IN Brief:
- SP Energy Networks has launched ElectronConnect under a three-year agreement with Electron.
- The platform is being rolled out to 35 flexibility service providers and supports month-ahead procurement.
- Flexibility is being used to manage constraints, balance supply and demand, and integrate more low-carbon generation.
SP Energy Networks has launched ElectronConnect, a new flexibility platform designed to make it faster and easier for providers to take part in the markets used to support network balancing and manage local constraints.
The platform has been developed with flexibility service providers and is intended to support the continued expansion of distribution flexibility. Those services are increasingly being used to balance supply and demand, manage capacity constraints, and accommodate rising volumes of renewable generation and low-carbon technologies connected to the network.
Electron has been appointed as SP Energy Networks’ flexibility partner for the next three years, with the transition now under way for 35 existing flexibility service providers. The new system is intended to streamline tendering and participation while supporting requirements set by Ofgem and flexibility market facilitator Elexon.
SP Energy Networks uses flexibility services to keep power flows within network limits and avoid capacity constraints on its distribution system. Its current participation guidance sets out month-ahead requirements through ElectronConnect from April 2026, giving providers a single route for registration, qualification, bidding, and market participation.
The launch marks a further operational step in the shift from traditional reinforcement-only planning towards a broader mix of network investment and flexible system operation. Flexibility service providers seeking to participate can register interest through ElectronConnect.
