Demand Side Response in action

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1 Demand Side Response in action Powering your business performance Product series September 2017

2 The Power of Demand Side Response (DSR) Powering Performance DSR will help you improve operational efficiency and optimise energy usage, while supporting the grid to balance properly and function effectively Powering the Future DSR can help you unlock new revenue streams to fund innovation and power your business development Powering Resilience DSR will help you take control of your energy, lower the risk of business disruption and ensure continuity of your operations 2

3 Learn what value your power can yield What if you could control how you use your energy, how much it costs and even earn money from it? What if you had the power to improve your operational efficiency, lower the risk of disruption and increase your business resilience? What if you could make your power work for you? 3

4 What is DSR? DSR installs advanced communications equipment, managed via a control panel, on your site. This connects your energy-using assets to the grid and our 24/7 energy management platform. Centrica s energy management platform monitors your energy consumption in real time and also monitors second-by-second demand on the grid. Customer assets Energy management platform Energy suppliers Flexible load Network operators Generators Control interface Batteries Energy markets Innovation By sitting at the centre of how the grid balances supply and demand, we can alert you to when you should reduce your consumption during peak demand events, thus reducing your energy costs. Through the energy management platform, we then remotely control your assets to take advantage of changing situations. This means we can unlock cost savings and revenue opportunities for you by turning down power usage when the grid needs it most, feeding any surplus power back to the grid, or by participating in the short-term power market. This gives you a critical new level of flexibility the ability to swiftly reduce, shift or even increase power consumption enables the opportunities of DSR. Our energy management platform also constantly monitors the performance of your energy-using assets and feeds that energy intelligence back to you. This significantly enhances your site s operational efficiency, pro-actively identifying any problems and enabling you to respond at speed improving your business resilience. Is DSR right for you? DSR is used successfully in: Office buildings Universities Schools Industrial and manufacturing facilities Hospitals Data management facilities Utilities 4

5 Centrica Business Solutions Demand Side Response in action Is it right for you? Determining whether one of the many types of DSR solutions could be right for you is very simple. If you can answer yes to some of the following questions, then DSR is worth exploring further for your organisation. 5 1 Do you have large energy-consuming or producing assets? 2 Do you have a process that has stored energy (thermal, potential, chemical, hydrological)? 3 Does your site have around 200kW of operational flexibility? 4 Do you have a half-hourly meter? 5 Are you looking to develop a futureproof energy strategy? 6 Does your organisation have a sustainability strategy?

6 Why DSR from Centrica Business Solutions? Our mission is to turn energy from a cost and potential business risk into a source of sustainable competitive advantage. We do this by partnering with you to develop an innovative energy strategy for your business one that meets your needs now and continues to meet them well into the future. Centrica Business Solutions is innovating in the DSR market by bringing highly advanced real-time technology, seasoned energy and operations expertise and the lowest risk financial contracting options available. We employ a tried and tested approach to implementing and managing DSR services. This means customers can take a phased approach DSR which is low risk and already unlocking significant value for large organisations across the world. We re making DSR more accessible, flexible and straightforward than ever before. Want to know more? Demand side response is generating new opportunities across all types of industry. Find out how we can help you power new levels of performance today. centricabusinesssolutions.com 2017 Centrica plc. Registered office: Millstream, Maidenhead Road, Windsor, Berkshire. SL4 5GD. Registered in England & Wales No DSR