1.1.1 This Section V sets out:
(a) details of the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service; and
(b) other requirements for reporting of information by BSC Agents to Parties, the Authority and/or for public reporting.
1.1.2 Each of the Authority and BSCCo shall be entitled without payment:
(a) to have, until the BMRS Transition Date as determined by the Panel, the BMRS (High Grade Service) made available to them (with such number of communication links as they may require);
(b) to receive, on request (including by way of standing request), a copy of any other report provided under this Section V (and the relevant BSC Agent shall provide such reports to the Authority and BSCCo in the same timescales as the report is provided to Parties or relevant Parties).
1.1.3 No failure (in whole or in part) to make data available on the BMRS or to provide any report to any Party under this Section V, nor any error, inaccuracy or incompleteness of any such data or report, shall affect or alter in any way the rights and obligations of the Parties in relation to Settlement (including any entitlement to receive or liability to pay amounts in respect of Trading Charges).
1.1.4 Each Party acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the rights and obligations of Parties (in Settlement and otherwise) under the Code shall not be affected or prejudiced in any way by, and
(b) (subject to
paragraph 1.1.5) no
Party shall have any claim or entitlement against any
BSC Agent, any
Market Index Data Provider, any
Financial Service Provider,
BSCCo, the NETSO or any other
Party as a result of,
the availability or non-availability (in whole or in part) of any data on the BMRS or on the BSC Website or otherwise as contemplated to be available under this Section V, or any error or inaccuracy in such data; and no warranty or representation is given (whether expressly or impliedly) by any person as to the accuracy or completeness of any such data.
(a) the obligations of the NETSO to send specified data to the
BMRS and
BSCCo pursuant to
Section Q6;
(b) the obligations of each Market Index Data Provider to send specified data to the BMRS and BSCCo under the relevant Market Index Data Provider Contract;
(i) the
BMRA under the relevant
BSC Agent Contract for the provision of the
BMRS as required by
paragraph 2;
(ii) other
BSC Agents under the relevant
BSC Agent Contracts for the provision of reports as required by
paragraph 3;
(d) the obligations of the
Financial Service Provider to send the
Settlement Exchange Rate to the
BMRS under
paragraph 2.2.2D.
1.2.1 In the provisions of this Section V which specify the timing and frequency of reporting:
"SP" means Settlement Period and where the context admits refers to each Settlement Period;
"J" means Quarter Hour period with a Settlement Period and where the context refers to each Quarter Hour period;
"D" means day or Settlement Day and where the context admits refers to each day or Settlement Day;
"W" means week (beginning Monday).
(a) references to data include information;
(b) references to Tables are to the Tables set out in
Annex V-1.
1.3 Consent to disclosure
1.3.1 Each Party irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the publication of data to the extent that such data is to be published:
and where data is or may be published pursuant to this Section V, such data shall not be regarded as
Confidential Information for the purposes of
Section H4.2.
1.3.2 Without prejudice to anything contained in
Section H4.2.2 or
H4.2.3 in relation to the disclosure by a Restricted
Party of such data, each
Party irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the disclosure to and use by Parties or other persons of data to be provided or made available to such Parties or other persons pursuant to
paragraph 3 or
paragraph 4.
1.4.1 For the purposes of the
Code the
Reporting Catalogue is the document of that title which sets out the data items to be contained in each of the reports mentioned in
Annex V-1.
1.4.2 The Reporting Catalogue shall be a Code Subsidiary Document.
2.1.1 This
paragraph 2 sets out details of the
BMRS to be provided by the
BMRA.
2.1.2 The BMRS is a service for reporting to Parties and others and publishing:
(a) data relating to the
Transmission System (and established pursuant to the
Grid Code) or relating to the arrangements provided for or referred to in
Section Q (to the extent further provided for in this Section), provided by (or converted from data provided by) the NETSO;
(b) data (derived in whole or part from the data referred to in paragraph (a)) established by the
BMRS pursuant to
paragraph 2.6;
(c) certain other data as provided or referred to in the BMRS Data Catalogue or elsewhere in the Code;
(d)
Inside Information Data which may be submitted by a
Party in accordance with
Section Q for the purpose of reporting on
BMRS; and
(e) the
Settlement Exchange Rate which will be submitted by the
Financial Service Provider in accordance with
paragraph 7.
(a) "
BMRS data" means data to be made available on the
BMRS pursuant to this
paragraph 2;
(b) the "
BMRS Specification" is the technical specification of the
BMRS contained in the
Communication Requirements Document for the
BMRA pursuant to
Section O.
2.1.4 The provision of data to the
BMRA and the reporting of data on the
BMRS are separate arrangements from any arrangements for the submission of data for the purposes of
Section Q and/or for the purposes of
Settlement, and (without prejudice to the provisions of
Section M3.5) nothing contained in this
paragraph 2 may give rise to any
Trading Dispute.
2.2 Specification of BMRS
2.2.1 The
BMRA shall operate and make available the
BMRS in accordance with this
paragraph 2, the
BMRS Specification, and the
BMRS Data Catalogue.
2.2.3 For certain kinds of data set out in the
BMRS Data Catalogue, where data (for a particular period) is not provided to the
BMRA for inclusion on the
BMRS by the time required under
Section Q, default values for such data shall be included on the
BMRS as and where so provided in the
BMRS Data Catalogue.
2.2.4 All BMRS data will remain available on the BMRS (except that errors in such data may be corrected) until no earlier than the expiry of a period of 12 or as specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue (whichever is the longer) months after:
(a) the Settlement Day to which such data relates, or
(b) in the case of forecast data, the day on which such data was provided.
