On this page you can see a historic data related to the operating margin (OPMR).
New forecast volume of reserve, forecast volume of frequency response required, annual weighting factors for STOR contracts, and forecasts of BSUoS charges will be published on the Data Portal on a regularly basis.
Frequency response requirement documents are now on the System balancing reports page.
You can find out more about the balancing services incentive scheme (BSIS) and balancing services use of system (BSUoS) on their respective pages.
Daily BSUoS Forecast 2018-19
From 1st March 2020, Daily BSUoS Forecast files will be published on our new National Grid ESO Data Portal.
Please see link below for the location:
https://data.nationalgrideso.com/balancing/balancing-services-use-of-system-bsuos-daily-forecast
Name Sort descending | Published |
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BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-24 | 24 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-25 | 25 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-26 | 26 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-27 | 27 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-28 | 28 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-29 | 29 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-30 | 30 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-03 | 3 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-04 | 4 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-05 | 5 May 2018 |
Daily BSUoS Forecast 2017-18
Name Sort descending | Published |
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BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-13 | 13 Apr 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-19 | 19 Apr 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-20 | 20 Apr 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-24 | 24 Apr 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-25 | 25 Apr 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-26 | 26 Apr 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-27 | 27 Apr 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-02 | 5 Feb 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-03 | 5 Mar 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-04 | 5 Apr 2017 |
Monthly BSUoS Forecast
From 1st March 2020, Monthly BSUoS Forecast files will be published on our new National Grid ESO Data Portal.
Please see link below for the location:
https://data.nationalgrideso.com/balancing/bsuos-monthly-forecast
Name Sort descending | Published |
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BSUoS Forecast Explainer November - 2020 | 1 Oct 2020 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer November 2021 | 20 Oct 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer October 2021 | 1 Sep 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer September 2021 | 1 Aug 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast February 2022 | 1 Jan 2022 |
BSUos forecast February 2023 | 1 Jan 2023 |
BSUoS Forecast January 2023 | 1 Dec 2022 |
BSUoS Forecast July 2022 | 1 Jun 2022 |
BSUoS Forecast June 2022 | 1 May 2022 |
BSUoS Forecast June 23 | 1 May 2023 |
Reserve requirement (OPMR)
From 1st March 2020, Operational Planning Margin Requirement (OPMR) and wind availability files will be published on our new National Grid ESO Data Portal. Please scroll down to OPMR and Wind availability files for daily or weekly.
Please see link below for the location:
Name Sort descending | Published |
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Daily OPMR for July 2018 | 31 Jul 2018 |
Daily OPMR for Jun-2016 | 6 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Jun-2017 | 30 Jun 2017 |
Daily OPMR for Jun-2019 | 28 Jun 2019 |
Daily OPMR for June 2018 | 29 Jun 2018 |
Daily OPMR for Mar-2019 | 29 Mar 2019 |
Daily OPMR for March 2018 | 29 Mar 2018 |
Daily OPMR for May 2018 | 31 May 2018 |
Daily OPMR for May-2016 | 5 Mar 2016 |
Daily OPMR for May-2019 | 31 May 2019 |
NRAPM forecast
The purpose of the Negative Reserve Active Power Margin (NRAPM) forecasting report is to indicate to the market a risk of NRAPM situation and therefore risk of Emergency Instructions.
From 1st March 2020, NRAPM (Negative Reserve Active Power Margin) forecast files will be published on our new National Grid ESO Data Portal.
Please see link below for the location:
https://data.nationalgrideso.com/generation/negative-reserve-active-power-margin-nrapm-forecast
STOR weighting factors
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See historic documents related to the outturn for energy services we have used.
See historic daily BSUoS Forecast data.