Duncan Stone

Deputy Director for Electricity System Flexibility at DESNZ

Speaker, Presenter

Duncan Stone is Deputy Director for Electricity System Flexibility at DESNZ, which includes policy responsibility for scaling grid-scale battery storage, long duration electricity storage (LDES), consumer-led flexibility (CLF) and energy digitalisation. He is also responsible for government’s Clean Flexibility Roadmap. Duncan has worked in government for over twenty years after starting out as a solicitor in the private sector. Previous roles in government include Deputy Director for Delivery within the Smart Meter Implementation Programme, and before that responsibility for setting up policy and investment frameworks for scaling up offshore electricity transmission and electricity interconnection investment.