The Design Working Group (DWG) has published its plan for how the electricity sector could move towards half-hourly settlement (HHS) for the whole market. The Transition Approach Plan seeks to keep the changes that different types of supply point will face separate from one another, in order to prevent delays.
In this Chart of the Week, we look at how the DWG thinks this can be accomplished.
Home supply and services
The full impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the smart meter rollout is uncertain, although modelling from BEIS and Ofgem has provided early indications of future installation levels. In this week’s Chart of the week we compare these assessments against pre-pandemic expectations. With the introduction of social distancing and lockdown...
Regulation and policy
Ofgem issued its draft impact assessment and consultation on Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS) on 30 April. The MHHS significant code review (SCR), which has been running since July 2017, aims to utilise the smart meter rollout and reform the electricity settlement arrangements. These reconcile the difference between how much energy a...
E-mobility and low carbon
The Urban Transport Group has released a report focusing on the connections between transport, energy and the built environment at the city-region level. This week's Chart of the Week highlights the importance of cities in their contributions to CO2 emissions as well as their enhanced ability to achieve emissions reduction through innovative projects,...
Home supply and services
Last week BEIS announced that the rollout of smart meters will continue past the original 2020 deadline to 2024. In this Chart of the Week, we will look at some of the implications of delays to the smart meter rollout and highlight four key industry programmes that may be affected. Government has described...
Heat networks
In August Energy Systems Catapult (ESC) published three insight papers as part of the Smart Systems and Heat Programme. In this week’s Pixie Chart of the week – we take a closer look at the three insight papers and discuss some interesting consumer themes.
Home supply and services
Energy suppliers have a licence obligation to take all reasonable steps to install smart meters in homes and microbusinesses by the end of 2020. When installing meters, suppliers must comply with the Installation Validity Periods (IVPs) set out in the Smart Energy Code. They specify when meters complying with the...
Home supply and services
The domestic energy market is now 18 months away from the smart meter rollout deadline. With the install rate declining, the recent change in technology to SMETS2 is having wide-felt impacts. In this week’s Chart of the Week, we consider whether the change in technology may rebalance regional penetration of smart meters.
Energy storage and flexibility
In 2018, BEIS provided funding to support a range of Flexibility Market Feasibility Studies. Pixie Energy, as part of a consortium including Ipswich Borough Council and Suffolk County Council, led a study based on Ipswich. Here, we outline some of the project’s findings.
