Frequency Services
NESO
NESO stabilises the electricity system by keeping frequency around 50Hz within a 1% range, ensuring sufficient power is available to manage expected fluctuations in supply and demand.
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Frequency Services
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Service details
Service type
Load reduction and load increase
Eligible technologies
All DER types
Competition frequency
Daily
Locational scope
Territory-wide
Seasonality
Year-round
Eligibility
Direct
Aggregated
Residential
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Commercial & Industrial
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Front-of-the-Meter
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
This participation route is eligible.
This participation route may be eligible
This participation route is not eligible.
Services include Dynamic Regulation (DR), Dynamic Moderation (DM), Dynamic Containment (DC), Static Firm Frequency Response (SFFR), Mandatory Frequency Response (MFR), and Commercial Frequency Response (CFR).
Key details
Participants submit capability and price in monthly or day‑ahead auctions or bilateral agreements.
Dispatch is automatic via frequency deviation triggers or scheduled via auctions for dynamic/static services.
Settlement is via holding payments and utilisation payments depending on service and auctions.
Listing last updated on
01 August 2025
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