List of BSC Issues
These pages list all Issues published since 2011. Issues are raised where problems or potential improvements to the current arrangements have been identified, but it’s not known how best they should be resolved. Once raised Issues will be discussed by an Issue Group to consider possible solutions, requirements or to define the scope and issue further.
Issue 100
Assessing BSC Black Start processes to support NGESO’s Distributed ReStart project
Issue 99
Issue 99 will review the use of the D0215 ‘Provision of Site Technical Details’ and its associated processes, to identify the areas of improvement.
Issue 98
Review of the current practice of setting Dynamic Parameters within the Balancing Mechanism
Issue 97
Meter shortage risk driven by global materials availability and supply chain challenges
Issue 96
Assessing the reporting to EMRS of chargeable volumes for SVA Metering Systems that record both exempt and licensed supply
Issue 95
Assessing the continued use of TIBCO service as a source of data for market participants
Issue 94
Assessing barriers to entry to the Balancing Mechanism for sub 1MW providers and decimal bids
Issue 93
Issue 93 will review the BSC metering Codes of Practice (CoPs), which have not been reviewed in totality before.
Issue 92
Reserve Scarcity Pricing Review
Issue 91
Registration and Settlement of Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) sites
Issue 90
Could Elexon (under BSCco) administrate a tendered Market Maker (tMM)?
Issue 89
Ensuring Demand Control Event (DCE) procedures remain fit for purpose
Issue 88
'Clarification of BSC Arrangements relating to Complex Sites'
Issue 87
Busbar voltage transformer metering for Offshore wind farms under OFTO arrangements
Issue 86
Issue 86 will review several processes relating to switching, Change of Supplier and Change of Agent. It will be of interest to Data Aggregators (DAs), Data Collectors (DCs), Meter Operator Agents (MOAs) and Suppliers.
Issue 85
Removal of obligation to visit de-energised sites once every 12 months from BSCP504
Issue 84
Enable the cost recovery of the Radio Teleswitch Service (RTS) arrangements extension
Issue 83
Ensuring that the Buy Price Price Adjustment reflects all additional balancing costs incurred by NGESO
Issue 82
Expand the BSC Panel’s ability to raise Modification Proposals
Issue 81
Determining the benefits of Run-up/Run-down rates and Last Time to Cancel Synchronisation (LTCS) publication on BMRS
Issue 80
Increase in minimum data storage requirements within the relevant Metering CoPs
Issue 79
Erroneous Consumption Volumes following a Change of Supplier Event
Issue 78
Measurement and monitoring of Settlement performance
Issue 77
Review of fixed charges under the BSC
Issue 76
Using the BSC to support Suppliers and the Capacity Market Arrangements
Issue 75
Use of Internet Protocol (IP) address based communication methods for Central Volume Allocation (CVA) Metering Systems
Issue 74
Increased utilisation of non-BM STOR
Issue 73
The Review of fault management and resolution timescales was introduced when a report from (TAPAP) found that the timescales for fixing faults were unclear; and insufficient guidance was provided on which party involved in the faults process was responsible for each step.
Issue 72
Ensuring measurement transformer assets installed by a Non-BSC Party are successfully Commissioned within BSC timescales
Issue 71
Introduction of a baselining methodology as an alternative to Physical Notifications
Issue 70
Settlement of Secondary BM Units using metering at the asset
Issue 69
After 10 years of live operations and some significant industry changes such as smart metering and innovative business models, at its meeting on March 2017 the BSC Panel (264/07) approved the Performance Assurance Framework (PAF) review which Elexon is currently undertaking. The BSC Panel also approved Issue 69 to be formed to support the PAF review.
