Unlock the Full Potential of Your Home and Business Assets
Turn your assets into a source of value. Behind-the-Meter flexibility helps reduce energy costs, cut carbon, and support a more resilient grid.
What Is Behind-the-Meter Flexibility?
Behind-the-Meter (BTM) flexibility is the ability to reduce or shift energy consumption in a home or business premise. using assets located on-site. Batteries, Electric Vehicles and their chargers, building management systems or backup generators can provide this flexibility.
Introducing PowerShift: EDF’s Flexibility Platform
At EDF, we help businesses like yours unlock the untapped value of on-site flexible assets through our award-winning virtual power plant, PowerShift.
PowerShift already provides flexibility services to device manufacturers, aggregators and independent retailers. Whether your goal is:
- Reducing customer energy costs
- Lowering your carbon footprint
- Creating new revenue streams.
We turn your flexibility into a commercial advantage
PowerShift aggregates tens of thousands of assets into market-ready portfolios – from EVs and batteries in homes and workplaces to backup generation and building management systems. This makes it possible for smaller portfolios to access flexibility markets that normally have minimum entry thresholds.
What is PowerShift?
PowerShift is EDF’s smart flexibility platform that connects, aggregates and optimises your flexible assets. It makes participation in energy markets simple, seamless and profitable.
Powered by EDF Wholesale Market Services, it offers:
Access to all major flexibility markets.
EDF Virtual Trading Party actions across BM, wholesale and ancillary services.
Trusted optimisation, backed by our market-leading trading and service teams.
A proven route to market – EDF is consistently top of industry battery optimiser leaderboards.
Flexibility, without the complexity
EDF handles the complexity, so you don’t have to. We manage everything from asset onboarding and real-time optimisation to settlement and compliance, keeping your operations running smoothly, while unlocking new value in the background.
You’ll benefit from:
Fixed, variable or performance-linked revenue models
Models are tailored to your individual needs.
Modular product offering
Enabling us to meet your commercial strategy, your relationship with the asset owners, and your operational set up.
Detailed reporting and performance insights
We provide all the information you need to know exactly how your assets are performing.
End-to-end expert advisory
Our in-house flexibility, trading and engineering teams have the expertise to provide end-to-end guidance.
Partner with us
We have the products and expert service to enable you to harness un-tapped value from your assets.
Our Products
Route-to-Market: well-suited to OEMs or independent aggregators which have existing connection, control, and optimisation capabilities.
- End to end optimisation: well-suited to OEMs or independent retailers looking to aggregate their assets with a large portfolio and diversified revenue stream.
Real Impact: Measurable Results
Our clients are:
Reducing energy costs by monetising their assets in multiple flexibility markets.
Supporting Net Zero by reducing peak-time emissions and enabling the continued build out of renewables.
Strengthening resilience by connecting distributed assets to the local and national grids.
Co-Located? We’ve Got You Covered
Our expertise spans both In-Front-of-Meter and Behind-the-Meter asset optimisation.
Whether you’re operating a standalone battery, co-locating with solar PV, or managing a portfolio of flexible sites across the UK, EDF Wholesale Market Services provides a single, integrated route to market, combining deep energy market access with advanced optimisation technology.
Read more
Check our our news and blogs for latest partnerships, insights and news.
Blog: Behind the Meter Flexibility: Turning Opportunity into Revenue
Behind-the-Meter (BtM) flexibility enables businesses to turn energy assets into revenue through trading, grid services, and cost optimisation, with new regulations making access easier and more rewarding.
Blog: Exploring behind the meter flexibility
Behind-the-meter (BtM) flexibility is reshaping energy management in Great Britain. Our latest blog explores how BtM assets like EVs, solar panels, and heat pumps help balance the grid, cut emissions, and benefit consumers.
News: EDF completes acquisition of EV charging solutions provider Pod
EDF, through its British subsidiary EDF Energy Customers Ltd, has successfully completed the acquisition of all outstanding shares of Pod Point Group Holdings PLC, the London-based electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider.
Why EDF?
- 24/7 trading desk: EDF's dedicated trading team works 365 days of the year, providing comprehensive trading services to partners and asset operators. By responding to the markets in real time and leveraging automation, trading decisions trigger market-leading asset optimisation outcomes.
- Market leading forecasting team: EDF price and volume forecasting teams underpin the success of the trading operation. We are one step ahead of changing dynamics in the market and consistently deliver the highest commercial returns.
- Product Innovation: EDF product teams are continually developing new products to bring to market, allowing our partners to gain and retain competitive edge. We were the first supplier to become a registered Virtual Trading Party, enabling us to optimise any asset.
Ready to Join the Flexibility Revolution?
If you’re an energy user with flexible assets or thinking of investing in on-site battery storage or EV infrastructure, we’d love to talk. Our team will work with you to assess feasibility, model revenue potential, and develop a tailored flexibility plan that meets your business goals.
Get in touch with the team at EDF Wholesale Market Services and discover how PowerShift can transform your flexibility into a competitive advantage.
