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System
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…
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Generation
Embedded Wind and Solar Forecasts
National Energy System Operator (NESO) publishes at a half-hourly resolution the embedded (refer to embedded document for definition) wind and solar forecast from within day up to 14 days ahead. This…
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Balancing costs
Current Balancing Services Use of System (BSUoS) Charges
There is a file for each run type we calculate a BSUoS charge for - Interim Initial (II), Settlement Final (SF) and Reconciliation Final (RF). These are updated daily with the actual Half Hourly…,…
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Demand
Historic Demand Data
This section contains historic electricity demand, interconnector, hydro storage pumping, Non-BM Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR), wind and solar outturn data.
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Demand
Demand Data Update
This publication is similar to "Historic Demand Data" dataset but updated on a daily basis with approximately ten days lag in receiving settlement data. In the dataset, embedded forecast…
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Ancillary services
Obligatory Reactive Power Service (ORPS)
The obligatory reactive power service (ORPS) is the provision of varying reactive power output. At any given output generators may be requested to produce or absorb reactive power to help manage…,…
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Constraint management
Thermal Constraint Costs
Thermal constraints are taken when the amount of energy that would flow naturally from one region to another exceeds the capacity of the circuits connecting the two regions. This dataset provides…
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Balancing costs
Monthly Balancing Services Use of System (BSUoS) Forecast Data
The Balancing Services Use of System (BSUoS) costs are reported on a monthly basis with a forecast for the next month and a rolling 24 month period. Here you can find the data for the 24 month ahead…
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System
GIS Boundaries for GB Grid Supply Points
This dataset contains approximate GIS (Geographic Information System) geospatial boundaries associated with each of the Grid Supply Points (GSPs) on the GB transmission network. GSPs are points of…
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Trading
Index Linked Contracted Energy Volume
Index Linked Contract can be used by National Grid ESO to meet the voltage voltage requirement . The contract is normally enacted in the morning ahead of the power exchange auction. The generator…