CP1576 ‘New Interconnector Fuel Type Category: Viking Link’
Formal title: Creation of a new Interconnector Fuel Type Category for the Viking Link Interconnector
Changes are needed to the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS) to ensure data relating to the new Viking Link Interconnector is provided to market participants alongside existing data relating to Settlement arrangements in the Great Britain (GB) electricity market.
In accordance with BSC Section Q, the BSC Panel are required to approve new external Interconnectors as new Fuel Type Categories following any necessary consultation with industry. Separately, a CP is required to gain approval for the BSC Code Subsidiary Document amendments and system changes to the BMRS to enable the publication of the Interconnector data through a Fuel Type Category.