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BSC Insights – Imbalance and Settlement

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View BSC Insight: How to get more detailed metered volume data from our Insights Solution

BSC Insight: How to get more detailed metered volume data from our Insights Solution

Through the electricity Settlement process Elexon obtains metered volume data which shows the generation and demand volumes of electricity for each Balancing Mechanism Unit (BMU) on the system and whether this is an estimated or actual value. This data is included in our SAA-I014 report which covers all Settlement activity for every half hour, each day and it is easily accessible on our wholesale market data service the Insights Solution. 

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View BSC Insights: The Insights solution puts data on the wholesale market at your fingertips

BSC Insights: The Insights solution puts data on the wholesale market at your fingertips

In this BSC Insight article by Reza Nia, Head of Analysis & Insight,  explains why Elexon developed a new data service (the Insights Solution) and the benefits of it to BSC Parties and other stakeholders. All of the Insights Solution data is available to download for free. 

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View BSC Insight: Update on Settlement Performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

BSC Insight: Update on Settlement Performance during the COVID-19 pandemic

In this Insight article, Mehdi Jafari  provides an update on the Settlement Performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. This BSC Insight follows on from a previous BSC Insight we published to show how COVID-19 pandemic had affected suppliers’ performance in 2020.

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View BSC insight: How Covid-19 impacts Load Profiles

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.

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View BSC Insights: The ways P350 has changed allocation of Transmission Losses

BSC Insights: The ways P350 has changed allocation of Transmission Losses

In this Insight article, Mehdi Jafari considers the way implementation of Modification P350 changed the allocation of Transmission Losses.

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View BSC Insights: How Covid-19 has affected estimated data in Settlement

BSC Insights: How Covid-19 has affected estimated data in Settlement

We monitor Supplier Performance in relation to the volume of estimated and actual data in Settlement. In this insight article, our Analysis and Insight Delivery Lead, Emma Tribe looks at the impact COVID-19 had on Supplier Performance during the first lockdown.

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View Insights: Update on Demand Reduction during COVID-19 lockdown

Insights: Update on Demand Reduction during COVID-19 lockdown

In this Insight, our Data & Insight Analyst, Nick Baker provides an update to the reduced electricity demand during lockdown article with the latest findings. The new graphs can be used to track electricity demand changes in Great Britain as COVID-19 restrictions start to ease.

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View Insights: Electricity demand down by 17% during COVID-19 lockdown

Insights: Electricity demand down by 17% during COVID-19 lockdown

Measures put in place by the UK Government to control the COVID-19 outbreak have resulted in electricity demand falling sharply in the GB electricity market, according to Elexon data estimates. In this Elexon Insight, our Data & Insight Analyst, Nick Baker investigates the scale of the demand reduction.

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View Insights: Low CO2 fuel sources powered 2019

Insights: Low CO2 fuel sources powered 2019

Nearly half of all the electricity generated in Great Britain in 2019 was generated by low CO2 generation. In this Elexon Insight, our Market Advisor Emma Tribe uses electricity generation data to show how 2019 was powered demonstrate how the electricity market is on the road to Net Zero.

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BSC Insights: Sub-zero electricity prices in December

Too much electricity generation in Great Britain pushed prices sub-zero for 13 hours. Occurring on the night of 7 December and morning of 8 December, BSC Parties were paid to consume energy. In this Elexon Insight our Market Advisor, Emma Tribe, uses Elexon’s open data from BMRS to explain why the prices were negative.

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