Issue 68
Underestimation of Demand Capacity and Credit Cover Percentage
Issue 67
Meter Timeswitch Code for Smart Meters
Issue 66
Responsibility for addressing Meter faults for Dual Function Meters with different Suppliers for Import and Export
Issue 65
Causes and treatment of large Line Loss Factors
Issue 64
Defining default price when NIV equals zero and when there is no priced action left after NIV tagging
Issue 63
Improved reporting of event history and profile availability during outage events on the BMRS REMIT pages
Issue 62
Amending the BSC arrangements to allow Elexon to tender for the Uniform Network Code Gas Performance Assurance Framework Administrator (PAFA) role
Issue 61
Changes to Gate Closure for Energy Contract Volume Notifications
Issue 60
Interfaces between the European Balancing Project TERRE and the current GB market arrangements
Issue 59
Consideration of the PARMS and Supplier Charge changes introduced by P272 and P300
Issue 58
Obligation to estimate missing or correct defective Reactive Energy measurements from CVA metering systems
Issue 57
Should Half-Hourly Settlement be mandatory for certain Unmetered Supplies customers?
Issue 56
Treatment of the new SBR and DSBR services in the imbalance price
Issue 55
Review of the approach to the calculation and application of GSP Group Correction Scaling Weights
Issue 54
Discrepancies between the points of measurement required in the BSC and the CoPs and the physical points of connection
Issue 53
Reforming the Change of Supplier meter read process for smart electricity meters
Issue 52
Billing for Data Transfer costs and the ‘Total Cost of Ownership’ for using a replacement solution to send DTS Flows
Issue 51
Third Party Access and Multiple MOAs
Issue 50
Customer Appointed Agents
Issue 49
Change of Measurement Class (CoMC) process for Advanced Meters
Issue 48
SMETS & Codes of Practice (CoPs)
Issue 47
GB Implementation of the European Transparency Regulation
Issue 46
Non Half Hourly Interoperability
Issue 45
Introduction of Change of Supply Agreed Read Principle to correct all errors in Settlements
Issue 44
Balancing Mechanism Pricing
Issue 43
On-site Generation during Planned Outages
Issue 42
Black Start Generator – Defining a ‘Local Shutdown’
Issue 41
Improving the Quality and Accuracy of Data Flows
Issue 40
Review of Elexon Governance and Funding Arrangements for New Business Opportunities
Issue 39
Unrecorded Units identified by Revenue Protection Services
Issue 38
Potential Improvements to Credit Checking Rules to Support High Levels of Embedded Generation in North Scotland
Issue 37
Boundary Point Metering and BM Unit Issues in Section K
Issue 36
Party Failure and Default
Issue 35
Timing of Gate Closure and Related Matters
Issue 34
Distribution Losses
Issue 33
Fuel Security Code (FSC) Guidance
Issue 32
Black Start
Issue 31
Provision of Annualised Advance and Estimated Annual Consumption Data to LDSO
Issue 30
Cash Out Review
Issue 29
Profile Administration (PrA) Model
Issue 28
Further Considerations on Section P
Issue 27
Funds Administration
Issue 26
Issues Arising from Elexon PAB interpretation
Issue 25
Governance Issues related to PAB determination
Issue 24
Impact of BSC on Reactive Power Charging
Issue 23
Apparent Tendency for EAC Values to Under-Estimate Consumption
Issue 22
Indebtedness
Issue 21
Scope of Profile Administration
Issue 20
Fuel Security Code
Issue 19
PARMS - the way forward
Issue 18
Sleeper Bids
Issue 17
Review of Electricity Market Information (REMI)
Issue 16
Credit Default and the Default provisions in Section H of the BSC
Issue 15
Review of Trading Query Deadlines
Issue 14
Long Term Vacant Sites and Shut Down Meters
Issue 13
Codes of Practice applicable to Metering Systems
Issue 12
Timescales for Withdrawal from the BSC
Issue 11
Performance Targets and Monitoring
Issue 10
Implementation Dates
Issue 09
Review of Aspects of the Modification Process
Issue 08
Apparent inconsistency between requirements for rectifying NHH meter reading his
Issue 07
Potential anomaly in respect of Bid Offer Acceptance (BOA) volume
Issue 06
Appropriateness of the Current Supplier Charging Mechanism
Issue 05
Treatment of Parties going directly into Level 2 Credit Default
Issue 04
Periodic Reviews of the BSC
Issue 03
Credit Cover for Interconnector Users
Issue 02
Credit Indebtedness Calculation During Holiday Periods
Issue 01
Credit Cover Provisions for BSC Signatories Withdrawing from the Market