Knowledge Base
How can I monitor my Credit Cover Percentage?
How is the CAP value set?
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How does a change of CAP affect me?
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Where can I find CAP data?
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What is CAP and how is it used?
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How will Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) impact Credit Cover Percentage?
Will System Prices reach £3,000/MWh if Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) is used?
How does Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) affect Settlement?
Where can I find Unmetered Supplies (UMS) Charge Codes?
What are Category 1 Configurable Items?
How do I apply for approval of my Central Management System (CMS)?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/operational/unmetered-supplies/central-management-systems/
What is an UMSUG Code?
Where can I get Profile data?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/settlement/profiling/
Who should we nominate as our initial Category A Authorised Signatory?
Do I need to pay for Authorised Signatories?
Can I change my own Party ID?
How do I submit BSC Party operational contact details?
What are the Approved weather stations?
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What data is used in Profiling?
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How are Profile Classes allocated?
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What are the Profile Classes?
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What is a Load Profile?
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What is the Performance Assurance Framework?
What is a TAA Annual Report?
What happens after the Metering site visit?
I’m expecting a Metering site visit, what do I need to know?
What is the Technical Assurance of Metering service?
Why do we have Technical Assurance of Metering Systems?
What is Technical Assurance of Metering Systems?
What is a Trading Unit?
What are the Aggregation Rules?
What is the Metering Dispensation Review Group (MDRG)?
What are Generic Metering Dispensations?
What are Metering Dispensations?
What is a Metering System?
MDD Load Utility
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Market Domain Data
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How am I informed of changes to MDD?
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What is the MDD Release Schedule?
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How can I make a change to data in MDD?
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What is MDD?
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Where can I find Line Loss Factor Data?
Where can I get more information on BM Units?
What happens if I breach my GC/DC values?
What could be the impact of re-declaring GC/DC?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/operational/balancing-mechanism-units/generation-and-demand-capacity/
How do I declare GC/DC values?
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When is the deadline for submitting the next Season’s GC/DC values?
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When should I declare GC/DC values?
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What is the Transfer of Supplier ID process
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What is the Change of BM Unit Lead Party
How do I transfer ownership of BM Units?
How do I register BM Units?
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How are BM Units categorised?
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What is a BM Unit?
What is the balancing mechanism?
How does the SVA Removal of Qualification process start?
What are the Serials used to calculate Supplier Charges?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/reference/performance-assurance/performance-assurance-techniques/supplier-charges/
Who are Supplier Charges applied to?
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How are Supplier Charges calculated?
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What sort of Peer Comparison do we provide?
When is data submitted?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/reference/performance-assurance/performance-assurance-techniques/parms/
What are the performance measures?
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Who’s involved in Performance Monitoring and Reporting?
What are the big issues in Material Error Monitoring at the moment?
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How does the Material Error Monitoring process work?
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Why is Material Error Monitoring used?
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How does the EFR process work?
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Who’s involved in EFR?
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What is EFR?
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What is the Bulk Change of Non Half Hourly Agent process?
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When do you use the [Bulk Change of Non Half Hourly Agent] process?
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What happens during the Audit?
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I’m about to be Audited – what do I need to know?
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What does a ‘Qualified’ BSC Audit Opinion mean?
What happens after the Audit?
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How can I remove someone’s authorisation?
How often can I change and update our authorised people?
How can I check who is authorised for our company?
Which are the different categories of authorisation in BSCP38?
All the Category A Authorised People have left our company. How do we create new ones?
I am an Authorised Person but have forgotten my password, can this be reissued?
Why do we need to register Authorised Persons?
What is the Participant Test Service (PTS) and how much does it cost?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/about/bsc-costs-charges/
How do I access the ECVAA Web Service (EWS)?
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Can High Grade lines be installed outside of the UK mainland?
Do I need Tibco Software to be able to use the High Grade service?
What are the Terms & Conditions (T&Cs) associated with the High Grade service?
Are there any costs associated with the Low Grade and High Grade services?
I currently use the Low Grade Service but want to order a High Grade service. How can I do this?
Do I need to lodge collateral (credit cover) with Elexon?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/settlement/credit/
What is the difference between a Market Participant Identifier (MPID) and a Party ID?
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Can more than one BSC Party use the same High Grade line?
Do I need to create my own Party ID or is one allocated to me?
How do I trade across the Interconnectors?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/about/roles/interconnector-user/
I only want to become an Energy Contract Volume Notification Agent (ECVNA) or Metered Volume Reallocation Notification Agent (MVRNA). Do I have to sign the BSC?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/market-entry/
What are the costs associated with being a BSC Party?
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How long does the market entry process take?
How do I claim expenses?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/groups/submitting-expenses/
What am I entitled to claim for?
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What is the Q8 Committee?
BSC Panel Elections
The BSC – Simple Guides
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Trading & Settlement
History of the BSC
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What is the BSC?
What is Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF)?
Where can I find details of wholesale prices of electricity in Great Britain?
What are MPANs and MSIDs?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/settlement/profiling/
How do interconnectors work?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/about/interconnectors/
Can I use data from BMReports, the Elexon Portal, or Elexon.co.uk?
What is the Elexon Portal?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/data/
What is BMReports.com?
When is a BSC Party in Default of the BSC?
Redirected to https://bscdocs.elexon.co.uk/bsc/bsc-section-h-general
What is a BSC Party?
How are the System Sell Price and the System Buy Price calculated?
Redirected to https://www.elexon.co.uk/settlement/imbalance-pricing/
What is the System Sell Price and the System Buy Price?
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What is the imbalance settlement process?
What are bids and offers?
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What are the consequences of Credit Default?
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When does a Credit Default occur?
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What is Credit Default?
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What are the Credit rules under the BSC?
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