In response to the UK Government’s request in March this year to continue contingency contracts, EDF and Drax have confirmed that their coal units will not be available for another winter and have begun decommissioning.
In our weekly issue of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – we take a look at Britain’s interconnector plans, the approach of the end of the ESO’s Winter Enhanced Actions options, and passing on the drop in wholesale prices to consumers.
The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has asked National Grid ESO to explore the potential of extending the contingency coal contracts into next winter, but all five units will be unavailable.
In this weeks’ Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – we take a look at the use of the coal units, the surge in imbalance price and how National Grid ESO worked to keep the lights on.
Octopus Energy has called for the end of the use of coal as a backup energy source, as the ESO activates its contingency coal units for the first time this winter.
National Grid ESO has called on four of its contingency coal units to warm, as well as issuing an electricity margin notice (EMN), as capacity margins for this evening’s peak look tight.
In this week's Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – we take a look at the use of the DFS, as well as the energy mix and the warming of coal units.
In this week’s edition of Current± Price Watch – powered by Enact – we take a look at the use of National Grid ESO’s Demand Flexibility Service (DFS) and contingency coal units, as well as how interconnectors were key to managing a fault on the electricity network.
