Limitation of Power Consumption Program

Important

LPC-events (ResourceLPC and LocationLPC) is only sent to specific partners on an invite-only basis, and the structure of this event is subject to change. If you have not been sent here by Spark, please do not implement or base any decisions on this event.

Limitation of Power events (LPC) is used whenever the grid has an extraordinary need to reduce power consumption for a short duration. When we issue LPC events we ask you to limit the power consumption of specific resources - typically to 0 kW. As opposed to price curve events, reacting to this event is mandatory.

Get started with LPC

1. Contact Spark to participate

   To participate in the limitation of power consumption program, you must contact Spark to express your interest. Spark will then provide you with the necessary information to participate. This is an invite-only program, and not all partners will be able to participate at the moment.

2. Create webhook subscriptions

   You should set up a webhook to receive event notifications from the API. This allows your system to be notified when an event occurs.

   The events you should be listening to for this program are LPC Events and User Eligibility Events.

   Webhook Subscriptions Learn how to set up a webhook to receive events

3. Enroll eligible users

   Only certain users will be eligible to participate in the LPC program, indicated by their eligibility status. You will receive updates to eligibility changes in the UserEligibility-event. Once a user is eligible and enrolled, they will be able to receive LPC events.

4. Act and report on LPC events

   When you receive an event, you must first, as soon as possible, report which resources will be able to act. And once the event has passed, report resource energy usage during the event back to the API.

   Reporting LPC Acknowledgement Learn how to report acknowledgement on LPC events
   Report Resource Energy Usage Learn how to report resource energy usage on LPC events

   If you registered “behind-the-meter” locations, see here for information on how to report energy usage.

5. Test in sandbox using simulated events

   You can generate simulated userEligibility and LPC events to test your webhook integration in the sandbox environment.

   Simulate Events Learn how to simulate events