The balance responsible party explained for sites with batteries

The balance responsible party explained for sites with batteries

After withdrawal and injection, it is the turn of the balance responsible party (BRP).

RTE (the French transmission system operator) must ensure, at every moment, that injections and withdrawals on the French power system are in balance.

To achieve this, sites that consume and produce electricity are not handled in isolation. They are assigned to balance perimeters, which are managed by balance responsible parties.

Balance responsible parties must guarantee that their balance perimeters are balanced (as the name suggests) and bear the financial cost of any imbalances.

For a site with a behind-the-meter battery, this is a key point:

• Its withdrawal must be assigned to a balance perimeter.
• Its injection must also be assigned to a balance perimeter.

Both assignments can be held by the same party, but this is not mandatory.

If this issue is not addressed from the outset, the site’s flexibility potential can become very difficult to monetise properly on the markets.

That is why Nexen GridTech works with balance responsible parties and takes care of assigning sites to the right perimeters.

Our goal: to make the flexibility of sub-MW batteries accessible and profitable.

Do you install batteries? Get in touch to explore their flexibility potential.