Elexon explains what Load Profiles are, how they are created by the Profile Administrator (PrA) and how they are applied under the BSC.

<div data-id="introduction" style="text-align:left">Introduction</div>

<div data-id="what-is-a-load-profile" style="text-align:left">What is a Load <u class='defined-term'>Profile</u>?</div>

<div data-id="the-profile-classes" style="text-align:left">The <u class='defined-term'>Profile Class</u>es</div>

<div data-id="section-a" style="text-align:left">SECTION A</div>

<div data-id="creating-load-profile-data" style="text-align:left">Creating Load <u class='defined-term'>Profile</u> Data</div>

<div data-id="sample-design" style="text-align:left">Sample Design</div>

<div data-id="sample-selection" style="text-align:left">Sample Selection</div>

<div data-id="sample-recruitment" style="text-align:left">Sample Recruitment</div>

<div data-id="data-retrieval-and-analysis" style="text-align:left">Data Retrieval and Analysis</div>

<div data-id="grouping" style="text-align:left">Grouping</div>

<div data-id="weighting-and-averaging" style="text-align:left">Weighting and Averaging</div>

<div data-id="switched-and-base-load-for-economy-7-customers" style="text-align:left">Switched and Base Load for Economy 7 <u class='defined-term'>Customer</u>s</div>

<div data-id="what-is-linear-regression" style="text-align:left">What is linear regression?</div>

<div data-id="the-variables" style="text-align:left">The Variables</div>

<div data-id="noon-effective-temperature-net" style="text-align:left"><u class='defined-term'>Noon Effective Temperature</u> (NET)</div>

<div data-id="the-sunset-variables" style="text-align:left">The <u class='defined-term'>Sunset Variable</u>s</div>

<div data-id="day-of-week-variables" style="text-align:left">Day of Week Variables</div>

<div data-id="analyses" style="text-align:left">Analyses</div>

<div data-id="the-regression-types" style="text-align:left"><i>The Regression Types</i></div>

<div data-id="the-regressions-and-special-days" style="text-align:left"><b>The Regressions and “Special Days”</b></div>

<div data-id="evaluating-the-coefficients" style="text-align:left"><i>Evaluating the Coefficients</i></div>

<div data-id="algorithmic-profiling" style="text-align:left"><i>Algorithmic Profiling</i></div>

<div data-id="regression-equations-and-evaluating-regression-coefficients" style="text-align:left">Regression Equations and Evaluating <u class='defined-term'>Regression Coefficients</u></div>

<div data-id="group-average-annual-consumption-gaac" style="text-align:left"><i><u class='defined-term'>Group Average Annual Consumption</u> (GAAC)</i></div>

<div data-id="profile-coefficients" style="text-align:left"><u class='defined-term'>Profile</u> Coefficients</div>

<div data-id="additional-data-provided-by-the-pra" style="text-align:left">Additional data provided by the PrA</div>

<div data-id="section-b" style="text-align:left">SECTION B</div>

<div data-id="using-load-profile-data-to-estimate-half-hourly-consumption-from-a-meter-advance" style="text-align:left">Using Load profile data to Estimate Half-Hourly <u class='defined-term'>Consumption</u> from a meter advance</div>

<div data-id="the-profile-administrator-pra" style="text-align:left"><i>The <u class='defined-term'>Profile Administrator</u> (PrA)</i></div>

<div data-id="non-half-hourly-data-collectors-nhhdcs" style="text-align:left"><i>Non Half-Hourly <u class='defined-term'>Data Collector</u>s (NHHDCs)</i></div>

<div data-id="non-half-hourly-data-aggregators-nhhdas" style="text-align:left"><i>Non Half-Hourly <u class='defined-term'>Data Aggregator</u>s (NHHDAs)</i></div>

<div data-id="the-supplier-volume-allocation-agent-svaa" style="text-align:left"><i>The <u class='defined-term'>Supplier Volume Allocation Agent</u> (<u class='defined-term'>SVAA</u>)</i></div>

<div data-id="supplier-metering-registration-agents-smras" style="text-align:left"><i><u class='defined-term'>Supplier</u> <u class='defined-term'>Meter</u>ing Registration Agents (<u class='defined-term'>SMRA</u>s)</i></div>

<div data-id="the-bsc-agents" style="text-align:left">The <u class='defined-term'>BSC Agent</u>s</div>

<div data-id="settlement-runs" style="text-align:left"><u class='defined-term'>Settlement Run</u>s</div>

<div data-id="profile-estimation-errors" style="text-align:left"><i><u class='defined-term'>Profile</u> Estimation Errors</i></div>

<div data-id="profiling-process-errors" style="text-align:left"><i>Profiling Process Errors</i></div>

<div data-id="profiling-error" style="text-align:left">Profiling Error</div>

<div data-id="gsp-group-correction-factors" style="text-align:left"><u class='defined-term'>GSP Group Correction Factor</u>s</div>

<div data-id="section-c" style="text-align:left">SECTION C</div>

<div data-id="need-more-information" style="text-align:left">Need more information?</div>

CONTENTS

Load Profiles and their use in Electricity Settlement V5.0

Defined Terms

Cross-references