System Operating Plan (SOP)
As part of our daily planning processes within the ESO control room, the control room strategy team produces a System Operating Plan (SOP) at key demand peaks or troughs throughout the day, at what we call a Cardinal Point (CP). Prior to each CP the Strategy team hand over the relevant SOP to the real-time Energy team, who then use this plan to take real-time operational decisions to balance the electricity system.
The SOP is a snapshot of key information that is available to the ENCC at that time of its creation and based on this information provides a flexible strategic plan to ensure the ESO fulfills all its obligations to balance the system.
The information within the SOP ensures that the most economic, secure, and flexible plan is developed for that moment in time at the time of handover.
The real-time energy team constantly reviews the information within the SOP to ensure it is still relevant as they approach the CP, so that to ensure the operational plan is still valid, and if required modify as needed.
On this page, we aim to publish the following SOPs every day ahead of the respective cardinal point: 1A, 1B, 2F/A/B (whichever is the peak of the morning), 3B, 3C & 4B.
For further background on the SOP please view our Introduction to SOPs document, additionally, you can find explanations of the terms used in the SOP in our SOP Glossary document.
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8 Data Files
| Name | Format | Last Changed Sort ascending | Download | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| System Operating Plan - Data Table | CSV | 6 hours ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Published SOP - Jun 2021 | CSV | 1 year ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Published SOPs September 2020 | ZIP | 1 year ago | Download (ZIP) | view |
| Published SOPs August 2020 | ZIP | 1 year ago | Download (ZIP) | view |
| Published SOPs July 2020 | ZIP | 1 year ago | Download (ZIP) | view |
| Published SOPs June 2020 | ZIP | 1 year ago | Download (ZIP) | view |
| An Introduction to System Operator Plans | 1 year ago | Download (PDF) | view | |
| Glossary of terms used in System Operating Plan | 1 year ago | Download (PDF) | view |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Date Created | June 5, 2020 at 9:56 AM (UTC+00:00) |
| Source | National Grid Electricity System Operator |
| Rights | NESO Open Data Licence |
| Update Frequency | Daily |
cURL integration
# Get a list of dataset's resources
curl -L -s https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datapackage_show?id=system-operating-plan-sop | grep path
# Get resources
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/datastore/dump/e51f2721-00ab-4182-9cae-3c973e854aa8
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/99442aab-b184-44f5-8495-fc0b82869d46/resource/d76ebe04-5139-4cf8-bc93-2fb8f5d8c310/download/sop-data-table-updated-20210625051044.csv
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/99442aab-b184-44f5-8495-fc0b82869d46/resource/4215187a-b1f6-4291-abef-3594a1515c5c/download/published-sops-september-2020.zip
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/99442aab-b184-44f5-8495-fc0b82869d46/resource/9bc0ca53-e142-46fe-a73d-0d14d5eea32f/download/published-sops-august-2020.zip
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/99442aab-b184-44f5-8495-fc0b82869d46/resource/c2ce1308-ef80-4a3f-91ff-38b602c78bc9/download/sop_07_2020.zip
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/99442aab-b184-44f5-8495-fc0b82869d46/resource/909d0ddf-b567-47a3-9aa0-55cb8ba1a859/download/sop_06_2020.zip
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/99442aab-b184-44f5-8495-fc0b82869d46/resource/8be74d9e-9f41-4ab7-8606-2c06d60cb63d/download/an-introduction-to-sops.pdf
curl -L https://api.neso.energy/dataset/99442aab-b184-44f5-8495-fc0b82869d46/resource/596fbeb4-77be-48a4-89b7-f442e73e54c0/download/glossary-of-terms-used-in-system-operating-plan_final.pdf