1. Promoting consumer engagement and demand response – The DSO Role
Garrett Blaney, Co-chair CEER DS WG, Chairperson of CER
CEER/ACER Conference 23 January

2. DSOs as interface between wholesale and retail New Challenges for DSOs
The Role of the DSO:
Megatrends
DSOs as interface between wholesale and retail
New Challenges for DSOs
European DSO diversity
Incentivising DSOs as Neutral Facilitators
Flexibility for Consumers
Flexibility – the Regulatory Levers
07/09/2018

3. Megatrends for Energy Hardware: Wind and Solar:
Remote, dispersed and variable
Distributed Generation:
Prosumers, demand side and storage
Decarbonisation
and
Renewables
Hardware:
Electric Vehicles,
Smart Heating,
Internet of Things
Software:
Data Management
Block Chain
Artificial Intelligence
New Technology
07/09/2018

4. Distribution System has Central Role

5. New Challenges for DSOs

6. European DSO Diversity
About 2400 DSOs across the EU
< 200 DSOs unbundled
i.e. > 100k customers
Urban
Rural
Ref:

7. Drivers for Demand Side Flexibility
RES curtailment
Capacity Payments
Smart Meters
Anc services
Remove profiles
Balancing
Dynamic tariffs
Within Day
Wholesale Markets (IEM)
Retail Markets
Day ahead
Healthy Competition
Monthly/
quarterly
forwards
Networks
Avoiding
Network
Investment
Local ancillary
services
Reducing
Losses

8. The Engaged Consumer?

9. Seamless integration of products ‘Set and Forget’
Consumer Innovation
Consumer friendly
Seamless integration of products
‘Set and Forget’
Intuitive information on demand
Tailor for ‘Tech Savvy’ and ‘Digitally Challenged’ User
Trusted Artificial Intelligence
Who polices the algorithms?
- Make Best Use of Existing Infrastructure
- Future proof against obsolescence

10. Regulatory Levers
Pan-European Internal Energy Market
Reviewing Flexibility across Wholesale/Retail/Networks
Promoting Smart Meters and Dynamic Retail Tariffs
Best Practice Guidelines on DSO tariffs, incentives, flexibility, etc.
European Commission’s “Clean Energy for All Europeans” Package

11. Thank you for your attention!