Understanding Consumer-led Flexibility Opportunities
This training course explains how electricity customers, can participate in ‘flexibility’ markets to help lower their bills.
What will you learn?
What consumer-led flexibility is and why demand is growing
How flexibility services in GB work, from the Balancing Mechanism to the Demand Flexibility Service
How end users can access the market via aggregators and optimisers
What’s coming next, including Capacity Market reforms, the Clean Flexibility Roadmap, and more
Who is it for?
Businesses
Consumer representatives
Electricity suppliers
Regulatory, policy and strategy analysts
Third party intermediaries
Advisors
Delivery format
Live online delivery
Price
£850 + VAT
Understand the routes to market to participate in flexibility services
Understand What Consumer-led Flexibility is
Understand the fundamentals of how businesses & households can participate in GB’s electricity flexibility markets. From implicit market flexibility through time-of-use contracts to explicit system flexibility services, this course gives you a solid grounding in what consumer-led flexibility really means, and why demand for it is growing fast.
Navigating the Flexibility Market Landscape
Explore the range of flexibility services available to consumers, including the Balancing Mechanism, Demand Flexibility Service, Response, Reserve, and Local Constraint Markets. Learn how the System Operator decides which services to use and how end users can access these markets through aggregators, optimisers and Virtual Lead Parties.
Key Upcoming Changes to be Aware of
The GB flexibility landscape is evolving rapidly. Gain a clear picture of the key changes on the horizon, from Capacity Market reforms and growing Demand Side Response participation, to the Clean Flexibility Roadmap, Flexibility Market Facilitator, and Smart Secure Electricity Systems Programme, and what they mean for your organisation.
30 June – 2 July 2026 | 10am – 12pm
6 – 8 October 2026 | 10am – 12pm
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