Forecast volumes and costs
On this page you can see a historic data related to the operating margin (OPMR).
New forecast volume of reserve, forecast volume of frequency response required, annual weighting factors for STOR contracts, and forecasts of BSUoS charges will be published on the Data Portal on a regularly basis.
Frequency response requirement documents are now on the System balancing reports page.
You can find out more about the balancing services incentive scheme (BSIS) and balancing services use of system (BSUoS) on their respective pages.
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Frequency Response data
See historic documents related to the outturn for energy services we have used.
BSUoS forecast data
See historic daily BSUoS Forecast data.
From 1st March 2020, Daily BSUoS Forecast files will be published on our new National Grid ESO Data Portal.
Please see link below for the location:
https://data.nationalgrideso.com/balancing/balancing-services-use-of-system-bsuos-daily-forecast
| Name | Published Sort ascending |
|---|---|
| BSUoS Forecast 2018-06-01 | 1 Jun 2018 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-31 | 31 May 2018 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-30 | 30 May 2018 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-29 | 29 May 2018 |
| BUSOS Forecast 2018-05-27 | 27 May 2018 |
| BSUOS Forecast 2018-05-26 | 26 May 2018 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-25 | 25 May 2018 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-24 | 24 May 2018 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-21 | 21 May 2018 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-20 | 20 May 2018 |
Daily BSUoS Forecast 2017-18
| Name | Published Sort ascending |
|---|---|
| BSUoS Forecast 2017-01-25 | 25 Jan 2017 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2016-10-31 | 31 Oct 2016 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2016-08-08 | 8 Aug 2016 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2016-05-26 | 26 May 2016 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2016-03-03 | 3 Mar 2016 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2015-12-15 | 15 Dec 2015 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2015-07-20 | 20 Jul 2015 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2015-05-07 | 5 Jul 2015 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2015-02-19 | 19 Feb 2015 |
| BSUoS Forecast 2015-10-01 | 10 Jan 2015 |
Monthly BSUoS Forecast
From 1st March 2020, Monthly BSUoS Forecast files will be published on our new National Grid ESO Data Portal.
Please see link below for the location:
https://data.nationalgrideso.com/balancing/bsuos-monthly-forecast
| Name | Published Sort ascending |
|---|---|
| BSUoS Report April 2019 Data | 12 Apr 2019 |
| BSUoS Report March 2019 | 20 Mar 2019 |
| BSUoS Report March 2019 Data | 20 Mar 2019 |
| BSUoS Report February 19 | 18 Feb 2019 |
| BSUoS Report February 19 Data | 18 Feb 2019 |
| BSUOS Report January 2019 | 17 Jan 2019 |
| BSUOS December 2018 Data | 17 Jan 2019 |
| BSUOS Report January 2019 Data | 17 Jan 2019 |
| BSUOS Report December 2018 | 17 Dec 2018 |
| BSUOS Report November 2018 | 12 Nov 2018 |
From 1st March 2020, Operational Planning Margin Requirement (OPMR) and wind availability files will be published on our new National Grid ESO Data Portal. Please scroll down to OPMR and Wind availability files for daily or weekly.
Please see link below for the location:
NRAPM forecast
The purpose of the Negative Reserve Active Power Margin (NRAPM) forecasting report is to indicate to the market a risk of NRAPM situation and therefore risk of Emergency Instructions.
From 1st March 2020, NRAPM (Negative Reserve Active Power Margin) forecast files will be published on our new National Grid ESO Data Portal.
Please see link below for the location:
https://data.nationalgrideso.com/generation/negative-reserve-active-power-margin-nrapm-forecast