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The BMRS website provides near real time and historic data about the Balancing Mechanism which is used by the National Grid (System Operator) as a means of balancing power flows on to and off the electricity Transmission System in Great Britain. Data is added on a near real-time basis

High voltage electricity network data for Ireland, Northern Ireland and for all island of Ireland. Data include system demand and generation, wind generation, interconnection, balancing and prices, frequency, system non-synchronous penetration, carbon intensity and network maps. Can select Ireland, Northern Ireland or all island data.

Electricity North West is a distribution network operator. Data available includes network data, network assets, capacity and embedded generation. Electricity North West is a distribution network operator (DNO) covering the north-west of England.

Elexon data from the Balancing and Settlement Code (BCS) systems that are available include: Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS) data; the Elexon Portal and operational reports. If you're a company who isnt a BSC Party but would like to receive specific BSC data, there are contact details to request standard packages of reports that are available to non-Parties on request, subject to set licensing arrangements and fees.

Central Data Collection Agent (CDCA) data : Inter Grid Supply Point Group Connection Period Data (IPD); Grid Supply Point Period Data (GP9); Aggregated Grid Supply Point Group Take Volumes (AGV); Balancing Mechanism Unit Aggregation Report (ABV). Settlement Administration Agent (SAA) data: Aggregate Party Day Charges (APC); Market Index Day Period Information (MD1); Settlement Period Information (SPI); Settlement Period Information (SSD); Trading Unit Period Information (TRA). Data descriptions are also available on this web page.

ELEXON Ltd is the Balancing and Settlement Code Company (BSCCo) defined and created by the Balancing and Settlement Code (BSC and also known as the Code). ELEXON Ltd procures, manages and operates services and systems, which enable imbalance settlement of the wholesale electricity market and retail competition in electricity supply. The Portal gives access to the archives of historic SSP, SBP and NIV data which are updated automatically every day, and historical BMRS data via the BMRA Data Archive on this site (formerly TIBCO Relay Service). The Elexon portal gives access to historical data from the Balancing Mechanism Reporting System (BMRS) (which only retains around 18 months of data online) along with reports and other publications, policy information and the contents of the actual BMRS code. There is a useful site map at the bottom of the home page.

From 2018 to 2023, Innovate UK and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) delivered a major innovation programme focused on smart local energy systems: Prospering from the Energy Revolution.

The programme was funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Its aim: to work with businesses, communities and academics to explore intelligently joining up energy supply, storage and use at a local and regional level.

We live, work and travel in regions, cites, towns and communities. Yet our energy infrastructure is still very centralised – sending energy one way, from bulk supply points to the networks’ edges where we live and work.

This programme asked: what if we could bring together energy supply, storage and use to create energy-smart places, enabled by the latest technologies? Could we balance supply and demand locally, improve flexibility and resilience, save costs and carbon, and create new ways of living with energy?

With £104m of funding from UKRI, the programme funded over 80 projects around the UK, from feasibility studies to large-scale demonstrators.

The result: a rich bank of learning and evidence that will help everyone working to unlock the potential of place-based energy.

ENERGYDATA.INFO is an open data platform providing access to datasets and data analytics that are relevant to the energy sector. Data on energy access, transmission and distribution, renewable energy and resource assessment. Tools and data sets are available.

Energy Networks Association databases including statutory data, safety statistics, engineering standards and terms, and an Energy Data Request Tool for requesting any type of network data. The Energy Data Request Tool can be used by anyone to request any type of network data.

European electricity harmonisation and electrotechnical standards, based on a consensus, which reflects the economic and social interests of 33 CENELEC Member countries channelled through their National Electrotechnical Committees (NCs). Most standards are initiated by industry. Other standardization projects can come from consumers, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) or associations, or even European legislators. Besides European Standards, CENELEC produces other reference documents, which can be developed quickly and easily: Technical Specifications, Technical Reports and Workshop Agreements. CENELEC is a Non Profit International Association, forming the officially recognised European Standards Organisations (ESOs) together with CEN, the European Committee for Standardization and ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. CENELEC acts as a platform for experts to develop European Standards (ENs), which facilitate world trade by removing barriers to trade, enhancing economic growth and leading to new markets.CENELEC concentrates most of its work on 2 major deliverables: The European Standard (EN) and the Harmonization Document (HD). These two documents are referred to commonly as "standards" and must be implemented in all CENELEC member countries, who must also withdraw any conflicting standard.

Access to datasets provided by the IEA on a wide range of topics. Some of these are openly available and some have restrictions

Data Portal for National Grid Electricity System Operators (ESO) in Great Britain. Data available include: ancillary services, balancing costs, carbon intensity, connection registers, constraint management, demand, generation, network charges, system-wide data, trading, plans, reports and Future Energy Scenarios. An API is available.

