IN Brief:
- myenergi’s zappi GLO charger has achieved Code of Practice 11 approval.
- The approval supports behind-the-meter measurement and participation in flexibility markets through Gridpay.
- EV chargers are increasingly becoming controllable grid-edge assets rather than passive electrical loads.
myenergi has secured Code of Practice 11 approval for its zappi GLO EV charger, confirming compliance with UK requirements for flexible energy use and behind-the-meter energy measurement.
The approval enables zappi GLO users to participate in flexibility markets through myenergi’s Gridpay service. The automated programme allows charging sessions to be adjusted in response to grid conditions while maintaining user preferences set through the myenergi app.
CoP11 approval is becoming increasingly significant as domestic and commercial energy assets move into flexibility services. Behind-the-meter measurement has to be reliable enough to verify changes in demand, settle participation, and support grid-balancing activity. Without that measurement layer, devices may be technically controllable but commercially difficult to include in flexibility programmes.
EV chargers are a natural focus for demand-side response because charging can often be shifted without affecting vehicle availability. The value depends on user preferences, charging windows, battery state of charge, tariff signals, local network conditions, and the ability of an aggregator or platform to control load automatically. Manual response is unlikely to scale across large numbers of devices; automated control is the practical route to flexibility at the grid edge.
The zappi GLO approval follows earlier CoP11 certification for the zappi 2.1 charger. myenergi has also linked its devices to participation under P415 arrangements, which allow domestic properties to take part in national energy balancing programmes where metering and settlement requirements are satisfied.
UK flexibility is moving from trial activity into more permanent system operation. Ofgem’s approval of a year-round Demand Flexibility Service design, including participation thresholds lowered from 1MW to 0.1MW, forms part of the wider March shift around connection reform, demand flexibility, and grid access. Smaller assets and aggregated loads are now closer to the centre of system balancing.
Local flexibility is developing in parallel. E.ON’s proposal for firm household batteries to support constrained local substations showed how distributed assets can be positioned as network resources where control, measurement, and availability are dependable. EV chargers fit into the same grid-edge logic, especially where charging demand is rising on low-voltage networks.
For charger manufacturers, the technical requirements now go beyond the safe delivery of power to a vehicle. Connectivity, cybersecurity, measurement, software reliability, user control, tariff integration, and grid-service compatibility are becoming part of product specification. A charger that can respond to flexibility events must do so without undermining safety, user trust, or installation compliance.
Standards are part of the same movement. Expanded ISO 15118 support for EV charging underlines the increasing role of communications standards in charger design. Plug-and-charge, smart charging, bidirectional capability, identity management, and vehicle-to-grid services all depend on interoperable hardware and software.
Flexibility participation still depends on scale. A single charger has limited system value, but thousands of devices responding through coordinated software can create meaningful controllable load. That load can help reduce demand during system stress, absorb electricity when renewable output is high, and support local networks where demand growth is outpacing reinforcement.
The commercial challenge is to make participation simple enough for users and predictable enough for system operators. Gridpay’s automated structure is designed around that principle: the user sets charging preferences, and the system adjusts charging within those boundaries. The strength of the model will depend on how reliably it balances user convenience with grid requirements.
CoP11 approval confirms that EV charging hardware is being drawn deeper into the operating architecture of the electricity system, where flexible load is becoming a resource in its own right.
