List of all BSC Modifications

Enabling Elexon to tender for the Retail Energy Code (REC)

P364 will clarify the requirements for configuring and registering Plant and Apparatus in Balancing Mechanism (BM) Units. Specifically where Parties seek to share responsibility for Imports and Export from the same Plant and Apparatus or via the same Boundary Point. It will also clarify the circumstances and requirements for maintaining BM Unit registration details and seeking to re-register BM Units when the configuration of Plant and Apparatus change.

Simplifying the registration of new configurations of BM Units

Introducing BSC arrangements to facilitate an electricity market sandbox

Revised treatment of BSC Charges for Lead Parties of Interconnector BM Units

Making the BSC’s imbalance price compliant with the European Balancing Guideline

Mechanised process for GC/DC declarations

Roll over of BSC Seasonal GCDC

Removal of GC/DC tolerance parameters from BSC Section K

Aligning the BSC with Grid Code Modification GC0099 'Establishing a common approach to interconnector scheduling consistent with the single intraday market coupling processes set out within Regulation (EU) 2015/1222 (CACM)'

Introduction of a BM Lite Balancing Mechanism

Use of ABSVD for non-BM Balancing Services at the metered (MPAN) level

Align Section B with the intent of P324

Housekeeping changes to BSC Section M

Align the BSC with changes to the SCR requirements

Introduction of a seasonal Zonal Transmission Losses scheme

Facilitating Embedded Generation Triad Avoidance Standstill

Provision of gross BM Unit data for TNUoS charging

Reduction in R1 Read Requirement for Half Hourly Sites

Changes to the BSC Specified Charges to facilitate Elective HH settlement