2.3.1 The BMRA shall make available the BMRS as follows:
(a) until the BMRS Transition Date, as determined by the Panel, a High Grade Service, for which:
(i) a
Party (other than
BSCCo) is required to pay the relevant
Specified BSC Charges in accordance with
Section D,
(ii) any other person (other than the
Authority) shall be required to make payments as provided in
paragraph 2.3.4(a)
shall be made available to any
Party and (subject to
paragraph 2.3.4) any other person, on request; and
(b) a Low Grade Service shall be made available, without charge, to any person;
in each case, as further specified in the BMRS Specification.
2.3.2 The High Grade Service (until the BMRS Transition Date) and Low Grade Service will be made available by the respective means specified in the BMRS Specification.
2.3.3 BMRS data will be available on the BMRS as follows:
(a) data provided by the NETSO pursuant to
Section Q will be available within 5 minutes after the
BMRA received such data from the NETSO;
(b) data relating to a
Settlement Period and established by the
BMRA in accordance with
paragraph 2.6 will be available within 30 minutes after the end of the relevant
Settlement Period;
(c) data provided by
BSCCo pursuant to
Section Q will be available within 1
Business Day after the
BMRA received such data from
BSCCo;
(d) Transparency Regulation Data will be published as soon as reasonably practicable (taking into account any technical constraints) after such data is received by the BMRA;
(e) Inside Information Data will be published as soon as reasonably practicable (taking into account any technical constraints) after being received from the NETSO or BSCCo;
(f) any further data specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue will be published as soon as reasonably practical (taking into account any technical constraints) after such data is received by the BMRA or as specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue; and
(g) the Settlement Exchange Rate will be published as soon as reasonably practicable (taking into account any technical constraints) after exchange rate data is received by the BMRA.
2.3.4 The High Grade Service of the BMRS will, until the BMRS Transition Date as determined by the Panel, be made available upon request to a person (other than the Authority) which is not a Party:
(a) subject to the payment by such person of
(i) a one-off administration charge of such amount as the Panel shall from time to time determine (and until the Panel has so determined, of £250);
(b) provided that such person has entered into and remains party to an agreement with BSCCo, in such form as BSCCo with the approval of the Panel may from time to time determine, providing for the payment of the amounts in paragraph (a) and such other matters as BSCCo may determine in relation to the availability of such service, the provision of any associated hardware and software and the use of such hardware and software by such person.
2.5 Supporting obligations of BMRA – receipt of data
(i) the NETSO, at such times and with such frequency as provided in
Section Q, as set out in the
BMRS Data Catalogue;
(ii) each
Market Index Data Provider, at such times and with such frequency as provided in
Section T1.6 and the
BMRS Data Catalogue;
(iv) the
Financial Service Provider as provided below in
paragraph 7;
(v) any other source as specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue.
(b) report to the person providing such data any failure to provide the data or to provide it in the form required under the Code;
(c) store all such data received by the BMRA for a period of at least 12 months or as specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue (whichever is the longer) commencing on the Settlement Day or earliest Settlement Day to which such data relates or (in relation to forecast data) the day on which such data was provided;
(e) store Transparency Regulation Data received by the BMRA for a period of at least five years commencing on the day on which such data was received; and
(f) store Inside Information Data received by the BMRA for a period of at least ten (10) years commencing on the day on which such data was received.
2.5.2 The data to be received by the BMRA is as follows:
(a) from the NETSO (pursuant to
Section Q) the data items specified in
Section Q6 and/or the
BMRS Data Catalogue as being provided to the
BMRA;
(b) from each
Market Index Data Provider (as provided in
Section T) the data items specified in
Section T1.6 and/or the
BMRS Data Catalogue as being provided to the
BMRA;
(c) from the CRA (pursuant to
Section K) and/or the
BMRS Data Catalogue BM Unit registration data;
(d) from BSCCo the data items listed below:
(i) ETLMO
+ following determination by and then as and when revised by the
Panel pursuant to
paragraph 2.6.3;
(ii) ETLMO- following determination by and then as and when revised by the
Panel pursuant to
paragraph 2.6.3;
(iv) Inside Information Data; and
(v) any other data items specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue;
(e) from the
Financial Service Provider the exchange rate data specified in
paragraph 7.
2.5.3 On receipt of any Balancing Services Adjustment Data from the NETSO, the BMRA shall perform the checks in relation to such data that are specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue.
(a) 'Indicative' in relation to any term defined in the Code (and 'I' as a prefix to the acronym for any such term) means determined on an estimated basis for the purposes of enabling indicative values of such term to be reported on the BMRS before all of the necessary data to calculate such term is available;
(b) Indicative terms are determined by reference:
(i) to the estimates ETLMO+ and ETLMO- (rather than values of TLMO+ and TLMO-), and/or
(ii) to the Indicative Balancing Services Adjustment Data (rather than values of Balancing Services Adjustment Data); and/or
(iii) to values of any other Indicative such term.
2.6.2 Indicative terms shall be estimates only and are established for the purposes of the BMRS only, and shall not replace and shall be without prejudice to the determination and application of the relevant term (on a definitive and not Indicative basis) for the purposes of Settlement and all other purposes of the Code.
2.6.3 For the purposes of the Code:
(a) ETLMO
+ and ETLMO
- are such estimated values as the
Panel shall from time to time determine to be used as assumed values of
Transmission Loss Multipliers for the purposes of this
paragraph 2.6;
(b) Indicative
Balancing Services Adjustment Data are the data submitted by the NETSO to the
BMRA pursuant to
Section Q6.3.1(a) in respect of each
Settlement Period in a
Settlement Day.
