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Introduction to Elexon and the Energy Market: February 2025
This event is now fully booked. To sign up for the waitlist, please email [email protected] with the following:
- Your full name
- Your organisation
- Your job title
- Your work email address
- Any dietary requirements
This seminar is an all-day event that provides a useful introduction to Elexon and the different roles we perform across GB energy markets. You’ll hear presentations from a range of Elexon colleagues, as well as from a guest presenter from National Energy System Operator (NESO), and be given the opportunity to ask questions and network with other industry professionals.
CALF values Spring 2025 BSC Season: appeal deadline 1 February 2025
The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Spring 2025 BSC Season, which runs from 1 March 2025 to 31 May 2025, are available from the Credit/Credit Alerting section under the Financial and Credit menu on the Elexon Portal.
If you are the Lead Party of a non-Credit Qualifying BMU, you can appeal an assigned CALF value if you believe it does not accurately represent your expected activity.
MHHS: Ofgem approval of Change Request 055 to allow for robust testing time
Source: Elexon Corporate WebsiteMarket Facilitator governance workshop 1 on 27 November 2024
Source: Elexon corporate websiteElexon would like to invite interested parties to help us develop the enduring arrangements for the market facilitator role, through a series of six to seven workshops taking place between end 2024 and March 2025.
Consultation: increasing CAP to £120/MWh from 12 December 2024
This page gives details of a consultation on increasing the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) to £120/MWh from 12 December 2024. This two-day consultation will close at 17:00 on 27 November 2024.
CP1592 Implementation Phase Consultation to Upgrade of NHHDA and EAC/AA systems
The current versions of NHHDA (Non Half Hourly Data Aggregation) and EAC/AA (Estimation of Annual Consumption/Annualised Advance) system applications that Elexon provides to Party Agents run on Oracle 12c, for which Oracle Corporation withdrew application support in 2022.
This CP proposes to upgrade EAC/AA and NHHDA to the latest available version of Oracle 19.21. Where possible, it leverages cost savings by aligning with Elexon’s planned update to other BSC central systems
Market Index Definition Statement Review 2024
The Market Index Definition Statement (MIDS) is annually reviewed by the BSCCo on behalf of the BSC Panel, to ensure that the Market Index Price is providing a reasonable reflection of the price of wholesale electricity in the short term market.
Elexon implements landmark rule change for growth in flexibility & progress to Net Zero
Source: Elexon corporate websiteFrom today (7 November) independent aggregators of electricity flexibility can start the process to register to participate in the wholesale electricity market, resulting from a rule change made by Elexon.
Request for Information – MHHS changes to Guidance Notes and Simple Guides
We invited industry feedback on Elexon’s approach to updating the Guidance Notes and Simple Guides.
Submission of Generation and Demand Capacity (GC/DC) for the Winter 2024 BSC Season
The Winter BSC Season begins on 1 December and if you are using the Elexon Kinnect Customer Solution, the deadline for submitting your GC and DC values for the Season is 14 November 2024.