20 DIGITALIZATION IN ENERGY SUPPLY


STAYING AGILE


BSI is active in a number of other areas in the energy sector where digitalization is set to have a major impact as new ways of working start to develop, identifying existing standards that can be applied and where gaps exist that need to be fi lled.


“T


here is a big drive to open up access to energy data as part of the shift in emphasis from


Network Operator to System Operator, and make data available outside of the NOs and suppliers” said Sebastiaan. The Energy Data Taskforce has been


created to advise Government, Ofgem and industry on how to unlock value from data within the energy system. The EDT aims to open up energy system data and create a ‘data catalogue’. This will be accessible to businesses and regulators to help increase competition, drive innovation in new products, services and business models, and ultimately produce a more effi cient, cost-effective energy system that works for consumers. “Making energy data more accessible


and readily available is essential to having a net-zero and fl exible grid,” said Sebastiaan. “Unfortunately, it also raises questions of cyber security and data privacy, areas where we have existing standards and expertise that could provide resolutions to some of the challenges that emerge as the implications of making data more widely available become apparent.” In another move to encourage


innovation within the Energy Sector, Ofgem is providing a ‘regulatory sandbox’. The idea is to make it easier to trial innovative business propositions that will benefi t consumers, without incurring all of the usual regulatory requirements. “I believe in a situation like this that BSI’s agile standards can be of real benefi t for emerging technologies,” said Sebastiaan.


“Using our new, more streamlined approach to standards making, we can get feedback on innovative concepts from our network and grab consensus where there is any, and possibly progress to a formal standard, if deemed necessary. “This could support those areas that


are emerging and genuinely innovative. This approach could also provide comfort to the regulator to understand what standards could be in place, and possibly demonstrate how this could fi t into existing regulation.”


Sebastiaan sees agile standards of particular use in the energy sector, which has seen new players emerge with innovative approaches that have disrupted the market, often driven by new technology.


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