Availability, certainty and access to energy and pricing data is the backbone of a consumer-centric and smart energy system. The new SEDC Position Paper on Data Access outlines how consumers and their service providers can be empowered to optimise their energy management and enable flexibility.
Position Papers
The Flexible Demand Management Industry provides solutions to all consumers – citizens, businesses, buildings, electric vehicles (EVs) and industries – to become flexible and be rewarded for playing an active role in the clean energy transition. As such, it needs to be fully recognised as a crucial clean-tech industry in Europe. But as the Flexible Demand Management Industry is very heterogeneous, it is often not easy for it to be identified as a specific industrial base and its significant contribution tends to be overlooked. This is a major gap to fill. This paper intends to inform this effort by answering these 3 questions: What is the Flexible Demand Management Industry and what are the solutions offered? Why the Flexible Demand Management Industry matters ? What is needed in the next EU legislature for the Flexible Demand Management Industry to rightfully become a solid pillar of Europe’s decarbonised economy?
Empowered energy consumers can contribute to a clean, secure and efficient energy system. Yet, many restrictions still hinder the activation of flexible demand across Europe. As price spikes and negative prices are increasingly frequent, sending clear signals on when and where there is a need to shift or cut energy demand or consume locally produced renewable energy is an urgent priority. This will benefit both the cost-effective systemic transition to climate neutrality and the reduction of all consumers’ energy bills, from households to large industries To contribute to an impactful legislature 2024/2029, smartEn has identified 6 top priorities that would strengthen the EU competitiveness, security and sustainability with efficient and flexible consumers as the driving force.
This paper serves as a comprehensive toolkit, providing essential information on why flexible consumers matter for the transition to a cleaner, more resilient and competitive energy system. Through the successful regulatory efforts at EU level, groundwork has already been laid to support the smart electrification of our energy system with consumers’ flexibility. This must be implemented now across all EU Member States. This paper is the contribution from the Flexible Demand Management Industry to support politicians and campaigners and inform electoral debates ahead of the European Parliament elections in June 2024.
