The Substation Podcast
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Skip Rates in the Electricity Market
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Emma talk about skip rates - the term used to describe assets not being dispatched in the electricity market, although they're in merit. T...
Alternatives to Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP)
30 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Emma discuss options for improving locational signals on the electricity system that aren't Locational Marginal Pricing (LMP). Could refor...
Energy demand – the role for intelligent demand in energy systems with Alex Schoch from Octopus
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode in the series about the role of demand in energy markets, Emma and Tom speak to Alex Schoch, global head of flexibility at Octopu...
Energy demand – what happens when there’s not enough energy to meet demand?
08 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second in a series on the role of demand in energy, Tom and Emma talk about the arrangements in GB gas and electricity systems that are used wh...
Energy demand – the role of demand in energy
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first in a series about energy demand, Emma and Tom discuss how demand interacts with energy, covering energy efficiency, demand side response,...
Market design - Time in electricity markets
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode on electricity market design, Tom and Emma ask "What is Time?". But they're not physicists, so they can't answer this question. B...
Alternatives to locational pricing - with Adam Bell
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Locational Marginal Pricing seems to be high on the policy agenda after it featured heavily in the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements released ...
A Clean Energy Standard - with George Day
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How might a clean Energy Standard help the energy system deploy towards Net Zero in a cost effective way? A clean energy standard places obligations o...
Review of the Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) - how might market design evolve in GB?
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Emma and Tom talk about the latest development in market design in GB, the Government's Review of the Electricity Market Arrangements - REMA. It will ...
Market design – self despatch and central despatch
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second in the series on electricity market design, Tom and Emma discuss the two different approaches to pricing and despatch in electricity mar...
Market design - is it time to move away from marginal pricing?
26 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom and Emma dive into electricity market design. Marignal pricing is a key concept in electricity market design, with the most expen...
Security of supply mechanisms in a net zero world
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the third in the series on security of supply mechansims, Tom and Emma ask how they may need to change in the light of net zero. With a changing ge...
Security of supply market mechansims
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second on a series on security of supply, Tom and Emma talk about market mechanisms for insuring security of supply; how signals are sent to ma...
Locational Marginal Pricing - with Ed Birkett
02 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined by Ed Birkett to discuss how the electricity market could change to reflect the value of energy in different places, though the introduct...
Local Flexibility - with Randolph Brazier
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what a Distribution System Operator (DSO) is? Why is it different to the network owners (DNOs)? Why do we need flexibility in t...
Introduction to Security of Supply
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode in a series on Security of Supply, Emma and Tom talk about why it's so important to ensure security of supply in gas and electric...
The future of energy data - utopia or dystopia?
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What could the future of data in energy look like? Tom presents differnet views of the future of energy data with the help of sci-fi references. ...
Christmas Energy Quiz
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tom and Emma are joined by Tom Palmer for a Christmas-themed energy quiz. Play along! The questions are: How many kilometers can a Tesla car t...
Buzz Bar - National Grid Future Market Design deep dive
23 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this (not so) short episode, Emma and Tom do a page turn on the November 2021 publication from National Grid on Net Zero Market Reform. Read along ...
Data on the distribution system
02 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom and Emma talk about the role of data on the distribution system in GB. They cover the historical context, how this has changed ov...
Data in the energy retail market
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Emma and Tom talk about the role of data in the energy retail market, touching on the nature of competition, the state of play for energy data today, ...
Data in the wholesale electricity market
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Tom and Emma discuss the structure of the GB wholesale electricity market, and the role that data plays in it
Buzz Bar - New Financing for Nuclear Power
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this short "Buzz Bar" episode, Emma and Tom give an initial reaction to the UK Government's October 2021 proposals for a new funding mechanism for ...
British Government policy announcements and data in the transmission system
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we give initial thoughts on the British Government and other bodies' series of policy documents, released October 2021, covering its ...
Hello, the energy crisis and energy data
18 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the Substation Podcast, Tom and Emma introduce themselves and the pod, cover the ongoing energy crisis, and introduce the topi...