2.6.4 The BMRA shall perform such calculations as are specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue.
2.6.7 In the event that the
BMRA is unable to calculate INIV, ISBP, ISSP, Indicative Period
BM Unit Total Accepted Bid or
Offer Volumes or Indicative Period
BM Unit Bid and
Offer Cashflows, Indicative Period RR Total Accepted Bid or
Offer Volume or
Indicative Period RR BM Unit Cashflow in accordance with this
paragraph 2.6, it shall:
(a) where such inability is as a result of the receipt or otherwise of data required from the NETSO, contact the NETSO to seek to resolve such matter; and
(b) in any event, report the matter to BSCCo,
provided that, in the case of Market Index Data, where the BMRA has not received Market Index Data in respect of a Settlement Period from a Market Index Data Provider, it shall calculate ISBP and ISSP substituting zero values in place of such missing Market Index Data and, in that event, shall post a warning message to that effect on the BMRS.
2.6.8 In respect of each
Settlement Period, the
BMRA shall calculate the
Demand Control Volume in accordance with the rules in
Section T3 provided that where the
BMRA has not received a
Demand Control Event End Point notification from the NETSO, it shall deem the
Demand Control Event End Point as the end time and date of the relevant
Settlement Period.
3. Reporting By OTHER BSC AGENTS
3.1 Reporting requirements
3.1.7 The reporting requirements referred to in
paragraphs 3.1.1 to
3.1.6 are without prejudice to any further reporting requirements set out in the
Code or any
Code Subsidiary Document.
(a) the name of each report to be provided by the relevant BSC Agent;
(b) a summary description of the data to be contained in each such report;
(c) the frequency with which each such report is to be provided;
(d) the persons and bodies to which each such report is to be provided.
(a) "Relevant Party" indicates that the data in question is to be provided to the Party or Trading Party or Supplier to which the data relates (and not to other Parties, except for BSCCo);
(b) "
Any Party (on request)" indicates that the data in question (irrespective of the
Party or Parties to which it relates) is to be provided to any
Party which requests receipt of the same pursuant to
paragraph 3.2.3;
(c) "All Suppliers" indicates that the data in question is to be provided to all Suppliers in the GSP Group to which the data relates;
(d) "
Any person (on request)" indicates that, subject to
paragraph 3.2.7, the data in question (irrespective of the
Party or Parties to which it relates) is to be provided to any person (whether or not a
Party) which requests receipt of the same pursuant to
paragraph 3.2.3.
3.2.3 In respect of each of the
Tables 2 to 7 in Annex V-1 and in relation to all (but not some) of the data for which the 'Recipient' column in any such Table includes:
(a) 'Any Party (on request)', each Party shall be entitled to receive all such data if it notifies BSCCo to that effect in accordance with BSCP41;
(b) 'Any person (on request)
', any person shall be entitled, subject to
paragraph 3.2.7, to receive all such data if it notifies
BSCCo to that effect in accordance with such procedures as
BSCCo may establish for such notification.
3.2.4
Tables 2 to 7 provide a general description of the data to be contained in each report; details of the data to be contained in each report are set out in the
Reporting Catalogue.
3.2.5 Reports are to be provided:
(a) to Parties by the means specified in
Section O;
(b) to persons other than Parties by such means as the Panel may from time to time determine.
3.2.6 Unless otherwise provided in the
Code or the
Reporting Catalogue, reports at any time provided pursuant to this
paragraph 3 contain data relating only to relevant periods for which such data is (at such time) current, as further provided in the
Reporting Catalogue.
3.2.7 Where a person who is not a
Party requests the provision of data to which it is entitled pursuant to this
paragraph 3.2, such data shall not be required to be made available to such person until and unless such person has agreed to be bound by such terms in such form as
BSCCo with the approval of the
Panel may from time to time determine relating to the provision of such data which may provide (inter alia) for the payment or periodic payment by such person to
BSCCo of a sum (established and revised from time to time by
BSCCo) representing the reasonable costs of providing such data to that person.
(a) is to be published pursuant to this
paragraph 3, where
paragraph 3 provides for such data to be published, and
(b) is to be made available to any person on request.
3.2.9 Where it has been determined, pursuant to
Section B3.3 or
Section H11, that data referred to in Tables 2 to 7 of Annex V-1 shall be disclosed pursuant to the procedures set out in those Sections then such determination shall take precedence over this
paragraph 3.2 and the data to which such determination relates may be disclosed notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section V.
4.1.1 BSCCo shall maintain:
(a) an up-to-date record:
(i) in respect of each type of
BM Unit, of the principles and guidance established and revised from time to time by the
Panel pursuant to
Section M1.5; and
(ii) in respect of each
BM Unit, of the
Credit Assessment Load Factor (WDCALF
i or
NWDCALFi as appropriate) determined and revised from time to time by
BSCCo or redetermined by the
Panel (as the case may be) pursuant to
Section M1.5;
(b) an up-to-date list of the following parameters set out in or established and revised from time to time under and in accordance with the Code:
(i) the
Credit Assessment Price determined and revised from time to time by the
Panel pursuant to
Section M1.4;
(iv) the
Line Loss Factors in respect of
SVA Metering Systems (or classes of
SVA Metering System) approved from time to time by the
Panel, or where applicable the default values established in respect thereof, pursuant to
Section K1.7 together with a summarised version of such factors (as described in
BSCP518).
4.1.2 The record of WDCALF
i and NWD CALF
i, values referred to in
paragraph 4.1.1(a)(ii) (as updated from time to time) shall be made available to any
Trading Party on request.
