embedded benefits

  • Power and gas networks

    Location, location: The increasing complexity of embedded benefits

    There is growing recognition of the need to reform our current network arrangements to support a more dynamic and flexible electricity system as we undergo the transition to net zero. Among the network elements currently going through a period of review are Distribution Use of System (DUoS) charges, which recover...

  • Low carbon generation

    Lessons from a lock down

    We are all facing a new, simpler existence. For my part, I have been self-isolated for three weeks. My little flat in central London has become almost my entire existence, my days have settled into a simple routine, and I've had plenty of time to reflect. Although COVID-19 presents an...

  • Low carbon generation

    Tomorrow evening could see electricity demand peak for this winter

    The latest forecasts from National Grid for electricity demand indicate that tomorrow’s (21st January 2020) evening peak will see the highest half-hour demand so far this winter, with approximately 49GW for the period commencing 17:30. As such, this is therefore likely to be one of the Triad periods used to...

  • Commercial and market outlook

    Editor’s Pick | The latest chapter in the ongoing network charging saga

    This article was originally published in Energy Spectrum Issue 692 on 18 November 2019. With the publication of a decision on the Targeted Charging Review (TCR) Significant Code Review (SCR), Ofgem’s attempt to reshape electricity network charges to be fit for a world of decentralisation and electrification have entered their next phase....

  • Regulation and policy

    Can Capacity Market costs be recovered via a ‘mirroring’ process in the Balancing and Settlement Code?

    Elexon confirmed on Monday (10 December) that Issue 76 Using the BSC to support Suppliers and the Capacity Market Arrangements has been formed and the first meeting will take place next Monday (17 December). The outcomes of this process have the potential to enable suppliers to collect payments from their customers for...

  • Low carbon generation

    Paradise Lost: The changing face of Embedded Benefits

    Current electricity market arrangements give rise to the concept of “embedded benefits”. These are predominantly supplier costs that are reduced or avoided via contracting with small-scale generation connected at the distribution network level instead of the national transmission system. Distributed generation does not generally attract charges for using the national...