To unlock the potential role that flexibility can play in better synchronising supply and demand, National Grid ESO will need to improve its digital capabilities. We recommend that National Grid ESO speeds up progress on making sure its IT upgrades mean that it can handle flexibility from assets smaller than 1MW and reports to Parliament on its progress in hitting this target.

To unlock the potential role that flexibility can play in better synchronising supply and demand, National Grid ESO will need to improve its digital capabilities. We recommend that National Grid ESO speeds up progress on making sure its IT upgrades mean that it can handle flexibility from assets smaller than 1MW and reports to Parliament on its progress in hitting this target. Type: recommendation | Number: 55 | Paragraph: 220 | Response status: not_addressed Government response: 135. [Response provided by ESO] The ESO recognises the size of the investment required in our systems to ensure that electricity system operation meets Great Britain’s net zero ambitions. Through its Open Balancing Program, ESO is modernising and transforming its balancing capabilities and associate