4.1.3 The principles and guidance referred to in
paragraph 4.1.1(a)(i) and the list of parameters referred to in
paragraph 4.1.1(b) (as updated from time to time) shall be published on the
BSC Website and made available to any person on request.
4.2.2 Market data comprises the following:
(b) the
Funding Shares of each
Trading Party as described in
paragraph 4.2.4;
(c) the Indicative
Balancing Services Adjustment Data and
Balancing Services Adjustment Data as described in
paragraph 4.2.5;
(d) the
System Sell Price,
System Buy Price and
Net Imbalance Volume as described in
paragraph 4.2.6;
4.2.3 A list containing the name and identification number (allocated by the CRA pursuant to
Section A4) of each
Party and the registration data of each
BM Unit (as received by
BSCCo in the operations registration report pursuant to
Table 4 in Annex V-1) shall be published on the
BSC Website and revised from time to time as soon as reasonably practicable after
BSCCo receives such data from the CRA.
4.2.4 A list containing the
Funding Shares of each
Trading Party, as specified in
Section D1.4.1(a) shall be published on the
BSC Website and revised from time to time as the
Funding Shares are revised in accordance with that Section.
4.2.5 Indicative
Balancing Services Adjustment Data and
Balancing Services Adjustment Data in respect of each
Settlement Period for each
Settlement Day shall be published (and displayed for a period of 30 days) on the
BSC Website in accordance with
Section Q6.3.4 as soon as reasonably practicable after
BSCCo receives such data from the NETSO.
4.2.6 The System Sell Price, the System Buy Price and Net Imbalance Volume for each Settlement Period in a Settlement Day shall be published on the BSC Website (and displayed for a period of 30 days), as soon as reasonably practicable after the Initial Settlement Run in respect of such Settlement Day has been carried out and BSCCo has received such data from the SAA.
4.2.7 The statements and notices relating to
Credit Default which are to be published on the
BSC Website pursuant to
Section M or otherwise made available pursuant to
Section M shall be published or made available in accordance with the
BMRS Data Catalogue or by issuing them to Parties4.2.8 The
Market Index Data from each
Market Index Data Provider in respect of each
Settlement Period of each
Settlement Day shall be published (and displayed for a period of 30 days) as soon as reasonably practicable after
BSCCo receives such data from the
Market Index Data Provider.
4.2.9 Where market data is sent to
BSCCo on a day which is not a
Business Day,
BSCCo shall publish such data on the
BSC Website (or otherwise make it available, as provided in this
paragraph 4.2) on the next following
Business Day.
(a) the
Supplier Quarterly Volume Report containing information for individual
Suppliers, except for data relating to any
Suppliers for whom the criteria in
paragraph 4.2.11 are satisfied, which
BSCCo shall aggregate and attribute to a single anonymous entity called ‘other suppliers’; and
(b) the sum of BM Unit Metered Volumes for each Party that also has Supplier BM Units registered, summed for all BM Units which:
(i) are not Supplier BM Units; and
(ii) are not located at premises occupied for purposes of operating a Licensable Generating Plant,
for all half hour periods in which BM Unit Metered Volume is negative.
4.2.11 This paragraph applies to the Supplier Quarterly Volume Report data that meets the following criteria for a Supplier:
(a) Quarterly Metering Systems by Supplier in Supplier Volume Reporting Group 1 is equal to or less than 250,000; and
(b) Quarterly Supplier Energy Volume across Supplier Volume Reporting Groups 2, 3 and 6 is equal to or less than 500,000 MWh.
4.2.12 The Supplier Market Share Data shall be published on the BSC Website as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of the Supplier Quarterly Volume Report from the SVAA.
4.2.13 The relevant
BM Unit Metered Volumes for the purposes of
paragraph 4.2.10(b) shall be obtained from the
First Reconciliation Settlement Run (as defined in
Section U2.3.1) of the Timetabled Reconciliation
Settlement Report (as defined in
Table 2 of Annex V-1), which
BSCCo will aggregate and sum over the same period as the associated
Supplier Quarterly Volume Report.
4.3 Additional provisions
4.3.1 Where the
Panel determines that any market data and/or any data referred to in
paragraphs 4.1.1(a)(i) and
4.1.1(b) are capable of being displayed on the
BMRS, such data shall from the date specified by the
Panel (which shall be no earlier than 28 days after such determination) be displayed on the
BMRS in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Code and otherwise with the terms established by the
Panel, and the provisions of
paragraph 4.2 or
paragraph 4.1.3 (as the case may be) shall cease to apply to such data (including, for the avoidance of doubt the restriction in
paragraph 4.2.8).
(a) notify each Party and the Authority;
(b) publish a notice on the BSC Website;
(c) (in the case of data referred to in
paragraph 4.2.6) publish a notice in the Financial Times (or such other newspaper as the
Panel may determine);
as soon as reasonably practicable after any determination of the
Panel under
paragraph 4.3.2, specifying the date from which such data is to cease to be published by
BSCCo on the
BSC Website and to start to be published on the
BMRS.
4.4 Anonymised MSID Paid Delivered Volume Data
4.4.1 MSID Pair Delivered Volume Data associated with the NETSO in the SVA Metering System Register (anonymised such that the Metering System(s) to which such data relates is not identifiable) in respect of each Settlement Period of each Settlement Day shall be published as soon as reasonably practicable after BSCCo receives such data from the SVAA.
