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100kW Metering System Page teaser = This term can refer to several areas within the BSC and these have been outlined individually on this page.
1998 Programme Costs 1998 Programme Recovery Period 1st Reconciliation 2nd Reconciliation Acceptance Acceptance Data Acceptance Volume Acceptance Volume Pair Accepted Bid Accepted Bid-Offer Volume Accepted Bid Volume Accepted Offer Accepted Offer Volume Accession Agreement Account Bilateral Contract Volume Account Credited Energy Volume Account Energy Imbalance Cashflow Account Energy Imbalance Volume Account Period Balancing Services Volume Act Active Energy Active Power Actual Energy Indebtedness Ad-hoc Trading Charge Additional BM Unit Additional BM Unit Monthly Charge Advice Notes Affected BM Unit Affected Date Affiliate Aggregate PES Recoverable Amount Aggregate Pool NETA Costs Aggregation Rules Allocation Schedule Alternative Modification Amount in Default Annual BSC Costs Annual BSC Meeting Annual BSC Report Annual Budget Annual Default Costs Annual Funding Share Annual Holiday Periods Annual SVA Costs Annualised Advance Apparatus Applicable Balancing Services Applicable Balancing Services Volume Data Applicable BSC Objective(s) Applicant Application Fee Appointment Day Approved Modification Arbitrage Accepted Bids Arbitrage Accepted Offers Assessment Procedure Associated Distribution System Authorised Recipient Authority Average Fraction of Yearly Consumption Balancing and Settlement Code Balancing and Settlement Code Company Balancing Mechanism Balancing Mechanism and Imbalance Settlement Balancing Mechanism Reporting Agent Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service Balancing Mechanism Unit Balancing Mechanism Window Period Balancing Reserve Level Balancing Services Balancing Services Adjustment Data Banks’ Automated Clearing Systems Base BM Unit Base BM Unit Monthly Charge Base Rate BC BDTP BETTA Effective Date BETTA+A89 Bid Bid Non-Delivery Volume Bid Offer Acceptance Bid Offer Acceptance Instruction Bid-Offer Acceptance Number Bid-Offer Acceptance Time Bid-Offer Data Bid-Offer Lower Range Bid-Offer Pair Bid-Offer Pair Number Bid-Offer Upper Range Bid-Offer Volume Bid Price BM Auditor BM Unit BM Unit Allocated Demand Disconnection Volume BM Unit Allocated Demand Volume BM Unit Applicable Balancing Services Volume BM Unit Credit Assessment Export Capability BM Unit Credit Assessment Import Capability BM Unit Identification Number BM Unit Metered Volume BM Unit Period Non-Delivery Charge BMRS Zone Board Borrowing Account Boundary Point Boundary Point Metering System British Electricity Trading and Transmission Arrangements British Grid Systems Agreement BSC 1998 Start Date BSC Account BSC Agent BSC Agent Contract BSC Agent System BSC Audit BSC Audit Report BSC Auditor BSC Banker BSC Change Administrator BSC Clearer BSC Company BSC Costs BSC Creditor BSC Debtor BSC NETA Funding Amount BSC Procedure or BSCP BSC Requirements for the MRA BSC Season BSC Service Description BSC Systems BSC Website BSC Year BSCCo BSCCo Accounting Policies BSCCo Charges BSCCo Materials BSCCo Shareholder BSP Group Bulk Supply Point Business Day Business Hours Business Person/Personnel Business Strategy Buy Price Cost Adjustment (Energy) Buy Price Price Adjustment Buy Price Volume Adjustment (Energy) Buy Price Volume Adjustment (System) Cash Cover CCGT Module Central Data Collection Agent or CDCA Central Data Collection Services Central Meter Registration Service Central Registration Agent Central Registration Service Central Volume Allocation Centrally Dispatched Generating Unit Change of Genset Ownership Change of Measurement Class Change of Supplier Change Proposal Change Proposal Circular CHAPS Check Data Collection Data Chief Executive Civil Emergency Bid Price Class Clearing Account Code Effective Date Code Modification Code of Practice Code Subsidiary Document Collection Account Collection Banks Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Committee Member Communication Communication Requirements Document Communications Equipment Communications Medium Competent Authority Conditional Implementation Date Confidential Information Confirmation Notice Confirmed VNNR Connection Agreements Consumer Grid Supply Point Consumption BM Unit Consumption Energy Account Consumption Interconnector BM Unit Contiguous Assets Contingency Provision Continuous