you’re interested in taking part in future long-term and short-term bidding windows and you do not have an overarching agreement, you have an opportunity to submit pre-qualification questions (PQQs) and take part in an upcoming mini-competition.
Pre-qualification opens on our market platform (ElectronConnect) on Monday the 16th of September.
Providers that meet the pre-qualification criteria will be invited to take part in the mini-competition that is scheduled to start on Monday the 21st of October.
Access to ElectronConnect for the start of pre-qualification will be available on Monday the 16th of September. Here’s a link to ElectronConnect which should give you an idea of what the platform looks like.
A copy of the “Flexibility Service Pre-Qualification Standard Template” will be available on ElectronConnect and can also be found under “Service Documentation” in our document library.
Procurement Deadlines
Participating in Flexibility with SSEN
SSEN has long served diverse geographic areas, and this experience means we’ve always innovated when it comes to managing the supply and demand of electricity.
Our target is to have 5GW of Flexibility Services contracted by 2028 across our licence areas. In 24/25 we have identified a minimum of 256 MW we intend to procure in our May and August bidding rounds alone.
To maximise market participation, we have done the following over the past year:
- Reduced minimum DER (Distributed Energy Resources) size to 10 kW
- Trialed Guaranteed revenue for some Variable Availability services
- Improved Bid Pricing Form
- Implemented Overarching Agreements
Document Library
Access our document library for service documents, reports, and procurement-related information.
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