4.5.1
BSCCo shall arrange for the data set out in Table 10 in Annex V-1 to be published on the
BSC Website and revised from time to time as soon as reasonably practicable after such data has been approved by the
Panel pursuant to
Section K1.7.
4.6 Transmission Loss Factor Data
4.6.1
BSCCo shall arrange for the report(s) and data set out in
Table 9 in Annex V-1 to be made available as set out in that table.
(a) to BSC Agents included BSCCo; and
5. POLICY SUPPORT DATA REQUIREMENTS (EMR ETC.)
5.1 Provision of data and information to the EMR Settlement Services Providers
5.1.1 For the purposes of the Code, CFD Settlement Data and CM Settlement Data shall collectively be referred to as "EMR Settlement Data".
5.2 Provision of data and information to a CFD Settlement Services Provider
5.2.1 Subject to
paragraph 5.2.4,
BSCCo must provide, or procure that a
BSC Agent provides, such data, information and reports to any
CFD Settlement Services Provider and any
CfD Counterparty as any
CFD Settlement Services Provider and/or any
CfD Counterparty reasonably require in order to discharge their
EMR Settlement Functions (the "
CFD Settlement Data").
5.2.2 In respect of the CFD Settlement Data, BSCCo shall provide to the Panel:
(a) a schedule of the CFD Settlement Data reasonably required by a CFD Settlement Services Provider and/or a CfD Counterparty;
(b) an explanation of why the CFD Settlement Data is reasonably required to enable any CFD Settlement Services Provider and/or any CfD Counterparty to discharge their EMR Settlement Functions; and
5.2.3 In respect of any CFD Settlement Data that is:
(b) available to any person on request; or
(c) expressly contemplated under any EMR Legal Requirement,
then each Party and the Panel shall not (whether by action, omission or withholding of consent) prevent or restrict BSCCo from providing that CFD Settlement Data to any CFD Settlement Services Provider and any CfD Counterparty.
5.2.4 Subject always to
paragraph 5.2.3, if the
Panel considers that any
CFD Settlement Data is not reasonably required to enable a
CFD Settlement Services Provider to discharge its
EMR Settlement Functions the
Panel shall instruct
BSCCo to refer the matter to a
CfD Counterparty.
5.2.5 Following such referral, a CfD Counterparty may, in its absolute discretion, determine whether that CFD Settlement Data is reasonably required to enable any CFD Settlement Services Provider to discharge its functions and a CfD Counterparty’s determination shall be final and binding for the purposes of the Code.
5.2.6 If at any time a
CFD Settlement Services Provider or a
CfD Counterparty requests further
CFD Settlement Data from
BSCCo then the provisions of
paragraphs 5.2.1,
5.2.2(b),
5.2.3 ,
5.2.4 and
5.2.5 shall apply in respect of that
CFD Settlement Data.
5.2.7
BSCCo shall arrange for a schedule of
CFD Settlement Data to be published on the
BSC Website from time to time and revised as soon as reasonably practicable after any change is made to the schedule of
CFD Settlement Data in accordance with
paragraph 5.2.5.
5.3 Provision of data and information to the CM Administrative Parties
5.3.1 BSCCo must provide, or procure that a BSC Agent provides, such data, information and reports to the relevant CM Administrative Parties as it is required to provide under any EMR Legal Requirement (the "CM Settlement Data") in accordance with the requirements contained therein.
5.3.2 BSCCo shall provide to the Panel:
(a) a schedule of the CM Settlement Data to be provided to CM Administrative Parties; and
and BSCCo shall arrange for the schedule of CM Settlement Data to be published on the BSC Website from time to time.
5.3A BM Unit Chargeable Demand Report
5.3A.1 The EMR Settlement Data provided to the EMR Settlement Services Providers in the ‘BM Unit Chargeable Demand Report’ shall only include those volumes of imported energy used for the purposes of Final Demand and shall exclude those volumes of imported energy used for the purposes of generation (including storage facilities) operated by a licensee for generation activities.
5.4.1 Where
EMR Settlement Data is provided to an
EMR Settlement Services Provider pursuant to this
paragraph 5,
BSCCo shall enter into and remain a party to an agreement with any
CFD Settlement Services Provider and any
CM Settlement Services Provider (as applicable) in accordance with
Section C11 relating to the provision of data provided that any failure to enter into such an agreement must not prevent
BSCCo from complying with any
EMR Legal Requirement.
5.5.1 The background to this paragraph is that the Revenue Collection Counterparty and the Nuclear RAB Settlement Services Provider perform functions, services and activities, pursuant to Nuclear RAB Legal Requirements, which require data, information and reports produced for Settlement.
5.5.2 Accordingly, and without prejudice to Section H11, BSCCo must provide (or procure that a BSC Agent provides) to the Revenue Collection Counterparty and the Nuclear RAB Settlement Services Provider whatever such data, information and reports they reasonably require in order to perform those functions, services and activities.
7. SUBMISSION OF SETTLEMENT EXCHANGE RATES TO THE BMRA
7.1 Submission of Settlement Exchange Rates to BMRS
7.1.1 BSCCo shall appoint, and may from time to time reappoint or replace, a service provider approved by the Panel to provide daily exchange rate data to the BMRA (the "Financial Service Provider").
7.1.2 As soon as reasonably possible following receipt of exchange rate data from the Financial Service Provider by the BMRA, the BMRA shall publish the Settlement Exchange Rate on the BMRS.
7.1.3 Where, having made reasonable efforts to obtain it, Settlement Exchange Rate data is not provided to the BMRA for inclusion on the BMRS specified in the BMRS Data Catalogue the Settlement Exchange Rate will default to the value provided and/or determined for the previous Settlement Day.
