Disaggregated Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD)

Summary

NESO publishes Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD) which contains information about balancing actions taken outside the formal balancing mechanism. This data is submitted to the BSC settlement process and is updated twice daily to provide transparency on system balancing activities.

Why it matters

This data provides industry participants with visibility of system balancing costs and actions, which can inform trading strategies and help understand imbalance settlement charges that affect all market participants.

Key facts

• •Dataset updated twice daily
• •Covers balancing actions outside the balancing mechanism
• •Submitted to BSC settlement processes

Areas affected

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Publisher description

Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD) is used to submit balancing actions to the Balancing & Settlement Code (BSC), which defines the rules and governance for the balancing mechanism and imbalance settlement processes of electricity in Great Britain. BSAD covers actions taken outside of the balancing mechanism. This dataset gets updated twice daily.<br/> <br/> >The BSAD methodology statement can be found here: <span style="color:blue"> [https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/110891/downl