ELEXON Circulars
ELEXON publishes and sends out Circulars when key information about the BSC or operational activities needs to be communicated to our customers. You can subscribe to the Circulars from the header area of this website.
EL03155 : RESOLVED – Intermittent access to BMRS website
Further to ELEXON Circular EL03154, we have resolved the issue impacting the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS). The BMRS is now publishing data on the BMRS website, APIs, Data Push Service and TIBCO as expected. ELEXON have resumed Settlement Calculations and is running the calculations for the affected Settlement Periods.
EL03154 : Update: Intermittent access to BMRS website
Further to ELEXON Circular EL03153, we have identified the cause of the issue impacting the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS). We are aiming to resolve this by 13:00 (BST) today. Until this issue is resolved, users may experience reduced performance and intermittent access the BMRS website and APIs. Additionally, this issue is impacting loading of data and ELEXON has suspended the Settlement Calculations to prevent inaccurate System Prices being published.
EL03153 : Intermittent Access to BMRS Website
We are currently investigating an issue where users are experiencing intermittent access to the BMRS website and APIs. Our team is looking to restore the service as soon as possible.
EL03152 : Planned National Grid ESO Outage impacting data sent to BMRS
National Grid ESO (NGESO) will be carrying out a planned IT maintenance between 02:10 to 03:10 (BST) on Sunday 31 May. The outage will affect several NGESO systems which send data to the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS), including Demand Forecasts, non-BM STOR, Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD) and European Transparency Regulation (ETR) data and REMIT.
EL03151 : UPDATE – Planned BMRS downtime required for the deployment of P344 Project TERRE Release
Further to BSC Bulletin 339, the end time for the deployment outage on the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS) today, has been changed from 01:00 (BST) to 02:00 (BST). Therefore the period of downtime on the BMRS will take place between 18:57 to 02:00 (BST) today, 28 May 2020.
EL03150 : Withdrawal from the Balancing and Settlement Code – ExtraEnergie GmbH (Party Id: EXTRAGER and Party Agent Id EXTRAGPA)
This is notification that ExtraEnergie GmbH will withdraw from the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) on 29 May 2020 in accordance with section A5.1 of the Code.
EL03149 : Update: Inconsistent BSAD data sent to BMRS
Further to ELEXON circular EL03147, National Grid ESO (NGESO) is continuing to investigate the issue where it is sending inconsistent Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD) data on the Balancing Mechanism Reported Service (BMRS).
EL03148 : National Grid ESO Outage impacting data sent to BMRS
National Grid ESO (NGESO) is experiencing an outage affecting several systems which send data to the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS), including, Demand Forecasts, non-BM STOR, Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD), European Transparency Regulation (ETR) and REMIT data.
EL03147 : Update from NGESO on Inconsistent BSAD files sent to BMRS
Further to ELEXON Circular EL03140, National Grid ESO (NGESO) has sent an update to ELEXON and BSC Parties regarding the issue impacting Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD) on the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS).
EL03146 : Scheduled maintenance to BSC Central Systems: Wednesday 13 May 2020
There will be period of planned downtime on the BSC Central Systems from 19:15 to 20:45 (BST) on Wednesday 13 May 2020. This is required to perform essential maintenance and will result in intermittent service on the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS) and Energy Contract Volume Aggregation Agent (ECVAA).