ANNEX V-1: TABLES OF REPORTS
Name of report | Frequency | Recipient | General Description |
Interim Information Settlement Report | Daily | Relevant Party Any Party (on request) Any person (on request) | For each Trading Party and Virtual Lead Party (where applicable) and the NETSO, a report providing Bid-Offer Data, Replacement Reserve Bid Data, Replacement Reserve Auction Result Data, Acceptance Data and Trading Charges relating to that Party, and volumes and prices for the whole system, from the Interim Information Settlement Runs |
Initial Settlement Report | Daily | Relevant Party Any Party (on request) Any person (on request) | For each Trading Party, Virtual Lead Party and the NETSO, a report providing Bid-Offer Data, Replacement Reserve Bid Data, Replacement Reserve Auction Result Data, Acceptance Data and Trading Charges relating to that Party, and volumes and prices for the whole system, from the Initial Settlement Runs |
Timetabled Reconciliation Settlement Report | Daily | Relevant Party Any Party (on request) Any person (on request) | For each Trading Party, Virtual Lead Party and the NETSO, a report providing Bid-Offer Data, Replacement Reserve Bid Data, Replacement Reserve Auction Result Data, Acceptance Data and Trading Charges relating to that Party and volumes and prices for the whole system, from the Timetabled Reconciliation Settlement Runs |
Final Reconciliation Settlement Report | Daily | Relevant Party Any Party (on request) Any person (on request) | For each Trading Party, Virtual Lead Party and the NETSO, a report providing Bid-Offer Data, Replacement Reserve Bid Data, Replacement Reserve Auction Result Data, Acceptance Data and Trading Charges relating to that Party or the NETSO, and volumes and prices for the whole system, from the Final Reconciliation Settlement Runs |
Post-Final Settlement Report | Following a Post-Final Settlement Run | Relevant Party Any Party (on request) Any person (on request) | For each Trading Party, Virtual Lead Party and the NETSO, a report providing Bid-Offer Data, Replacement Reserve Bid Data, Replacement Reserve Auction Result Data, Acceptance Data and Trading Charges relating to that Party, and volumes and prices for the whole system, from a Post-Final Settlement Run |
SAA Performance Report | Each month | BSCCo | A report summarising actual against expected timing for various SAA reports |
TABLE 3 – ECVAA REPORTING
Name of report | Frequency | Recipient | General Description |
Notification Report | End of each Settlement Day | Relevant Party | For each Contract Trading Party, a summary relating to that Contract Trading Party of Energy Contract Volumes and Metered Volume Reallocations in respect of accepted notifications for the given Settlement Day and indebtedness data once these notifications are taken into account |
ECVAA Performance Report | Each month | BSCCo | A summary of ECVAA performance in respect of processing contract notification data received |
Report of any rejections of ECVN | Promptly after a rejection | Relevant Party | A report relating to a Contract Trading Party of ECVNs rejected or refused or treated as rejected or refused |
Report of any rejections of MVRN | Promptly after a rejection | Relevant Party | A report relating to a Contract Trading Party of MVRNs rejected or refused or treated as rejected or refused |
Forward Notification Summary | Daily | Relevant Party | For each Contract Trading Party, a summary relating to that Contract Trading Party of notifications received, for a given number of Settlement Days following the Settlement Day on which the report is provided |
Volume Nullification Notification Confirmation Report or VNNCR | Promptly after successful validation | Relevant Party | For each Contract Trading Party to whom the VNNR relates, a feedback to report either the acceptance or rejection of a VNNR |
Acceptance Feedback Report for valid ECVNs | Promptly after successful validation | Parties, ECVNA | For each Contract Trading Party, a positive feedback to report the acceptance of those ECVNs where the effective date of the ECVN is no greater than 72 Settlement Periods ahead |
Acceptance Feedback Report for valid MVRNs | Promptly after successful validation | Parties, MVRNA | For each Contract Trading Party, a positive feedback to report the acceptance of those MVRNs where the effective date of the MVRN is no greater than 72 Settlement Periods ahead |
Name of report | Frequency | Recipient | General Description |
Registration Report | As necessary | Relevant Party | For each Party, a report providing any new or changed registration data relating to that Party |
Operations Registration Report | Daily | BSCCo NETSO | A listing of all registered BM Units and of Trading Units and Interconnectors |
Name of Report | Frequency | Recipient | General Description |
CDCA Performance Report | Daily, monthly, quarterly and by exception | BSCCo | A breakdown of actual activities, relative to that expected |
Raw Metered Volume Data Report | Daily | Relevant Party NETSO Relevant Distribution System Operator | A report relating to the Registrant, containing raw metered data from each meter and the status of this data |
Estimated Data Report | As required or monthly | Relevant Party NETSO Relevant Distribution System Operator | A report relating to the Registrant, containing all estimate notifications issued by CDCA in a given period, the estimation method used and whether the estimation was agreed |
Exception Report for Missing (Invalid) Data | Daily | Relevant Party Relevant Meter Operator Agent | A report relating to the Registrant, listing any notifications of data deemed to be invalid or not available for collection |
MAR Reconciliation Report | Every 3 months per metering system | Relevant Party Relevant Meter Operator Agent | A report relating to the Registrant detailing the actual difference calculated for each active energy meter or associated outstation register |
Aggregated Data Report | Daily | Relevant Party Any Party (on request) Any person (on request) | A report relating to the Registrant containing Metered Volumes for each BM Unit, Interconnector or GSP Group |
Meter Period Data Report | Daily | Relevant Distribution System Operator Any Party (on request) Any person (on request) | A report containing all Metered Volumes for all Distribution Systems Connection Points |
Report of Aggregation Rules | On request | Relevant Party | A report of the Aggregation Rules for each of the relevant types of Volume Allocation Unit relating to that Registrant |
