BSC Insights about Imbalance and Settlement

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If significant events or changes occur within the electricity industry we will analyse and offer insight into what has happened and why. The impartial insight articles are written by our industry experts, who have a wealth of experience and knowledge. These findings are supported by a large amount of industry data.

These BSC Insights articles all relate to Imbalance and Settlement.

View BSC Insight: How to get more detailed metered volume data from our Insights Solution

BSC Insight: How to get more detailed metered volume data from our Insights Solution

Through the electricity Settlement process Elexon obtains metered volume data which shows the generation and demand volumes of electricity for each Balancing Mechanism Unit (BMU) on the system and whether this is an estimated or actual value. This data is included in our SAA-I014 report which covers all Settlement activity for every half hour, each day and it is easily accessible on our wholesale market data service the Insights Solution. 

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View BSC Insights: The Insights solution puts data on the wholesale market at your fingertips

BSC Insights: The Insights solution puts data on the wholesale market at your fingertips

In this BSC Insight article by Reza Nia, Head of Analysis & Insight,  explains why Elexon developed a new data service (the Insights Solution) and the benefits of it to BSC Parties and other stakeholders. All of the Insights Solution data is available to download for free. 

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View BSC Insight: Update on Settlement Performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

BSC Insight: Update on Settlement Performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

In this Insight article, Mehdi Jafari  provides an update on the Settlement Performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. This BSC Insight follows on from a previous BSC Insight we published to show how COVID-19 pandemic had affected suppliers’ performance in 2020.

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View BSC insight: How Covid-19 impacts Load Profiles

BSC insight: How Covid-19 impacts Load Profiles

There are two different types of data that the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) requires for electricity Settlement; Half Hourly and Non Half Hourly. Electricity Settlement happens in Half Hourly periods, so Elexon uses the profiling process to calculate Half Hourly data from Non Half Hourly meters. In this Insight article, Mehdi Jafari discusses the Group Average Demand data used in the profiling process and the way it has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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View BSC Insights: The ways P350 has changed allocation of Transmission Losses

BSC Insights: The ways P350 has changed allocation of Transmission Losses

In this Insight article, Mehdi Jafari considers the way implementation of Modification P350 changed the allocation of Transmission Losses.

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