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 2018-10-25 | 25 Oct 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-10-26 | 26 Oct 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-10-28 | 28 Oct 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-10-29 | 29 Oct 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-10-30 | 30 Oct 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-10-31 | 31 Oct 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-11-01 | 1 Nov 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-11-02 | 2 Nov 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-11-05 | 5 Nov 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-11-06 | 6 Nov 2018 |
Daily BSUoS Forecast 2017-18
Name | Published Sort descending |
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BSUoS Forecast 2018-03-28 | 28 Mar 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-03-29 | 29 Mar 2018 |
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 Forecast Report - May 2024 | 15 Apr 2024 |
BSUoS outturn - April 2024 | 16 May 2024 |
BSUoS Forecast Report - June 2024 | 16 May 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:
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.