Our commitments to 2026
Clean power
We will enable a zero-carbon electricity system by adopting a whole system approach, encouraging innovation and collaboration.
The main NESO deliverables under this priority are the Clean Power 2030 pathways, balancing services reform, zero carbon operation and connections reform.
Our commitments
The technical detail of these commitments can be found in the 'Introducing NESO’ appendix.
Our existing commitments:
We will work closely with the government, Ofgem and customers to develop final changes under the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA)
We will enhance our modelling and provide recommendations to facilitate the electricity Capacity Market
We will deliver the Early View for Winter and our Seasonal Outlook reports
We will raise awareness to ensure industry preparedness and compliance with the new restoration standard
We will enable operation of the system at zero carbon in 2025 and deliver on balancing services commitments
We will work with distribution system operators (DSO) to enable efficient operational coordination and planning
We will transform the customer experience to enhance the ease of doing business with us, including by delivering digital platforms that allow our customers to interface with us
We will support developers to energise their schemes and to meet generation compliance obligations
Our new commitments:
We will support the delivery of the Pathway to 2030 and Beyond 2030 network requirements and Clean Power to 2030
We will produce our next study to assess longer-term resource adequacy in the 2030s, which is critical in understanding the risks for a decarbonised power system, it will include a new gas supply security assessment
We will implement our reformed connection process and work with network owners to deliver enhanced connections dates for customers with net zero aligned projects