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 | Published Sort descending |
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BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-03 | 3 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-05 | 5 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-06 | 6 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-09 | 9 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-10 | 10 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-11 | 11 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-13 | 13 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-16 | 16 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-18 | 18 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-20 | 20 Apr 2018 |
Daily BSUoS Forecast 2017-18
Name | Published Sort descending |
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BSUoS Forecast 2014-12-04 | 12 Apr 2014 |
BSUoS Forecast 2014-09-23 | 23 Sep 2014 |
BSUoS Forecast 2015-10-01 | 10 Jan 2015 |
BSUoS Forecast 2015-02-19 | 19 Feb 2015 |
BSUoS Forecast 2015-05-07 | 5 Jul 2015 |
BSUoS Forecast 2015-07-20 | 20 Jul 2015 |
BSUoS Forecast 2015-12-15 | 15 Dec 2015 |
BSUoS Forecast 2016-03-03 | 3 Mar 2016 |
BSUoS Forecast 2016-05-26 | 26 May 2016 |
BSUoS Forecast 2016-08-08 | 8 Aug 2016 |
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 | Published Sort descending |
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BSUOS June 2018 Data | 5 Jun 2018 |
BSUOS Report June 2018 | 5 Jun 2018 |
BSUOS Report July 2018 | 13 Jul 2018 |
BSUOS July 2018 Data | 13 Jul 2018 |
BSUOS Report August 2018 | 9 Aug 2018 |
BSUOS August 2018 Data | 9 Aug 2018 |
BSUOS Report September 2018 | 12 Sep 2018 |
BSUOS September 2018 Data | 12 Sep 2018 |
BSUOS Report September 2018 v2 | 24 Sep 2018 |
BSUOS September 2018 Data v2 | 24 Sep 2018 |
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 | Published Sort descending |
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Daily OPMR for Jun-2016 | 6 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Jul-2016 | 7 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Aug-2016 | 8 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Sep-2016 | 9 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Nov-2016 | 11 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Dec-2016 | 12 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for May-2016 | 5 Mar 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Oct-2016 | 10 Mar 2016 |
Weekly OPMR 2016 Jul_Dec | 7 Jul 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Jun-2017 | 30 Jun 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
Name | Published Sort descending |
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NRAPM Forecasting Note | 21 Jul 2015 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 23 Jan 2018 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 15 Feb 2018 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 23 Mar 2018 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 19 Apr 2018 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 10 May 2018 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 11 May 2018 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 18 May 2018 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 21 May 2018 |
NRAPM Risk Forecast | 19 Jul 2018 |
STOR weighting factors
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