Credit Assessment Load Factor: News

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the spring 2024 BSC Season, which runs from 1 March 2024 to 31 May 2024, 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.

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Winter 2023 BSC Season, which runs from 1 December 2023 to 29 February 2024, are available from the BSC 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.

• BSC Portal > Financial and Credit > Credit / Credit Alerting

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Autumn 2023 BSC Season, which runs from 1 September 2023 to 30 November 2023, are available from the BSC 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.

• BSC Portal > Financial and Credit > Credit / Credit Alerting

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Summer 2023 BSC Season, which runs from 1 June 2023 to 31 August 2023, are available from the BSC 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.

• BSC Portal > Financial and Credit > Credit / Credit Alerting

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the summer 2023 BSC Season, which runs from 1 June 2023 to 31 August 2023, 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.

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Spring 2023 BSC Season, which runs from 1 March 2023 to 31 May 2023, are available from the BSC 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.

• BSC Portal > Financial and Credit > Credit / Credit Alerting

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Winter 2022 BSC Season, which runs from 01 December 2022 to 28 February 2023, 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.

As you may be aware, the Credit Assessment Price (CAP) is due to increase in the next few days. Your BM Unit CALF Values and your declared Generation Capacity (GC) and Demand Capacity (DC) values are used in the Credit Assessment Energy Indebtedness (CEI) calculation of your Credit Indebtedness.

With the recent increases in the CAP, it is important to check whether your DC and GC values are correct and that you have reviewed the Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values that Elexon has calculated to ensure that they accurately represent the expected Balancing Mechanism (BM) Unit activity.

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Autumn 2022 BSC Season, which runs from 1 September 2022 to 30 November 2022, 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 Balancing Mechanism Unit (BMU), you can appeal an assigned CALF value if you believe it does not accurately represent your expected activity by Monday 1 August 2022.

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Summer 2022 BSC Season, which runs from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2022, 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.

The Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values for the Spring 2022 BSC Season, which runs from 1 March 2022 to 31 May 2022, 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.

If you are the Lead Party of a non-Credit Qualifying Balancing Mechanism Unit (BMU), you can appeal an assigned CALF value if you believe it does not accurately represent your expected activity.

Lead Parties of a non-Credit Qualifying BMU can appeal against an assigned CALF (Credit Assessment Load Factor) value if it is believed it does not accurately represent your expected activity.

If you are a Lead Party of a non-Credit Qualifying Balancing Mechanism (BM) Unit you can appeal against an assigned Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) values and Holiday CALF values.

Suppliers who experience reduced demand during Christmas and New Year Easter can request a reduced Credit Assessment Load Factor (CALF) value for the period.