Balancing Reserve Requirements Medium term forecast
This data file contains the forward view of requirements for each service day in the rolling window. These requirements are forecast using the same Dynamic Reserve Setting system but are produced without the detailed wind and solar data. Therefore they should be considered as a rough guide to the scale and shape of requirement. These figures are not revised closer to real time. Each day an additional day will be added to the rolling window contained within the data file. The current day being removed and appended to the archive file. For current day requirements please see the Balancing Reserve Day ahead auction requirements forecast, which is updated daily using the detailed wind and solar forecast.
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Table Information
Auction Date
| Title | Auction Date |
|---|---|
| Type | date |
| Description | The date of the auction event that these requirements apply to |
| Comment | |
| Example | 2024-01-24 |
| Unit |
Service Delivery Date
| Title | Service Delivery Date |
|---|---|
| Type | date |
| Description | The service day for delivery of the service. |
| Comment | Please Note that service window 1 starts at 23:00 D-1 with regards to service date |
| Example | 25/01/2024 |
| Unit |
Service Window
| Title | Service Window |
|---|---|
| Type | string |
| Description | Service window identifier |
| Comment | Please note this is not the same as Settlement Period. The first service window, window 1 starts on 23:00 Service date-1. For GMT to BST clock change service window 7x and 8x are the repeated hour. For BST to GMT clock change day there is no service window 5 or 6 |
| Example | 7x |
| Unit |
Service window start time
| Title | Service window start time |
|---|---|
| Type | datetime |
| Description | Start time and date of service window |
| Comment | Time given in local time |
| Example | 2024-01-24T23:00:00 |
| Unit |
Service Window End Time
| Title | Service Window End Time |
|---|---|
| Type | datetime |
| Description | End time and date of service window |
| Comment | Time given in local time |
| Example | 2024-01-20T23:29:59 |
| Unit |
Positive Balancing Reserve Requirement MW
| Title | Positive Balancing Reserve Requirement MW |
|---|---|
| Type | integer |
| Description | Requirement for Positive Balancing reserve |
| Comment | |
| Example | 651 |
| Unit | MW |
Negative Balancing Reserve Requirement MW
| Title | Negative Balancing Reserve Requirement MW |
|---|---|
| Type | integer |
| Description | Requirement for Negative Balancing reserve |
| Comment | |
| Example | 751 |
| Unit | MW |
Forecast produced on
| Title | Forecast produced on |
|---|---|
| Type | date |
| Description | Date that the forecast was produce |
| Comment | |
| Example | 2024-01-24 |
| Unit |
Forecast type
| Title | Forecast type |
|---|---|
| Type | string |
| Description | Type of forecast |
| Comment | Either day ahead forecast or Medium term |
| Example | Day ahead |
| Unit |