UWL26 - Content Programme

This session explores growing industry calls for greater transparency and accessibility of grid data to enable better capacity assessments.
Join this interactive session to examine why current heat maps and capacity datasets are considered incomplete and inconsistent, and how this impacts developers. Participants will discuss how to better collaborate and enable digital innovation throughout the electricity system and identify opportunities to improve data publication across networks. The session aims to define practical, collaborative steps toward a more open and efficient data ecosystem.

Discussion points:

• What are the biggest barriers innovators and developers face with current grid capacity data?
• How can we maintain system security whilst supporting third party digital innovators to build solutions?
• What specific data gaps (e.g., distribution vs. transmission, low‑voltage, demand‑side visibility) cause the greatest issues for developers today?
• When does it make sense for NESO and the networks to focus on enabling third parties to develop digital solutions, and when does it make sense for them to build their own?
• What short‑term actions should Ofgem, NESO, and networks take to improve capacity data accuracy and accessibility?