Elizabeth Porter is a specialist in distribution flexibility markets within the Distribution System Operations team at Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks. Her work involves identifying areas for network flexibility, and creating and embedding processes for procurement of flexibility services. Prior to her role in business-as-usual operations at SSEN, Elizabeth worked on the pioneering local energy innovation projects, Local Energy Oxfordshire (LEO) and TRANSITION. Elizabeth also has a background in network modelling through her previous work at Energy Systems Catapult as an Energy System Modelling Analyst. With her combination of commercial expertise and technical understanding, Elizabeth’s work is instrumental in aligning system planning and flexibility procurement methodologies within SSEN, enabling network security alongside ambitious flexibility procurement plans to maximise the benefit of flexibility services to customers.