Network Innovation Competition SMART Frequency Control Enhanced Frequency

Network Innovation Competition: SMART Frequency Control (Enhanced Frequency Control Capability, EFCC) Place your chosen image here. The four corners must just cover the arrow tips. For covers, the three pictures should be the same size and in a straight line. Charlotte Grant March 2015

Why SMART Frequency Control? (1) ¾ System Operability Framework…. ¾ Forecasted reduction of system inertia from 360 GW/s to 150 GW/s (by 2025 under Slow Progression or 2022 with Gone Green) ¾ Ro. Co. F increasing from 0. 125 Hz/s to 0. 3 Hz/s ¾ Increasing variability of system inertia ¾ Under GG scenario, potential additional cost of ~£ 200 m to carry larger volume of response reserve ¾ Fast frequency control to maintain operability and reduce cost ¾ SMART Frequency Control project (Enhanced Frequency Control Capability, EFCC) to demonstrate the effectiveness/capability from providers 2

Why SMART Frequency Control? (2) ¾ NIC EFCC project awarded by Ofgem November 2014 Solution New Services Enhanced Frequency Control (Fast Response) Low Load Operation of Thermal Plants Synchronous Compensator 3

SMART Frequency Control – Project overview Jan 2015 Mar 2018 4

SMART Frequency Control – Work Packages & Collaboration ¾ Work Package 1 - Control System ¾ Event detection and control ¾ Work Package 2 - Assess response from service providers ¾ Work Package 3 - Optimisation ¾ Work Package 4 - Validation ¾ Work Package 5 - Knowledge dissemination ¾ Work Package 6 - Commercial ¾ Development of commercial frameworks ¾ Work Package 7 - Communication ¾ Control room interfaces 5

SMART Frequency Control Project Organisational Structure SO Innovation Board Project Sponsor(s) Richard Smith (NG) John West (NG) Steering Committee PMO Support Lisa Cressy (NG) • • • Vandad Hamidi Charlotte Grant Malcolm Hay Douglas Wilson Alastair Martin (NG) – PD (NG) - PM (Alstom) (Flextricity) • • • Christopher Proudfoot (Centrica) Duncan Bott (Belectric) Tim Mueller (Belectric) Campbell Booth (Strathclyde University) Vladimir Terzija (Manchester University) Advisory Group (advisory sessions as per project requiements • • Andrew Dixon (NG) • John Zammit-Haber (NG) • • • Paul Auckland (NG)/ • David Oram (NG) • • Martin Bradley (NG) • Mike Edgar (NG) Leon Walker (NG) • Bernie Dolan (NG) Sarah Hall (NG) • Phil Johnson (NG) Adam Sims (NG) Graham Stein (NG) Mark Osborne (NG)

SMART Frequency Control – First 6 months ¾ Main milestones ¾ Completion of control specification ¾ Analysis of storage costs and benefits; report with recommendations to be sent to Ofgem ¾ Project progress report 7