List of BSC Insights
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