Total Gross Demand per GSP | Daily | Any Party (on request) NETSO Any person (on request) | A report of the aggregated meter flows for each Grid Supply Point in each GSP Group per Settlement Period |
Name of report | Frequency | Recipient | General Description |
Statements to Parties | Quarterly | Relevant Party | For each Trading Party and the NETSO, a breakdown per Settlement Day of initial and reconciliation amounts payable by that Party as detailed in Advice Notes, including interest and tax |
Category of Data | Frequency | Recipient | General Description |
Supplier Consumption Information | Daily | Relevant Party | Supplier consumption data per Settlement Period and/or Settlement Day aggregated by Supplier BM Unit and/or Supplier and GSP Group for each such Supplier. Where appropriate, such data is by Consumption Component Class. |
Supplier Quarterly Volume Report | Quarterly | BSCCo | Report containing Supplier volume data (adjusted for distribution losses and GSP Group Correction) summed over a calendar quarter and the related number of Metering Systems averaged over a calendar quarter, grouped by Supplier Volume Reporting Group. |
GSP Group Consumption Information | Daily | All Suppliers Any person (on request) | GSP Group consumption data per Settlement Period and/or Settlement Day in respect of each GSP Group. Where appropriate, such data is by Consumption Component Class. |
GSP Group Market Matrix Report | Daily | Any person (on request) | GSP Group annualised consumption data (the sum across all Suppliers) by Profile Class, Standard Settlement Configuration, Line Loss Factor Class, Distributor and Time Pattern Regime. |
GSP Group Profile Information | Daily | All Suppliers | Profile information in respect of each Settlement Day. |
DUoS Report | Daily | Relevant Distribution System Operators Relevant Party | Various reports containing: Profiled Supplier Purchase Matrix data per Settlement Period and Settlement Day by Line Loss Factor Class, Profile Class, Standard Settlement Configuration, Time Pattern Regime, Supplier and GSP Group; and Supplier consumption data per Settlement Period and Settlement Day by Line Loss Factor Class, Supplier and GSP Group for Metering Systems associated with Measurement Classes F and G. For reporting purposes, this data will be associated with Profile Class and Standard Settlement Configuration specified by the relevant Licensed Distribution System Operator in accordance with BSCP507 for each Line Loss Factor Class. Report containing GSP Group Correction Factor and GSP Group Scaling Weight are provided. |
TUoS Report | Daily | NETSO | Various reports containing GSP Group Take, Supplier Deemed Take by Settlement Period and/or Settlement Day in respect of each GSP Group and Supplier, and half hourly and non-half hourly consumption and half hourly Import and Export data as at the Transmission System Boundary by Settlement Period and/or Settlement Day in respect of each Supplier BM Unit and Measurement Class. |
Profile Data Report | When requested (the data provided relates to the BSC Year preceding that in which the request is made) | Any person (on request) | Report containing profile coefficients per Settlement Period and Settlement Day, by GSP Group, Profile Class and combination of Standard Settlement Configuration and Time Pattern Regime. Note: for requests made during the BSC Year ending 31st March 2002, the data will include equivalent data under the Pooling and Settlement Agreement for the period 1st April 2000 to the day before the Go-live Date. |
Market Domain Data | All Suppliers: upon registration with the participation capacity of a Supplier; and thereafter whenever updated. Any Party or any person (on request): When requested; and thereafter whenever updated. | All Suppliers Any Party (on request) Excluding Profiling Regression data: any person (on request) | A report containing those data items (or changes to those items) which relate to Supplier Volume Allocation, which is distributed by the SVAA in accordance with BSCP509. |
Supplier Metering System Delivered Volume Report | Daily | Relevant Supplier | Report containing: MSID Replacement Reserve delivered volume data per Settlement Period and/or Settlement Day, where appropriate, in accordance with the Supplier Disclosure Flag status recorded on the SVA Metering System Register; and MSID ABSVD (Non Losses) and MSID ABSVD (Losses) relating to that Supplier, but excluding any Metering Systems for which the data submitted by the NETSO in accordance with Section Q6.4.7 indicates that MSID ABSVD should not be reported to the Supplier. |
Virtual Lead Party Metered Consumption Report | Daily | Relevant Party | MSID consumption data per Settlement Period and/or Settlement Day, where appropriate, in accordance with the SVA Metering System Register. |
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TABLE 9 - TRANSMISSION LOSS FACTOR DATA
Name of Report(s) / Category of Data | Frequency | Recipient | General Description |
Load Flow Model power flows | Annually | Any Party (on request) | A report containing the power flows which the LFM Specification provides for and upon which the Load Flow Model is established as described in paragraph 2.2 of Annex T-2. |
Transmission Network Data | Annually | Any Party (on request) | A report containing the Transmission Network Data determined by the NETSO in accordance with, and in the format specified in, paragraph 5 of Annex T-2. |
HVDC Boundary Data | Annually | Any Party (on request) | A report containing the HVDC Boundary Data determined by the NETSO in accordance with, and in the format specified in, paragraph 5 of Annex T-2. |
Distribution Network Data | Annually | Any Party (on request) | Reports containing the Distribution Network Data for each Distribution System determined by the relevant Distribution System Operator in accordance with, and in the format specified in, paragraph 6 of Annex T-2. |
Metered Volumes | Annually | Any Party (on request) | A report containing the Metered Volume data provided to BSCCo in accordance with paragraph 8.2 of Annex T-2. |
Nodal TLFs | Annually | Any Party (on request) | For each Node, a report providing Nodal TLFs as determined by the TLFA in accordance with paragraph 8.2 of Annex T-2. |
Nodal power flows | Annually | Any Party (on request) | A report providing Nodal power flows as determined by the TLFA in accordance with paragraph 8.2 of Annex T-2. |
TABLE 10 – LINE LOSS FACTORS
1. In this table terms shall have the meanings given to them in
Section K1.7.
