Section Q contains the rules for submitting Balancing Mechanism (BM) data. It sets out how Parties and the National Electricity Transmission System Operator (NETSO) submit BM data, including: Physical Notifications, Bid-Offer and Acceptance data; Balancing Services Adjustment Data; Transparency Regulation Data, Inside Information Data, other data for publication on the BM Reporting Service (BMRS); Loss of Load Probability values and Demand Control Event data. It also covers the correction of Manifest Errors in Bid-Offer data and compensation for Outages in the BM data submission systems.

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<div data-id="section-q-1-1.1">1.1 Scope</div>

<div data-id="section-q-1-1.2">1.2 Interpretation</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-1-1.3">1.3 Data submission by the <u class="defined-term">NETSO</u></div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-1">1. INTRODUCTION</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-2-2.1">2.1 <u class="defined-term">Dynamic Data Set</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-2-2.2">2.2 <u class="defined-term">Maximum <u class="defined-term">Export</u> Limit</u>s and <u class="defined-term">Maximum <u class="defined-term">Import</u> Limit</u>s</div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-2">2. DATA SUBMISSION BY LEAD PARTY</div>

<div data-id="section-q-3-3.1">3.1 Application</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-3-3.2">3.2 <u class="defined-term">Final <u class="defined-term">Physical Notification</u> Data</u></div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-3">3. FINAL PHYSICAL DATA NOTIFICATION SUBMISSIONS</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-4-4.1">4.1 <u class="defined-term">Bid-<u class="defined-term">Offer</u> Pair</u>s</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-4-4.2">4.2 Balancing Mechanism <u class="defined-term">Default</u> Data</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-4-4.3">4.3 <u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">Replacement Reserve</u> Bid</u> Data</u> Submission and <u class="defined-term">Default</u> Data</div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-4">4. BALANCING SERVICES BID-OFFER SUBMISSION</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-5-5.1">5.1 Bid-<u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">Offer</u></u> <u class="defined-term">Acceptance</u>s</div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-5-5.2">5.2 Data Consistency Requirements</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-5-5.3">5.3 <u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">Acceptance</u> Data</u></div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-5-5.4">5.4 Suspension of balancing mechanism</div>

<div data-id="section-q-5-5.5">5.5 Historic balancing mechanism prices</div>

<div data-id="section-q-5-5.6">5.6 REPLACEMENT RESERVE AUCTION RESULT DATA</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-5">5. BALANCING MECHANISM Bid-<u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">Offer</u></u> <u class="defined-term">Acceptance</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-5A-5A.1">5A.1 <u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">Outage</u></u>s of computer systems or TERRE Central Platform operator notification leading to the suspension of the <u class="defined-term">TERRE Market</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-5A-5A.2">5A.2 <u class="defined-term">TERRE Market</u> Suspension General Provisions</div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-5A">5A SUSPENSION OF THE TERRE MARKET</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.1">6.1 Submission of data to the <u class="defined-term">BMRA</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.1A">6.1A Submission of data to the <u class="defined-term">ECVAA</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.1B">6.1B Submission of <u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">Transparency Regulation</u> Data</u> and <u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">EBGL</u> Local Data</u> to the <u class="defined-term">BMRA</u></div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-6-6.2">6.2 Submission of Balancing Mechanism data to the SAA</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.2A">6.2A Submission of data to the <u class="defined-term">CDCA</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.2B">6.2B Submission of Data to the <u class="defined-term">SVAA</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.2C">6.2C Submission of <u class="defined-term">Replacement Reserve</u> data to the SAA</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.3">6.3 <u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">Balancing Services</u> Adjustment Data</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.4">6.4 <u class="defined-term">Applicable <u class="defined-term">Balancing Services</u></u> Volumes Data</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.5">6.5 Not used6.6 <u class="defined-term">Outage</u>s</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.7">6.7 Static Function <u class="defined-term">Loss of Load Probability</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.8">6.8 Dynamic Function <u class="defined-term">Loss of Load Probability</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6-6.9">6.9 <u class="defined-term">Demand Control Instruction</u>s</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-6">6. SUBMISSION OF DATA BY THE <u class="defined-term">NETSO</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-7-7.1">7.1 Meaning of <u class="defined-term">Manifest Error</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-7-7.2">7.2 Claiming <u class="defined-term">Manifest Error</u>s</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-7-7.3">7.3 Flagging <u class="defined-term">Manifest Error</u>s</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-7-7.4">7.4 Determination of <u class="defined-term">Manifest Error</u>s</div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-7-7.5">7.5 Adjustments to Bid or <u class="defined-term"><u class="defined-term">Offer</u> Price</u></div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-7-7.6">7.6 Error compensation amount</div>

<div data-id="section-q-7">7. MANIFEST ERRORS</div>

<div data-id="section-q-8-8.1">8.1 General</div>

<div data-id="section-q-8-8.2">8.2 Claim for compensation following unplanned outage</div>

<div data-id="section-q-8-8.3">8.3 Compensation entitlements</div>

<div data-id="section-q-8">8. COMPENSATION FOR OUTAGES</div>

<div data-id="section-q-9-11.1">11.1 Application</div>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-9-11.2">11.2 <u class="defined-term">Inside Information Data</u></div></body></html>

<html><head></head><body><div data-id="section-q-9-11.3">11.3 Submission of Data by <u class="defined-term">BSCCo</u></div></body></html>

<div data-id="section-q-9-11.4">11.4 Submission of Data by Non-Parties</div>

<div data-id="section-q-9">9. NOT USED10. NOT USED11. SUBMISSION OF INSIDE INFORMATION DATA</div>

<div data-id="amendment-record--section-q">AMENDMENT RECORD – SECTION Q</div>

<div data-id="section-q">SECTION Q: BALANCING SERVICES ACTIVITIES</div>

CONTENTS

BSC Section Q: Balancing Mechanism Activities V48.0

Defined Terms

Cross-references