Automated Demand Response trials within the New Thames Valley Vision (NTVV) project installed Building Management Systems within 27 commercial buildings within the Bracknell area. The project was then able to enact load shed events on the building with differing notice periods. Background information on the NTVV project and the ADR trial can be found in report SDRC_9.1c_Demand_Side_Response_Evidence_Report_1.0.pdf

The data set records EMMA thermal storage devices trialed in the New Thames Valley Vision (NTVV) project and includes PV and grid data for 73 households. The EMMA unit is a device which is fitted in conjunction with Solar PV installs in properties that have an immersion heater. The device diverts any excess generation energy, into the immersion heater to heat water, rather than send the excess electricity back onto the grid. The data set records EMMA, PV and grid data for 73 households.
Background information on the NTVV project and the EMMA trial can be found in report SDRC_9.4b_Evidence_Report_1.0.pdf.
Data format information is in EMMA_readme.txt.

End point monitoring of household electricity demand and generation carried out within the New Thames Valley Vision (NTVV) project. End Point Monitoring in domestic households was carried out with two types of devices with 30 minute granularity. The data are described in EPM_readme.txt.
Background information on the NTVV project and end point monitoring with the EDMI units can be found in SDRC_9.2a_Evidence_Report_Rev_1.0_Final.pdf.

Data from a trial of an Ice Bear cold thermal energy storage unit in one building during the New Thames Valley Vision (NTVV) project. This data records the trial of one Ice Bear unit in the New Thames Valley Vision (NTVV) project. The Ice Bear unit provides a block of ice, which is installed as part of an air conditioning system. During the day, the air conditioning unit will blow air through the ice, creating cool air. During the night, the Ice Bear will freeze the ice again, ready for use the next day, so deferring energy usage from the day time, to the night time.
The data format is described in Ice_Bear_readme.txt.
Background information on the NTVV project and the Ice Bear unit can be found in report SDRC_9.8a_4_Cold_Thermal_LV_Network_Energy_Storage.pdf.

Monitoring data from 4 primary and 316 secondary substations in the New Thames Valley Vision (NTVV) project. Information about the substations data can be found in Substations_readme.txt.
Background information on the NTVV project and substation monitoring can be found in SDRC_9.2b_Evidence_Report_Rev_1.0.pdf.

Northern Power Grid is a distribution network operator. Their network data includes Distribution Future Energy Scenarios, Auto Design connection tool, embedded generation capacity register, long-term development statement (including network information), generation and demand heat maps, and contracted capacity register. Northern Power Grid is a distribution network operator (DNO) covering north east England, Yorkshire and north Lincolnshire.

Great Britain energy market data from the retail market, from the wholesale market, energy network indicators and customer service data. Material featured on the Ofgem website is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated. You may use Crown copyright information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence.

A free and open data platform for energy system modelling. OPSD collect, check, process, document, and publish data that are publicly available but currently inconvenient to use. Open access where possible but some data published here might be subject to copyright. Check specific terms by data set.
For further information see "Open Power System Data Frictionless data for electricity system modelling" in Applied Energy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.097

Spatially disaggregate half-hourly data on GB electricity generation and consumption, including detailed per-generator half-hourly generation and balancing operations. The P114 data will be uploaded in batches currently the dataset contains folders for data released in June 2016, then yearly from January 2018 to January 2022 and then quarterly from January 2023 to present with the latest release Quarter Three 2024. A data description document or read me file is available for each release. NB the number of records is very large - indicated by the value of 999M in the number of records field.

Energy systems are changing rapidly, bringing new types of risks, and new forms of potential disruption to energy supplies. Our growing dependence on energy, particularly electricity, means that more than ever we need to plan for disruptions and be prepared for them. What happens during the disruption is important: we need to understand how individuals, communities and organisations experience the event, and what measures can be taken to reduce the overall impacts. This study investigates how people and communities in the city of Glasgow (Scotland) might be expected to respond to a lengthy, widespread disruption to energy supplies. A novel three-stage diary-interview methodology was used to explore energy practices and expectations dependency, and to understand the ways in which peoples experience of disruptions may change in the coming decade. The results show that the most consistent determinant of participants perceived resilience, over and above socio-demographic factors, is their expectations and their degree of dependency on routine. In addition, the results suggest that common assumptions regarding peoples vulnerability may be misplaced, and are shifting rapidly as digital dependency grows, and are sometimes misplaced: in particular, determinants such as age and income should not be seen as straightforward proxies for vulnerability. A new set of indicators of vulnerability are identified. For longer outages, peoples ability to cope will likely decrease with duration in a non-linear step-change fashion, as interdependent infrastructures and services are affected. Community-level actions can improve resilience, and local scales may be more appropriate for identifying vulnerabilities than socio-demographic proxies, but this is only feasible if organisations and institutions are adequately resourced.Recent events have highlighted the potential impact of long, widespread energy supply interruptions, and the need for resilience is likely to create a requirement for greater flexibility from both the electricity and gas systems. This project will examine the engineering risks, and assess the need for new industry standards to drive appropriate action; and conduct a systematic assessment of the impacts of a serious energy disruption on consumers and critical services, such as heating, water, communications, health and transport. This dataset is held in the UKDS

UK Government has collected and compiled estimates of electricity consumption at regional (NUTS1) and local authority levels (LAU1 - formally NUTS 4) using aggregated Meter Point Reference Number (MPRN) readings throughout Great Britain as part of government's annual meter point electricity data exercise. In March 2008, this electricity consumption dataset gained National Statistics status. This status applies to all data from 2005 onwards. The 2003 and 2004 data are still classed as experimental.

