DSO Functions: Distribution Future Electricity Scenarios, Data and Flexible Services

About Distribution System Operation (DSO)

In response to the climate emergency, the UK has become the first major economy in the world to pass laws to end its contribution to global warming by bringing carbon emissions to net zero by 2050. Here in the North West, we are supporting our stakeholders’ desires to go further and faster than the national target and deliver net zero even sooner.

As we decarbonise we forecast that demand for electricity will double as customers adopt cleaner, greener forms of transport and heating. As well as an increase in demand, we expect to see more and more customers connecting their own generation to our network such as solar panels and wind turbines; all of this will have a dramatic effect on the existing electricity infrastructure.

Network operators like Electricity North West will play a key role in this transformation. It’s our responsibility to provide a smart and flexible electricity distribution system which will meet the evolving needs of customers and support the region’s economic development.

About this webinar

This workshop will give an overview of Electricity North West's latest Distribution Future Electricity Scenarios, and the Data Portal, with experts from our team walking attendees through the data that is published, what it means, and how to use it to help inform potential connections, operations and trades on the network.