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NEWS IN BRIEF


ESA Programme helps get the energy


balance right Standardization of ‘energy-smart appliances’ (ESAs) and how they respond to the need to balance electricity supply and demand is the focus of the ESA Programme launched in March by BSI. An energy-smart device is one able to


respond automatically to price and other signals by modulating or shifting its electricity consumption. ESAs work in the context of what is known as ‘demand-side response’ (DSR), a system that enables supply and demand to be balanced efficiently, saving energy while meeting the needs of electricity network operators and consumers.


Following a public consultation, BEIS outlined four policy principles seen as critical for running effective demand-side response through ESAs. These are, the stability of the National Grid, cyber security, interoperability and data privacy. A Standards Landscape Report published in October 2018 identified a lack of guidance in the area of ESAs and DSR and that there is currently no mechanism for testing or certifying ESAs. BSI is now working with BEIS and OLEV to implement the recommendations from the Standards Landscape Report through its


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ESA Programme, engaging a broad range of stakeholders to develop and implement market-relevant standards; an industry-led Strategic Advisory Group has also been set up. Any standards gaps identified will be


addressed through the development of two Publicly Available Specifications (PASs), PAS 1878: Classification for energy smart appliances, and PAS1879: A framework for demand side response (DSR). PAS development started in March and publication is due in June 2020. Public consultation will take place between December and January 2020.


BEIS looks for standards that match the pace of technological innovation


Following publication of a whitepaper ‘Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ in June, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at BEIS, Lord Henley has written to BSI Director of Standards Scott Steedman asking for his views on how standards should evolve to encourage innovation. Lord Henley acknowledges that


standards play a crucial role in enabling


and stimulating innovation. However, he believes standards face a challenge keeping pace with technological innovation. He invites Scott to set out a vision for how the development and review of standards should evolve during the Fourth Industrial Revolution, together with other UK quality infrastructure bodies. He writes, “It is important that standards are developed and reviewed in an agile


way that keeps pace with technological innovation and draws in the voice of innovators and disruptors. “I am aware of the work that you are


already leading to make the standards system more agile – for example, by increasing the use of Publicly Available Specifications to fast-track development of standards – and look forward to hearing how you plan to take this further.”


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