Acceptance Duration Continuous Acceptance Duration Limit Contract Principles Contract Trading Party Contracting Party Core Industry Document Core Industry Document Owner Corporate Functions Person Credit Assessment Credited Energy Volume Credit Assessment Energy Indebtedness Credit Assessment Load Factor Credit Assessment Price Credit Cover Credit Cover Error Credit Cover Error Compensation Credit Cover Error Consumption Credit Cover Error Erroneous Rejection Flag Credit Cover Error Imbalance Amount Credit Cover Error Interest Amount Credit Cover Error Period+A198 Credit Cover Error Rejection Volume Credit Cover Percentage Credit Default Credit Default Refusal Period Credit Default Rejection Period Credit Facility+A204 Credited Energy Percentage Credited Energy Percentage Authorisation Credited Energy Percentage Notification Agent Credited Energy Volume Customer CVA Boundary Point CVA Customer CVA Metering Equipment CVA Metering System D Daily Party BM Unit Cashflow Daily Party Energy Imbalance Cashflow Daily Party Information Imbalance Charge Daily Party Non-Delivery Charge Daily Party Residual Settlement Cashflow Daily Profile Production Daily System Operator BM Cashflow Data Aggregator Data Catalogue Data Collector Data File Catalogue Data Transfer Service Agreement Data Transfer Service Provider De-energisation De Minimis Acceptance Threshold De Minimis Accepted Bids De Minimis Accepted Offers De-Rated Margin forecast Dedicated Assets Deemed Take Deemed Take Reconciliation Default Default Funding Share Default Interest Rate Default Party Charge Share Default Payment Date Default Share Amount Defaulting Party Defendant Contracting Party Definition Procedure Delivering Transmission Losses Adjustment Demand Capacity Demand Side Balancing Reserve instruction Demand Trading Account Deputy Panel Chairman Detailed Level Impact Analysis Directive Director Disclose Discontinuance Date Discontinuing Party Disputes Secretary Dissatisfied Person Distribution Code Distribution Interconnector Distribution Interconnector Boundary Point Distribution Licence Distribution System Distribution System Operator Distribution Systems Connection Point Distribution Use of System Agreement Domestic Premises Drawing Dynamic Data Set Earliest Nullification Effective Period ECVAA System Failure ECVNA Authorisation EdF Documents Effective-from Date Effective-to Date Electricity Electricity Arbitration Association Emergency Acceptance Emergency Instruction End Point Demand Control Level Energisation Energy Account Energy Contract Volume Energy Contract Volume Aggregation Agent Energy Contract Volume Data Energy Contract Volume Notification Energy Contract Volume Notification Agent Energy Contract Volume Notification Agent Authorisation Energy Credit Cover Energy (From) Account Energy Indebtedness Energy (To) Account Energywatch Equipment Owner Equivalent Meter Equivalent Unmetered Supply Erroneous Energy Indebtedness Estimated Annual Consumption Estimated Annual Consumption / Annualised Advance Estimated Annual Consumption (DC) Excluded Emergency Acceptance Exempt Export BM Unit Exemptable Generating Plant Exemption Expected Transfer Export Expulsion Date Expulsion Notice External System Externally Interconnected System Operator Extra-Settlement Determination Failing Supplier Final Loss of Load Probability Final Physical Notification Final Physical Notification Data Final Reconciliation Settlement Run Final Reconciliation Volume Allocation Run First Reconciliation Settlement Run First Reconciliation Volume Allocation Run First Settlement Period Fraction of Years Consumption Framework Agreement Fuel Security Code Funding Party Funding Party Payment Funding Shares Funds Administration Agent Funds Transfer Agreement Gate Closure General Funding Share Generating Plant Generating Plant Demand Margin Generating Unit Generation Capacity Generation Licence Generator Compensation Instruction Go-live Date Good Industry Practice Great Britain Grid Code Grid Supply Point Gross Contract MWh Group Correction Factor Group of GSPs GSP Group Page Teaser field in WordPress starts
The connection between the Transmission and Distribution Systems is known as a Grid Supply Point (GSP). For this reason, each Distribution System is referred to as a GSP Group. There are 14 in the UK split by geography. Each has it’s own distribution company that connects to the Transmission Network ran by National Grid ESO.
