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 2018-04-06 | 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 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-21 | 21 Apr 2018 |
BSUoS Forecast 2018-04-23 | 23 Apr 2018 |
Daily BSUoS Forecast 2017-18
Name Sort descending | Published |
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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 |
BSUoS Forecast 2016-10-31 | 31 Oct 2016 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-01-25 | 25 Jan 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-04 | 4 Apr 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-05 | 4 May 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-07 | 4 Jul 2017 |
BSUoS Forecast 2017-04-12 | 4 Dec 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 April 2021 | 1 Mar 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer August 2021 | 1 Jul 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer December - 2020 | 1 Nov 2020 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer December 2021 | 1 Nov 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer February 2021 | 1 Jan 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer January 2021 | 1 Dec 2020 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer July 2021 | 1 Jun 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer June 2021 | 1 May 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer March 2021 | 1 Feb 2021 |
BSUoS Forecast Explainer May 2021 | 1 Apr 2021 |
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 Feb-2020 | 28 Feb 2020 |
Daily OPMR for February 2018 | 28 Feb 2018 |
Daily OPMR for Jan-2019 | 1 Feb 2019 |
Daily OPMR for Jan-2020 | 31 Jan 2020 |
Daily OPMR for January 2018 | 31 Jan 2018 |
Daily OPMR for Jul-2016 | 7 Jan 2016 |
Daily OPMR for Jul-2017 | 31 Jul 2017 |
Daily OPMR for Jul-2019 | 31 Jul 2019 |
Daily OPMR for July 2018 | 13 Jul 2018 |
Daily OPMR for July 2018 | 19 Jul 2018 |
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 Sort descending | Published |
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NRAPM Risk Forecast | 19 Jul 2018 |
STOR weighting factors
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