Millions of households to save money on energy bills under new government plans
This initiative is expected to contribute to system costs up to £ 70 billion by 2050.
Energy Minister Michael Shanks detailed the “Clean Flexibility Road Map” designed to provide more options to households and businesses in terms of energy use and savings on their invoices.
The strategy focuses on providing consumers to benefit from low electricity prices that are not busy through flexible tariffs and smart technology.
This contains discounts for electric vehicle (home) drives that use public charger at not intense times.
Suppliers will be asked to make smart tariff information more accessible and offer special products based on electrical use.
This strategic change aims to alleviate financial pressure, to increase the flexibility of the network and to comply with the Net Zero targets of the UK.
The UK will need to shift towards more flexible energy use, as the wind becomes more dependent on wind and solar energy, such as charging home batteries while producing too much electricity.
Mr Shanks said: “This roadmap is to choose and control when and how they use their energy to households and businesses.
“The flexible electrical system we are working to build will help to make a reality for consumers throughout the country by supporting them to reduce their invoices using new tariffs and technologies.
“We will protect the pockets of people working in this way and make them the first to benefit from our clean power mission.”
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A flexibility commissioner will be appointed to lead the policy work and an annual forum will be established to monitor the progress in the initiative.
Akshay Kaul, General Manager of the Infrastructure Group of Ofgem, said: “A more flexible energy market will be a real game replacement and will provide more control over what they pay for their energies.
“Charging your electric car when costs are low or during high winds may have a significant impact on people’s bills.
“We are opening flexibility markets to bring better tariffs and products to consumers to make cheaper bills come true in Ofgem.”
The government also launched a two -month advisory, looking at how more consumer can be supported to use energy in a flexible way.
