Interoperable Demand Side Response programme: successful projects
Successful projects supporting the development and demonstration of energy smart appliances for the delivery of the Interoperable Demand Side Response programme.
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The IDSR programme (over £12.8 million) consisted of 3 streams of work supporting the innovation, design, and demonstration of interoperable demand side response systems.
Background
The 2021 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan set out a suite of policies to enable flexibility from consumers, known as ‘demand side response’. Consumers will need access to ’energy smart’ appliances that make it easier to change their consumption patterns, alongside tariffs and services that incentivise this change.
Interoperability of energy smart appliances will enable consumers to access different propositions for demand side response, either earning revenue or reducing costs through providing value to the energy system. Increased uptake of demand side response will reduce the costs of decarbonisation, reducing bills for all consumers.
As part of this, the government committed to taking powers to set regulatory requirements for ‘energy smart’ appliances, guided by the core principles of interoperability, data privacy, cyber security, and grid stability.
This programme is part of the up to £65 million overarching Flexibility Innovation Programme which seeks to enable large-scale widespread electricity system flexibility through smart, flexible, secure, and accessible technologies and markets. The Flexibility Innovation Programme will fund innovation across a range of key smart energy applications, and sits within the £1 billion Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP).