List of all BSC Modifications
P425 Single Supplier Shared SVA Meter Arrangements
This Modification aims to reduce the requirement from two or more Suppliers, to one or more Suppliers, to be involved in a Shared Supplier Volume Allocation (SVA) Metering Arrangement.
P424 Re-insert correct definition of Settlement Error
P423 Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS) Implementation and Governance Arrangements
P422 Reflecting NCER Rules in the BSC
P421 Align BSC with Grid Code for TERRE Market Suspension
This Modification aligns the BSC with the provisions introduced into the Grid Code under GC0144 ‘Alignment of Market Suspension Rights to the EU Emergency and Restoration Code Article 35.1(b)’.
P420 Retail Code Consolidation Significant Code Review
P419 Extension of P383 to include non-final Demand
This Modification seeks to enable BSC Systems to aggregate the Import data of all non-Final Demand sites for exclusion from Balancing Services and Use of System (BSUoS) charges.
P418 Amendments to the P383 legal text for Additional BM Units
P418 aims to ensure the Legal Text for approved BSC Modification P383 properly reflects the approved solution, business requirements, and is aligned with the BSC baseline introduced by P344, P354 and P388. In particular, it will clarify that the solution being delivered by P383 is applicable to both Supplier Base Balancing Mechanism (BM) Units and Additional BM Units.
P417 Move the Letter of Credit templates and Approved Insurance Product requirements to the BSC Website
P416 Introducing a route of appeal for the Annual Budget in line with the proposals for the Retail Energy Code
P416 seeks to amend the BSC to include an appeals mechanism that BSC Parties could use to challenge items in the Annual Budget.
P415 Facilitating access to wholesale markets for flexibility dispatched by Virtual Lead Parties
P415 seeks to amend the BSC to allow Virtual Lead Parties (VLPs) to participate in the GB wholesale market.
P414 Allowing a Party to Withdraw from the BSC and transfer outstanding liabilities to another Party
P413 Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement Programme Manager
P412 Ensuring non-BM Balancing Services providers pay for non-delivery imbalances at a price that reflects the real-time value of energy
This Modification will introduce imbalance charges for non-Balancing Mechanism (BM) Balancing Services providers, where their delivery does not match instructed volumes. This will mean the GB market more effectively meets the requirements of the Clean Energy Package.
P411 Including new LDSOs in Qualification to mitigate potential risks to Settlement
P411 aims to improve the effectiveness of the Qualification Performance Assurance Technique (PAT) by requiring new Licensed Distribution System Operators (LDSOs) to undergo Qualification in this role.
P410 Changing imbalance price calculations to comply with the Imbalance Settlement Harmonisation regulations
P410 sought to introduce changes to the imbalance price calculations to ensure BSC compliance with the European Imbalance Settlement Harmonisation regulations.
P409 Aligning BMRS Reporting Requirements with the Clean Energy Package
P408 Simplifying the Output Usable Data Process
P408 is being raised as a consequential BSC Modification to Grid Code Modification GC0130.
The Modification aims to deliver:
- Continued alignment of the Grid Code and BSC processes; and
- Improved market transparency and efficiency through provision of additional Output Usable, Margin and Surplus data in the two to three year ahead timescale.