Selected work
Case study 05
Consequential automation
VPP Optimisation & Energy Sight
A staged-autonomy programme separating energy observation, analysis and simulation from any future physical command authority.
Challenge
Energy optimisation becomes consequential when recommendations connect to physical assets. Data freshness, tenant boundaries, simulation, authorisation and auditability matter before actuator access.
Dane’s role
Designed staged-autonomy programme direction, separating observation, analysis, simulation, validation and any future supervised or guarded control.
Programme design
- Market-data observation and ingestion
- Scoped multi-tenant data boundaries
- Deterministic simulation and recommendation logic
- Freshness and audit surfaces
- Explicit separation between recommendations and physical command authority
Progression
- 01Observe
- 02Analyse
- 03Simulate
- 04Validate
- 05Supervised control
- 06Guarded automation
What this demonstrates
Safety-gated consequential automationDeterministic decision supportSimulation before controlAuthority separation