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 2018-05-06 | 6 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-08 | 8 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-09 | 9 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-16 | 16 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-18 | 18 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-19 | 19 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-20 | 20 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-21 | 21 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-24 | 24 May 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-05-25 | 25 May 2018 |
Daily BSUoS Forecast 2017-18
Name Sort descending | Published |
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BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-05 | 5 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-09 | 5 Sep 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-15 | 15 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-16 | 16 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-18 | 18 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-19 | 19 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-22 | 22 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-23 | 23 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-05-24 | 24 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-06-14 | 14 Jun 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 March 2022 | 1 Feb 2022 |
BSUos forecast March 2023 | 1 Feb 2023 |
BSUoS Forecast May 2022 | 1 Apr 2022 |
BSUoS Forecast May 2023 | 1 Apr 2023 |
BSUoS Forecast November 2022 | 1 Oct 2022 |
BSUos Forecast October 2022 | 1 Sep 2022 |
BSUoS Forecast October 2023 | 15 Sep 2023 |
BSUoS Forecast Report - Apr 2024 | 15 Mar 2024 |
BSUoS Forecast Report - Dec 2023 | 16 Nov 2023 |
BSUoS Forecast Report - Feb 2024 | 15 Jan 2024 |
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 Nov-2016 | 11 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Nov-2017 | 30 Nov 2017 |
Daily OPMR for Nov-2018 | 30 Nov 2018 |
Daily OPMR for Nov-2019 | 29 Nov 2019 |
Daily OPMR for Oct-2016 | 10 Mar 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Oct-2017 | 31 Oct 2017 |
Daily OPMR for Oct-2018 | 31 Oct 2018 |
Daily OPMR for Oct-2019 | 1 Nov 2019 |
Daily OPMR for Sep-2016 | 9 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Sep-2017 | 29 Sep 2017 |
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.