Profiling: News
Re-Issuing of Period Profile Class Coefficients impacting Settlement from January to September 2023
Between 27 January 2023 and 24 September 2023, the Supplier Volume Allocation Agent (SVAA) issued incorrect Daily Profile Coefficients (DPCs) to Non Half Hourly Data Collectors (NHHDCs) on 85 Settlement Days.
Estimates of Annual Consumption (EAC) and Annualised Advances (AAs) calculated by NHHDCs using these inaccurate Coefficients were incorrectly apportioning the volume to each Settlement Period.
Enhancing our customer enquiry processes using Elexon Support
In our recent customer feedback survey, a number of customers expressed the need for a more efficient and streamlined process to submit and track enquiries and concerns related to the BSC and its services.
We’ve taken this feedback on board and have been working on an enquiry management tool called Elexon Support. Elexon Support will provide you with a centralised platform to easily manage your interactions with us.
Clarification of criteria for Non-Domestic SVA Metering Systems to be allocated to Profile Classes 3 or 4
In response to recent enquiries from Suppliers and other parties, we have been reviewing whether the criteria that Suppliers must follow when deciding whether to allocate Non-Domestic SVA Metering Systems to Profile Classes 3 or 4 are clear. These criteria are laid out in BSCP516: ‘Allocation of Profile Classes and SSC’s for Non Half Hourly SVA Metering Systems Registered in SMRS’, and are particularly relevant to:
- Suppliers deciding whether a new connection should be settled as Non Half Hourly (NHH) in Profile Class 3 or 4, or as Half Hourly (HH); and
- Suppliers deciding whether an existing connection that is currently being settled HH can be changed to NHH in Profile Classes 3 or 4.
BSC insight: How Covid-19 impacts Load Profiles
There are two different types of data that the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) requires for electricity Settlement; Half Hourly and Non Half Hourly. Electricity Settlement happens in Half Hourly periods, so Elexon uses the profiling process to calculate Half Hourly data from Non Half Hourly meters. In this Insight article, Mehdi Jafari discusses the Group Average Demand data used in the profiling process and the way it has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.