The Core Reference Model (CRM) for DSO procurement of flexibility is intended as a blueprint of the ideal market design for flexibility procurement by DSOs.
This paper is smartEn’s contribution to specifically address the DSO procurement of flexibility. In the coming months following this publication, smartEn will be releasing a range of other papers with the aim of illustrating the increasingly complex issue of defining a holistic market for local flexibility. We see this as being essential in maximising the take up of the very significant potential offered by local, commercial and residential flexibility assets. Our contributions would aim to improve the existing Electricity Market Design.