Monthly Balancing Services summary (MBSS)
The MBSS gives the costs and volumes of balancing services used by the ESO.
These costs are broken into individual months in the past financial year, as well as by each individual service. The most recent month is based on preliminary figures, which are subject to change once updated information becomes available. These changes will be evident in the datasets of future months. Alongside the data files are the PDF reports of the data, giving some extra insight and analysis.
Note: we have withdrawn the monthly Balancing Services summary 2022/23 report for March 2023, due to some data errors. It will be available on the portal once the issue is resolved. Apologies for any inconvenience.
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145 Data Files
| Name | Format | Last Changed Sort ascending | Download | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) Oct-2021 | XLSX | 1 year ago | Download (XLSX) | view |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) Oct-2021 | 1 year ago | Download (PDF) | view | |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) Costs FY21-22 | CSV | 1 year ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) Volumes FY21-22 | CSV | 1 year ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) Sep-2021 | XLSX | 1 year ago | Download (XLSX) | view |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) Sep-2021 | 1 year ago | Download (PDF) | view | |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) Aug-2021 | XLSX | 1 year ago | Download (XLSX) | view |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) Aug-2021 | 1 year ago | Download (PDF) | view | |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) July-2021 | XLSX | 1 year ago | Download (XLSX) | view |
| Monthly Balancing Services Summary (MBSS) July-2021 | 1 year ago | Download (PDF) | view |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Creator | National Grid Electricity System Operator |
| Date Created | November 13, 2019 at 1:37 PM (UTC+00:00) |
| Source | National Grid Electricity System Operator |
| Rights | NESO Open Data Licence |
| Update Frequency | Monthly |
cURL integration
# Get a list of dataset's resources
curl -L -s https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datapackage_show?id=mbss | grep path
# Get resources
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/7384086c-d661-4a1d-88d1-2be6988dfdd0/download/mbss-data-oct-21.xlsx
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/bf26f8ff-3c3e-4a0e-9c38-9c84c99b9e84/download/mbss-oct-2021.pdf
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/2b336174-6bff-48cc-8922-eac3b12b6e97/download/mbss-data-costs.csv
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/a8ec12dd-4d31-42dd-8f42-74984e0bf1af/download/mbss-data-volumes.csv
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/eb562b37-3e81-46b9-b75d-e76283cc8acf/download/mbss-data-september-2021-.xlsx
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/75b84d37-1de4-41f4-9949-5b46b99e6683/download/mbss-september-2021.pdf
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/158969ab-2f07-4637-a441-3fe8990e88f3/download/mbss-data-august-21.xlsx
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/b7f00afb-ffee-4cf2-a3db-57f74a69ff37/download/mbss-august-2021.pdf
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/4b52d709-fab7-4129-a2bf-020a4bce9a41/download/mbss-data-july-21.xlsx
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/f89a12fc-94ef-4a09-bce2-c094c7212e1f/resource/f6e9c435-f65c-45ab-8e85-a1a1e3ce062e/download/mbss-july-2021.pdf