Flexible Networks for a Low Carbon Future was a Low Carbon Networks Fund innovation trial project, led by SP Energy Networks. As part of the project, network monitoring equipment was installed in eight primary (33/11kV) and over 150 secondary (11kV/415V) substations in three test areas

SP Energy Networks are pleased to provide access to the complete data set (which is hosted by the University of Strathclyde) in response to requests.

SP Energy Networks is a distribution and transmission network operator. The data hub includes mapping data, strategic documentation, asset data and stakeholder data. SP Energy Networks is the distribution network operator for northern Wales, southern Scotland and part of north-west England. It is also the transmission operator for southern Scotland.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is a distribution and transmission network operator. The embedded capacity register includes generation and storage resources (1MW) that are connected, or accepted to connect. It includes information on the flexibility services that are being provided by connected resources. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is the distribution network operator (DNO) for central southern England and northern Scotland. It is the transmission operator for southern Scotland.
The embedded capacity register provides information on generation and storage resources (1MW) that are connected, or accepted to connect, to the electricity distribution networks owned and operated by us and it will be updated on a monthly basis. The register also includes information on the flexibility services that are being provided by connected resources, assisting to control or schedule demand and/or generation to reduce network constraints. As of July 2020, the register has been updated to include additional data fields and information including the network reinforcement needed to provide connections.

Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is a distribution and transmission network operator. Data available include network assets maps, generation availability map, demand heat map, loading and rating information and high voltage schematics, long-term development statement and technical specifications. Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks is the distribution network operator (DNO) for central southern England and northern Scotland. It is the transmission network operator for northern Scotland.

The Electricity Pool operated from 1st April 1990 to 26th March 2001, controlling the trading of electricity within England and Wales. The Electricity Pool data contains system demand and transmission losses plus the price information (/MWh) within the trading pool, comprising the three main prices: Pool purchase price (PPP), the basis of payments to generators; Pool selling price (PSP), the basis of payments by suppliers; and system marginal price (SMP), the highest offered price for any generating set scheduled by the Pool to run before system constraints are taken into account. The Electricity Pool system was replaced by the New Electricity Trading Arrangements (NETA/BETTA) from 27 March 2001. (Note : It is mandatory to acknowledge the UKERC EDC and the data owner Poolit Ltd when any use of this data is made in publications) Explanation of parameters and pool operation
PSP : Pool Selling Price, is the price paid mostly by RECs purchasing electricity from the Pool to sell to their final commercial, industrial and residential customers; this value is determined for two distinct price-rule regimes referred to as Table A and Table B periods, such that: PSP = SMP + CC + UPLIFT = PPP + UPLIFT
SMP : System Marginal Price is the highest offered price for any generating set scheduled by the Pool before system constraints are taken into account
LOLP : Loss Of Load Probability, a decreasing function of the expected amount of excess capacity available during each half-hour period, determined for each half-hour as the probability of a supply interruption due to generation capacity being insufficient to meet demand (the greater the amount of capacity available relative to expected demand in any half-hour, the lower the LOLP and therefore the lower the capacity charge per KWH paid to generators)
VOLL : Value Of Lost Load, representing the per kWh willingness of customers to pay to avoid supply interruptions; it was set by the Director General of the Office of Electricity Regulation (OFFER) at 2,000 per megawatt-hour (MWH) for 1990/91 and was then increased annually by the growth in the RPI
PPP : Pool Purchase Price, is the price paid to generators for electricity purchased into the Pool
CC : Capacity Charge: CC = LOLP * (VOLL - SMP) is a signal to generators of the necessity for additional generation capacity and to consumers that their consumption has a significant probability of requiring the maximum amount of generating capacity available in that load period
UPLIFT : a charge to compensate generators for reserve, plant available but not actually used to meet demand, and startup costs, known only ex post and therefore the only price uncertainty from the day ahead perspective; it is collected over at least 28 Table A pricing periods each day (UPLIFT is zero for Table B pricing periods) according to the formula: Availability Payment/MWh = LOLP*(VOLL - max(SMP, bid price))

Annual, quarterly and monthly electricity statistics available to download. This page brings together all the UK Government data sources that focus on electricity including historic data (1920-2012) and imports, exports and transfers of electricity Brings together electricity data from DUKES (annual data), energy trends (articles, quarterly and monthly data) and historic data. These datasets form part of other dataset collections in the UK Government statistics.

UK Power Networks distribution network operators open data include data about their networks, operations, embedded generation and market intelligence data. UK Power Networks are the distribution network operator (DNO) for parts of eastern and south eastern England and London. Data is open, but new users will need to register.

Western Power distribution network operators Connected Data Portal includes data about their networks, operations, generation included embedded generation, flexibility and trial projects. Western Power Distribution is the electricity distribution network operator (DNO) for the Midlands and South West of England and for South Wales.