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The IDSR programme (over 拢12.8 million) consisted of 3 streams of work supporting the innovation, design, and demonstration of interoperable demand side response systems.

Background

罢丑别听2021 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan聽set out a suite of policies to enable flexibility from consumers, known as 鈥榙emand side response鈥�. Consumers will need access to聽鈥檈nergy smart鈥� appliances聽that make it聽easier to change their consumption patterns, alongside tariffs and services that incentivise this change.

Interoperability of energy smart appliances will enable consumers to access different propositions for demand side response, either earning revenue or reducing costs through providing value to the energy system. Increased uptake of demand side response will reduce the costs of decarbonisation, reducing bills for all consumers.

As part of this, the government committed to taking powers to set regulatory requirements for 鈥榚nergy smart鈥� appliances, guided by the core principles of interoperability, data privacy, cyber security, and grid stability.

This programme is part of the up to 拢65 million overarching聽Flexibility Innovation Programme聽which seeks to enable large-scale widespread electricity system flexibility through smart, flexible, secure, and accessible technologies and markets. The Flexibility Innovation Programme will fund innovation across a range of key smart energy applications, and sits within the 拢1 billion聽Net Zero Innovation Portfolio听(NZIP).