List of BSC Insights
BSC Insights: Imbalance Charging, where does the money go?
In this Elexon Insight one of our Business Intelligence Analysts, Emma Tribe, explains energy imbalance cash flow and how leftover amounts are redistributed among BSC Parties. This article highlights how we calculate payments that come into Elexon and how, as a not-for-profit organisation the way they are calculated means we receive no financial gain.
Published: June 2019
Elexon Insight: We could provide settlement services for low carbon heat
In this Elexon Insight Thomas Demetriades, Strategy Analyst, discusses the potential for more heat networks to be developed in Britain, and the support that Elexon could offer towards this. Published: May […]
BSC Insight: Rapid decline in coal-fired generation
In this Insight piece, Angus Fairbairn, Market Analyst at Elexon, looks at the data behind the major reduction in coal generation in Britain which has been making headlines in April […]
BSC Insights: Imbalance Prices go negative on 24 March 2019
The 24 March 2019 saw the longest continuous period of negative Imbalance Prices since a single Imbalance Price was introduced in November 2015. In this article Emma Tribe explains what negative Imbalance Prices are, when they have been occurring, and what Elexon’s data shows about the trends.
BSC Insights: Keeping costs down when Suppliers fail
Roger Harris, Market Operations Manager at Elexon, looks at the number of recent Supplier failures and the issue of Supplier of Last Resort processes and costs. Earlier in March another […]
BSC Insights: Imbalance Prices with new CADL and DMAT
Emma Tribe’s insight article highlights the potential impact of changes to the De Minimis Acceptance Threshold and the Continuous Acceptance Duration Limit which take effect on 1 April 2019. The […]
BSC Insights: Our views on the next network price controls
In this insight piece, Jeremy Caplin, Market Architect at Elexon, talks about our response to Ofgem’s consultation on the methodology it will use to reset the network price controls from […]
BSC Insights: System Prices in 2018
In this Elexon Insight, Nick Baker, one of our Market Analysts, takes a detailed look at System Prices across 2018. What does the data tell us and were there circumstances […]
BSC Insights: Defaults and SoLRs increased in 2018
In this Elexon Insight, Emma Tribe, Business Intelligence Analyst, looks at the data behind these defaults and the 1.85% of electricity meters that have been transferred to a Supplier of […]
BSC Insights: What’s the impact of changing DMAT and CADL?
Elexon are currently consulting on two Imbalance Price Calculation parameters. Emma Tribe’s insight article highlights the potential impact on prices of changing the De Minimis Acceptance Threshold (DMAT) and the […]
BSC Insights: reviewing our introduction seminar
Elexon runs the introduction seminar five times per year and after each event we get feedback from those who attended as well as from those who presented. Jessica’s article explains […]
BSC Insights: Negative short System Price on 18 September 2018
Emma Tribe’s SPAR insight article looks at Settlement Period 9 on 18 September 2018, when the System Price was -£6.25/MWh. In this Settlement Period the system was short, and the […]
BSC Insights: Audit results suggest issues for TAA Inspection Visits
Kat Higby and Jason Jackson recap on the concerns raised during the Performance Assurance Board (PAB)’s review of Technical Assurance Agent (TAA) Inspection Visits for 2017/18. The findings indicate that […]
BSC Insights: 1 November 2018 changes to the System Price Calculation
Emma Tribe’s article looks at how the November 2018 BSC Modification P305 changes can impact System Prices. Published: September 2018 Recalculating System Prices with November 2018 changes show that prices […]
BSC Insights: Innovation and change – making it real
Mark Bygraves, CEO at Elexon, attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Energy Studies (PGES) and has produced an insight article on how he thinks the industry can introduce innovation and change.
Published: June 2018
BSC insights: Unlocking the benefits to end consumers
Nick Rubin looks at the transformations and challenges that exist in the electricity market and considers ways of unlocking the benefits to end consumers. This insight article was written as […]
BSC Insights: The Imbalance Price Olympics
Emma Tribe’s article highlights how the Imbalance Price made a high jump on 17 May 2017 as it rose above £1,000/MWh between 15:30 and 17:00. The high prices seen in […]
BSC Insights: First day off for coal in 130 years…
David Thomas and Emma Tribe write about Friday 21 April 2017 which was the first day in 130 years where no electricity was generated by coal in the UK. But what’s filling the gap?
BSC Insights: Zonal Transmission Losses
This BSC Insight provides background information to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) remedy relating to the allocation of transmission losses set out in the CMA’s report of its investigation into the energy market.
Published: April 2018
BSC Insights: Impact of temperature on System Prices
Thomas Demetriades looks at how the temperature influences the System Price. When we feel more extreme temperatures (temperatures greater than 25°C or lower than 5°C) the system is Short in 66% of Settlement Periods.
Published: August 2018