EPQ has a well-established track record in the implementation of solutions aimed at maximizing the economic value of energy flexibility within its customers’ sites, taking into account possible physical options (i.e. peak shaving, production and consumption management) or mechanisms that provide remuneration for the availability and performance of the service, such as Demand Response and Interruptible loads (instant-load-reduction services).
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The Flexibility services provided by EPQ are Demand Response and Interruptible load programmes. EPQ offers even a consortile solution: X-Response.
Demand Response, a substantial opportunity for Energy consumers and producers.
To cope with the scarcity of fossil and to mitigate greenhouses gas emissions, renewable energy sources have recently expanded in electricity production. In the meantime, introducing high shares of renewable energy sources, including intermittent energy sources, questions reliability of power supply.
In this context, solutions such as Demand Response (DR) programs are attractive alternatives to support the expansion of renewable energy sources.
Demand response seeks to adjust the demand for power instead of adjusting the supply. It represents – along with Interruptible loads programmes and other dispatching market products – one of the solutions the TSO (in Italy Terna) can adopt to guarantee the system balance.
Demand Response is in a pilot project phase (i.e. Delibera ARERA 422/2018).
It promotes the creation of Aggregate Virtual Mixed Units (UVAMs) which are characterised by the presence of non-relevant production units (including storage systems) and consumption units. The UVAMs take part in the Dispatching Services Market (DSM) modulating consumption and production units responding to the TSO’s requests.
EPQ is a Balancing Service Provider (“BSP”), an Aggregator providing balancing services to the TSO.
The BSP aggregates Prosumers, plants (or parts of plants) that produce and consume energy. The BSP is the TSO’s counterparty.
KPI Flessibilità e Interrompibilità GAS
Interruptible electricity resources (instant load reduction programme)
The service aims to secure the functioning of the national electricity system in the event that resources procured on the market were found to be insufficient.
Terna, by means of its remote control network, steps in on the switches of industrial sites of so-called “energy intensive” customers (i.e. interruptible loads of at least 1 MW) interrupting the supply of electricity to the interruptible loads which take part in the programme.
This programme generally involves large industrial customers which have a serious implication of electricity cost on their production cost and that can, in case of need, interrupt or shift production cycles.
EPQ has a solid experience in the management of this service on behalf of important industrial companies.
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X-RESPONSE CONSORTIUM
In light of the results of the past three year procedure for the forward supply of interruptible electricity resources, that have favoured streamlining of Interruptible and Demand Response resources, the Consortium X-Response was founded aimed at an integrated management of flexibility mechanisms in order to maximize the value generation related to both programmes.
X-Response was founded to promote flexibility services among industrial and commercial customers, allowing Consortium Members to have more levers for optimization compared to an individual participation.
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