Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) is to work with software company Open Utility to learn from and participate in its smart grid platform.

SSEN said that, in its evolution to a distribution system operator (DSO), it will create potential for peer-to-peer and flexibility trading, creating new markets where supply and demand can be balanced and traded locally. The two companies will trial Open Utility’s new Piclo platform, which will help inform SSEN’s development.