TheUK energywiseprojectandbeyond:Smartmeteringasanenablingplatformfor

changingconsumers'relationshipwithenergy

IEADSMDaymeeting– Dublin– 2017-05-10

DavidShipworthProfessorofEnergyandtheBuiltEnvironment

[E:d.shipworth@ucl.ac.uk T:+44(0)2031085998]

Overview

• Energywise– Smartmeteringandthefuelpoor

• SmartMeterResearchPortal(‘SMRP’)– Nationalaccesspointtosmartmeterdataforresearchwith≥10,000participants

• Blockchain P-2-Pcommunityenergytrading– Siemens,UKPN,BP,ESCandothers

Awarded £3.3m in 2013

(Total project cost £5.5m)

energywise trialdesign• Randomisedcontroldesign• Twoyear-longtrials:

– TrialI:energysaving– 2016– TrialII:energyshifting(timeofusetariffs)- 2017

• 550participantsrecruited(~40%responserate)• Highdrop-outrate(~300remaining)• Highlyethnicallyandlinguisticallydiversecommunity(~40%Bangladeshi community)

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Trial 2: Energy Saving & Demand Side Response

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Customerengagement

• Lead on recruitment and engagement

• Support British Gas in booking appointments and facilitating access to properties where required

• Delivery of energy efficiency devices

Contactfromtrustedlocalorganisations

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Dedicated, locally basedCustomer Field Officer team:

Keyareasofinnovation• Customerinsights:

– Fuelpoorcustomers’energysavingsandshiftingresponsetosmartmetersandtimeofusetariffs.

• Networkinsights:– Evaluatingtheimpactofthisonnetworkreinforcement.

• Customerrecruitment&engagement:– Testingfuelpoorengagestrategiesonsavingandshifting

includingthemosteffectivemessagesandapproaches.• Innovativepartnerships:

– Workingwithtrustedlocalintermediariestosupportthoseinfuelpoverty.

• Non-punitivetimeofusetariffs:– Triallingnon-punitivetimeofusetariffsforbothcreditand

prepaymentfuelpoorcustomers.

EnergySocialCapitalsurvey

Energysavings(trialIresults)• Overallsavings(Credit+PPM)~3.3%– Treatmentofoutliersimportant

• Pre-paymentappearedtosavemore~8%– Concernsoversmallnumbersanddataquality

Vision• Consistent,ongoingchannelforaccessingenergydata.• Energydataatmonthly,dailyorhalf-hourlyresolution.• Evidencebaseforintervention,observationalandlongitudinal

studiesacrossthesocio-technicalspectrum.• Datalinkingserviceforcontextualdata.Grant(AwaitingEPSRCletterofoffer)• £6m over5years- 2017-2022• UCL+6AcademicPartners&EST.• Proposalcombinesinfrastructure&research.• PortalhostedonUKDA’sBigDataPlatform.• BEISsupportrecruitmentthroughgovernmentsurveys

SmartMeterResearchPortal‘SMRP’

SmartMeterresearchPortal‘SMRP’Portalprogramme• Asecure,consistentandtrustedchannelforresearchersto

accesshighresolution(half-hourly)energydata• Strictlyvoluntaryparticipationwithregularinformedconsent• Governance- accreditedresearchersaccessinganonymizeddata• Mechanismtocollectdataalongsideothervariablesorfuture

surveys(e.g.EHS)– 10,000samplecollection• Datalinkingservicee.g.toEPC’s• EnergyAdviceServiceforparticipantsfromtheESTResearchprogramme• Dataquality,analyticsandengagementandgovernance• Academicresearchonenergydemand• Governmentresearchontheefficacyofpolicy• Industryresearchonthelowcarbontransition

TITLESTYLESUBSTYLE

Akeybehaviourchangeapplication:outcome-basedpolicymetrics

• Regulatingoutcomes(performanceinuse)notinputs(laboratoryperformanceofcomponents)

• Advantagesvis-à-visinput-basedapproach– Factorsinmanufacturing,environmental,anduserimpactsonperformance– Thereforehighecologicalvalidity– Thereforeloweroverallsystem(e.g.wholebuilding;wholeheatingsystem;

etc)performanceuncertainty– Essentialforunderstandingoperational(field)performance.– Bestmeasureofcustomerrelevantoperationalcosts

• Disadvantagesvis-à-visinput-basedapproach– Medium/highcosts(dependingonhowimplemented)– Higherproductperformanceuncertainty(hardertodisentangleother

impactsonperformance)

Peer-to-peercommunityenergytradingusingblockchains

• Advantagesofcommunityenergytrading– Communityenergyautonomy– Increasedenergysalienceandengagement– Localisingeconomicbenefits– Communityenergypovertyalleviation– LocalbusinessCSRandcommunityengagement– Localareagridresilience– Minimisingtransmissionlosses– Efficientuseofgridinfrastructureandminimising reinforcementcosts

• Enablingtechnologies– Bi-directionalsmartmeteringat≥half-hourlyresolution– Generationassets(PV;Wind,CHP;Hybridheat-pumps;DSR)– Storage(preferable)– Half-hourlysettlementandtimeofusetariffs(preferable)

Blockchainsasanenablingtechnology• P-2-Pcommunityenergytradingrequires:

– Afinancialtransactionlayerthat:• Supportsproductandserviceinnovation• Minimisesoreliminatestransactioncosts

– AnIoTcontrolarchitecturethat:• IscompatiblewithcomponentAPIs• Supportsanecosystemofsmart-controls(smart-contracts;distributedcomputing,fogcomputing)

• Isdistributedtominimiselatencyandenergy,andenhanceprivacy.

• Blockchains providethattransactionandcontrollayer

CurrentactivitiesatUCL• Engagegovernmentandtheregulatortounderstandthepolicyand

regulatoryconstraints.(Grantapplicationsubmitted)• Testdifferentconsumervaluepropositions(nationalsurveyexperiments)• Assesscyber-securityandprivacyconsiderations(withcomputerscience)• SurveyandengageIndustry(replicateGermansurvey)• EngageinEnergySystemArchitecturedebate(withESCandENA)• Scopeblockchainsystemarchitectures

– PublicvsPrivate?– ConsumervsDSOfocused?– Disruptivevsevolutionaryenergysystemroles?

• Scopeblockchain entrypointswithinexistingUKenergymarket– C2C– e.g.peertopeertrading?– B2C– e.g.householdtoenergyserviceprovidersandHEMSproviders?– B2B– e.g.energyserviceproviderstodistributionsystemoperators?

• Establishasubstantialphysicaldemonstrator