{"id":166566,"date":"2021-03-15T15:32:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T15:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/?page_id=166566"},"modified":"2023-11-21T09:35:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T09:35:56","slug":"bsc-explained","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/about\/bsc-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"BSC explained"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":0,"parent":130,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166566","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"semantic_search":{"post_id":166566,"title":"BSC explained","link":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/about\/bsc-explained\/","categories":[],"tags":[],"content":"    <div class=\"panel-content\">\n        <p>The Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC) is a legal document which defines the rules and governance for the balancing mechanism and imbalance settlement processes of electricity in Great Britain. The Balancing and Settlement Code Company (BSCCo) is administered by Elexon.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"pagebuilder-blocks\"><div class=\"panel-content\">\n    <h2 id=\"history-of-the-bsc\">History of the BSC<\/h2>\n<p>NETA and BETTA were established to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Enable electricity to be traded bilaterally, and ahead of time, between willing buyers and sellers in an open and competitive wholesale market (outside the BSC)<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that total electricity generation and demand are balanced in real time, through a Balancing Mechanism operated by National Grid as the GB Transmission System Operator<\/li>\n<li>Establish any differences (&#x2018;imbalances&#x2019;) between the amounts of electricity which are traded and the actual electricity which is generated\/consumed, and ensure that these are paid for, through a post-event imbalance settlement process operated by Elexon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>More about BETTA<\/h3>\n<p>Modification P108 proposed to authorise BSCCo to provide or procure assistance to the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority in connection with the development and implementation of the British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements (BETTA).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/mod-proposal\/p108-modification-to-enable-bscco-to-prepare-for-the-implementation-of-british-electricity-trading-and-transmission-arrangements-betta\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Modification P108 &#x2019;Enable the BSCCo (Elexon) to prepare for the implementation of British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements (BETTA)&#x2019;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Further information<\/h3>\n<h4>Alpha Codes of Practice<\/h4>\n<p>The Alpha Codes of Practice refer to operation under the Electricity Pool post privatisation and became obsolete with NETA in 2003.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/csd\/alpha-codes-of-practice\/\">More about Alpha Codes of Practice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Settlement Agreement for Scotland<\/h4>\n<p>The Settlement Agreement for Scotland relates to operations under NETA prior to Scotland being included in the BSC under BETA in 2005 and became obsolete at this point.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/csd\/codes-of-practice-settlement-agreement-for-scotland\/\">More about Codes of Practice: Settlement Agreement for Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"beginners-guide\">Beginners Guide<\/h2>\n<p>It provides a detailed look at the Trading Arrangements for electricity which covers what you need to know. The rules that govern electricity trading are covered in the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/guidance-note\/beginners-guide\/\">Beginners Guide Guidance Note<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"bsc-training-services\">BSC training services<\/h2>\n<p>There are regular training sessions for people involved in the electricity industry. These include an overview of the BSC and specific sessions of key parts of working in the electricity industry. These training sessions are an invaluable way of understanding how the BSC works.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/about\/elexon-training\/\">More about BSC training sessions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"bsc-guidance-notes\">BSC Guidance Notes<\/h2>\n<p>BSC Guidance Notes are a collection of information documents that explain various parts of the BSC and operational processes associated to being part of the electricity market.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/bsc-and-codes\/bsc-guidance-notes\/\">List of BSC Guidance Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"glossary-of-terms\">Glossary of terms<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Glossary-option-button.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166482 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Glossary-option-button.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"104\"><\/a>We have created a glossary for terms that are regularly used throughout the BSC and the associated processes. Most of our web page also have an option that enable you to switch of pop-up boxes that relate to these glossary terms as a short description of what each term means. However, you will also be able to click through to the full list of terms.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/glossary\/\">Full list of glossary terms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#xA0;<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","s3_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166566"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203309,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/166566\/revisions\/203309"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elexon-beta.elexonhostings.co.uk\/bsc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}