• National Grid will reward participating companies for reducing their electricity
• The first six instructions before the end of 2023 are guaranteed at £3,000
• Your previous electricity consumption will provide us with the baseline from which to assess your reduction during DFS events
• After the DFS event, SSE Energy Solutions will calculate your reduction in electricity consumption and the value created
• Businesses don’t have to take part in every DFS event to be part of the scheme
• Payment will be made in line with SSE Energy Solutions payment terms and National Grid's settlements

• Service starts 1 November 2023, but a participant can join after that point. DFS will end 31 March 2024
• DFS is most likely to be needed on working days, particularly Monday and Tuesday, but could occur anytime
• Peak periods of demand occur typically between 16:00 - 18:00
• No provider is obliged to stay in the service, meaning a level of flexibility to opt in or out as suits their business operations
• Providers will receive indicative notice of ‘acceptance’ at day-ahead stage, though this could be refined in-day, ahead of delivery time
• Delivery can be via multiple means such as demand-shifting or starting an on-site piece of generation equipment like a back-up generator to offset some load
• Participants are remunerated for the volume of demand that they have flexed in relation to their typical energy consumption

DFS is suitable for your business if you:

• Agree to work solely with SSE Energy Solutions to deliver DFS
• Offer 1MW minimum unit size / 100MW maximum, but this can be made up via aggregation with other customers
• Respond to and carry out an instruction for at least 30 minutes
• Respond to an indicative instruction at 'Day Ahead' with a refined delivery at 'intraday' stage
• Allow SSE Energy Solutions to use relevant data in the provision of the service
• Are not committed in any other services, such as a Balancing Mechanism