2. Previous, current and year ahead data shall be in respect of a BSC Year.
3. In respect of year ahead data publication shall only occur when that data is available.
4. Column 1 (data) specifies the data to be published and the day, week or other period to which the data relates.
DATA |
Line Loss Factors in respect of SVA Metering Systems (or classes of SVA Metering System) or where applicable the default values established pursuant to Section K1.7 together with a summarised version. Previous, current and year ahead. |
AMENDMENT RECORD – SECTION V
Section V | Version 50.0 | Effective Date: 05 March 2024 |
Modification Proposal | Decision Date | Implementation Date | Version |
P454 | 27/02/24 | 05/03/24 | 50.0 |
ORD008 | 21/02/24 | 29/02/24 | 49.0 |
P395 | 06/10/22 | 02/11/23 | 48.0 |
P450 | 12/01/23 | 23/02/23 | 47.0 |
P431 Self Governance | 13/01/22 | 30/06/22 | 46.0 |
P398 | 03/02/21 | 24/06/21 | 45.0 |
P409 | 09/07/20 | 05/11/20 | 44.0 |
P388 Self-Governance | 08/08/19 | 01/04/20 | 43.0 |
P354 | 18/06/18 | 01/04/20 | 43.0 |
P394 Self-Governance | 12/12/19 | 27/02/20 | 42.0 |
P384 Self-Governance | 09/05/19 | 18/12/19 | 41.0 |
P372 Self-Governance | 09/05/19 | 27/06/19 | 40.0 |
P369 | 24/09/18 | 29/03/19 | 39.0 |
P344 | 24/08/18 | 28/02/19 | 38.0 |
P373 (Nullification of P297) | 22/02/19 | 28/02/19 | 38.0 |
P297 (Nullified by P373) | 28/04/14 | 01/11/18 | 38.0 |
P350 | 24/03/17 | 01/04/18 | 37.0 |
P348 | 22/06/17 | 22/02/18 | 36.0 |
P349 | 22/06/17 | 22/02/18 | 36.0 |
P329 Alternative | 19/04/16 | 29/06/17 | 35.0 |
P321 Self Governance | 08/10/15 | 29/06/17 | 35.0 |
P326 Alternative | 14/04/16 | 23/02/17 | 34.0 |
P340 Self Governance | 09/06/16 | 07/07/16 | 33.0 |
P315 Alternative | 20/10/15 | 30/06/16 | 32.0 |
P305 | 02/04/15 | 05/11/15 | 31.0 |
P300 | 15/10/14 | 05/11/15 | 31.0 |
P311 | 14/08/14 | 31/12/14 | 30.0 |
P291 | 16/08/13 | 31/12/14 | 30.0 |
P313 | 14/08/14 | 16/12/14 | 29.0 |
P295 | 22/01/14 | 16/12/14 | 29.0 |
P312 | 14/08/14 | 08/09/14 | 28.0 |
ORD005 | Secretary of State | 01/08/14 | 27.0 |
P243 | 20/01/10 | 04/11/10 | 26.0 |
P239 | 21/09/09 | 05/11/09 | 25.0 |
P217 | 16/10/08 | 05/11/09 | 25.0 |
P226 | 27/02/09 | 25/06/09 | 24.0 |
P220 | 02/04/08 | 06/11/08 | 23.0 |
P219 | 02/04/08 | 06/11/08 | 23.0 |
P208 | 16/01/07 | 22/02/07 | 22.0 |
P192 | 20/09/05 | 27/09/05 | 21.0 |
P172 | 29/04/05 | 06/05/05 | 20.0 |
P179 | 09/02/05 | 23/02/05 | 19.0 |
P169 | 17/12/04 | 05/01/05 | 18.0 |
PTM002 | 02/11/04 | 03/01/05 | 17.0 |
P98 | 18/08/03 | 08/11/04 | 16.0 |
P114 | 13/08/03 | 24/02/04 | 15.0 |
P116 | 08/07/03 | 27/11/03 | 14.0 |
P110 | 23/04/03 | 05/11/03 | 13.0 |
P126 | 18/07/03 | 08/08/03 | 12.0 |
P91 | 13/11/02 | 17/03/03 | 11.0 |
P78 | 09/09/02 | 11/03/03 | 10.0 |
P71 | 22/11/02 | 11/03/03 | 10.0 |
P61 | 28/08/02 | 10/12/02 | 9.0 |
P4 | 15/05/02 | 10/12/02 | 9.0 |
P86 | 23/09/02 | 30/09/02 | 8.0 |
P33 | 07/12/01 | 30/09/02 | 8.0 |
P52 | 02/05/02 | 31/05/02 | 7.0 |
P48 | 27/03/02 | 02/04/02 | 6.0 |
P22 | 07/12/01 | 01/04/02 | 5.0 |
P49 | 18/02/02 | 27/03/02 | 4.0 |
P30 | 23/01/02 | 27/03/02 | 4.0 |
P8 | 24/09/01 | 24/09/01 | 3.0 |
P6 | 16/05/01 | 16/05/01 | 2.0 |
