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04 Opportunities of 昀氀exible consumption
Introduction
Anticipating and seizing the opportunities of consumption 昀氀exibility
Flexibility is expanding beyond traditional upstream services, creating new roles for storage
operators, renewable producers, and aggregators on both sides of the meter.
Behind-the-meter 昀氀exibility is unlocking economic and regulatory transformation, requiring
dynamic pricing models, new contractual frameworks (e.g., sleeving), and updated consumer supplier relationships.
To scale these models, regulatory adaptation, international benchmarking, and structured
stakeholder engagement (including legal tools and market incentives) are essential.
The energy transition is accelerating across Europe and beyond, driven by the need to decarbonize
power systems and integrate growing shares of variable renewables. In this context, system
昀氀exibility - the real-time ability to adjust electricity generation and use - has become central to
energy policy and grid stability. While the focus has historically been on front-of-the-meter (FTM) or
supply-side 昀氀exibility, demand-side 昀氀exibility is now emerging as a critical and underutilized lever.
Consumption-side 昀氀exibility includes actions such as shifting usage in response to price signals, storing
electricity o昀昀-peak, or participating in grid balancing. These services involve a wide range of actors from industrial users and households to aggregators and storage operators - and increasingly take
place behind the meter (BTM), where digitalization and new technologies are transforming energy use.
This shift is prompting suppliers, regulators, and consumers to rethink their roles in the energy system.
Authors : Christine le Bihan-Graf & Laure
Rosenblieh, Partners in the energy
transition department at Hogan Lovells
LLP Paris. Maxime Gardellin & Edouard
Olson, senior associates of the team,
also contributed.
