FAQs
Below is a list of our most frequently asked questions. If you have a question that isn't listed below, please contact us.
What is included within the Aggregate BM figure?
The volume (MW) of conventional generation MELs (Maximum Export Limits), available non-balancing mechanism Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR) and forecast wind generation. This will be based on data available to NESO four hours ahead of real time to facilitate the calculation.
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- What is a Capacity Market Notice and how is it triggered?
- What is a Capacity Market Notice not?
- What is included within a Capacity Market Notice when it becomes active on the website?
- What is included within the Demand figure?
- How should I respond to a Capacity Market Notice?
- What other information is available to the industry?
- How do Capacity Market Notices differ to System Warnings messages that appear on the Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS)?
- Will a Capacity Market Notice always be followed up by an operational System Warnings message?
- Is the Capacity Market Notice actively updated following its initial communication?
- Can a Capacity Market Notice be cancelled?
- Can a Capacity Market Notice be issued for any period less than four hours away?
- If a Capacity Market Notice is cancelled can one be reinstated as active at a later time from the same time?
- How many Capacity Market Notices will be published each year?