Dec 2020
Electricity Distribution
Covid Vulnerability
Reference:
NPG_NIA_035
Status:
Live
Start Date:
Dec 2020
End Date:
Jun 2021
Funding Licencee(s):
Northern Powergrid
Contact:
Dr. Mary Black
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Funding Mechanism
Network Innovation Allowance
Research Area:
ED - Customer and stakeholder focus
Core Technology(ies):
Stakeholder Engagement
Estimated Expenditure:
£30,000.00
Introduction:
C19 Vulnerability asessment, working with Supergen and National Energy Action.
Objectives:
The objectives of this work are to:
Understand the implications of changing patterns of energy demand on vulnerable customers. (ie those in fuel poverty, or at risk of fuel poverty either before, during or (in the future) after the lockdown 19.
Further, to understand both how energy demand changes over time during the stages of lockdown and recovery, as well as to understand the underlying reasons for those changes.
The implications of these findings for future development of electricity networks, both within the current DNO role and the future DSO role will be identified