Aggregated Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD)

Summary

NESO publishes daily data on Balancing Services Adjustment Data (BSAD), which records balancing actions taken outside the main balancing mechanism. This data is submitted to the BSC system that governs electricity balancing and settlement in GB.

Why it matters

This provides market transparency on system balancing costs and actions, helping market participants understand operational interventions and their financial impacts on settlement.

Key facts

• •Dataset updated twice daily
• •Covers actions outside balancing mechanism
• •Published since 2019-11-19

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