Long Term Trades

National Grid DSO

Automated

United Kingdom

Long Term Trades is an annual flexibility procurement for Scheduled Availability, Operational Utilisation (SAOU) & Operational Utilisation 15 (OU_15).

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Service details

Service type

Load reduction and load increase

Eligible technologies

All DER types

Competition frequency

Annual

Locational scope

Location-specific

Seasonality

Year-round

Eligibility

Direct

Aggregated

Residential

Commercial & Industrial

Front-of-the-Meter

Standard pre-qualification required including technical qualifaction of assets; operational assets only; annual tenders via Piclo.

Key details

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Pay-as-bid model; bids submitted via Piclo platform.

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Dispatch instructions via platform UI, email or API forwarded 15 minutes ahead of dispatch start time.

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Utilisation & Availability payments are calculated in line with ENA Open Networks guidelines; HH metering data; performance-based pricing; monthly settlement cycle.

Listing last updated on

26 June 2025

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