Peter was appointed CEO on 28 September 2023 and oversees the corporate strategy and direction of the company, accountable to the Board for the successful delivery and development of the services Elexon delivers. Previously Peter was Chief Operating Officer at Elexon.
Role at Elexon
As Chief Executive Officer Peter leads the Elexon Executive Team who are responsible for the day-to-day management of the company. Elexon manages a number of services including the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC), the Electricity Market Reform (EMR) Settlement Services, the Capacity Market Advisory Group (CMAG) and implementation of the Market Wide Half Hourly Settlement programme on behalf of Ofgem.
Experience at Elexon
Previously Peter was an Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Elexon. As Chief Operating Officer he oversaw Digital Operations that handle substantial funds to ensure electricity market compliance.
He was responsible for operational delivery of our obligations under the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) and for realising the vision for the Elexon Kinnect platform, that is underpinning the transformation of Elexon’s business, driving key initiatives for market insight services, data analytics, and emerging flexibility markets to support Net Zero.
Interviews, presentations and articles
- Elexon Insight: The key to unlocking the future of local flexibility (25 January 2024)
- BSC Insight: ‘Event-driven’ architecture can help to release the value of energy data (17 February 2022)
- TechUK blog by Peter Stanley: cloud technology revolutionises Elexon services (24 November 2021)
- New Power Interview: Elexon’s Peter Stanley on opening up the settlements process ‘black box’ (12 October 2021)
Experience in the industry
Peter has over 35 years experience in the electricity industry and has gained a strong background in driving technology and data focused transformations within the energy sector.