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GSP Group Correction Scaling Factor GSP Group Distributor GSP Group liability cap GSP Group Metered Volume GSP Group Profile Class Average EAC GSP Group Take Half Hourly Data Aggregator Half Hourly Data Collector Half Hourly Meter Half Hourly Meter Operator Half Hourly Metering Equipment Half Hourly Metering System High Grade Service High Level Impact Analysis ID Transfer Date ID Transferee ID Transferor Identifier Imbalance Implementation Date Implementation Scheme Import Indicated Constraint Boundary Margin Indicated Demand Indicated Generation Indicated Imbalance Indicated Margin Indicative Loss of Load Probability Indicative Net Imbalance Volume Indicative Period Balancing Mechanism Bid Cashflow Indicative Period Balancing Mechanism Offer Cashflow Indicative Period BM Unit Total Accepted Bid Volume Indicative Period BM Unit Total Accepted Offer Volume Indicative System Buy Price Indicative System Sell Price Individual Liquidity Threshold Industry Panel Member Information Imbalance Charge Information Imbalance Charge Information Imbalance Price Initial Energy Credit Cover Initial Interim Initial National Demand Out-Turn Initial Notification Date Initial Payment Date Initial Physical Notification Initial Settlement Run Initial Volume Allocation Run Initial Written Assessment Intellectual Property Rights Interconnected System Operator Interconnection Agreement Interconnector Interconnector Administrator Interconnector BM Unit Interconnector Boundary Point Interconnector Error Administrator Interconnector Metered Volume Interconnector Metered Volumes Interconnector Scheduled Transfer Interconnector User Interested Person Interim Information Settlement Run Interim Information Volume Allocation Run Invitee IS Policies Joint BM Unit Joint BM Unit Data kVAr kW kWh Last Resort Direction Lead Energy Account Lead Party Legal Requirement Letter of Credit Level 1 Credit Default Level 1 Credit Default Cure Period Level 2 Credit Default Licence Licence Restricted Party Licensable Generating Plant Licensed Distribution System Operator or LDSO Line Loss Adjustment Factor Line Loss Code Line Loss Factor Line Loss Factor Class Identifier(s) Line Loss Factor Class(es) Long Term Vacant Loss of Load Probability Low Grade Service Main Business Main Business Person Main Funding Share Main Specified Charge Managed Data Network Manifest Error Market Domain Data Market Index Data Market Index Data Provider Market Index Data Provider Contract Market Index Definition Statement Market Index Price Market Index Volume Market Participant Identifier Master Connection and Use of System Agreement Master Registration Agreement Material Change Maximum Delivery Period Maximum Delivery Volume Maximum Demand Register Maximum Export Limit Maximum Import Limit Measurement Class(es) Menu of Qualification Fees Menu of Supplier Charges Meter Meter Administrator Meter Advance Reconciliation Meter Operator Agent Meter Technical Details Metered Volume Metered Volume Fixed Reallocation Metered Volume Percentage Reallocation Metered Volume Reallocation Data Metered Volume Reallocation Fixed Data Metered Volume Reallocation Notification Metered Volume Reallocation Notification Agent or MVRNA Metered Volume Reallocation Percentage Data Metering Dispensation Metering Equipment Metering Equipment Technical Details Metering Point Metering System Metering System Identifier Minimum Non-Zero Time Minimum Zero Time Modification Business Modification Group Modification Procedures Modification Proposal Modification Register Modification Report Modification Secretary Monthly Consumption-Charging Net SVA Costs Monthly Default Costs Monthly Net Main Costs Monthly NETA Recovery Amount Monthly payment Monthly Production-Charging SVA Costs Monthly Progress Report MRA BSC Agent MSID MVRNA Authorisation MW MWh National Demand Net Imbalance Volume Net Payment Amount New Electricity Trading Arrangements Net Imbalance Volume NIV Tagged Bid NIV Tagged EBVA NIV Tagged ESVA NIV Tagged Offer NIV Tagged SBVA NIV Tagged SSVA NIV Tagged System Total Un-priced Bid Volume NIV Tagged System Total Un-priced Offer Volume NIV Untagged EBVA NIV Untagged ESVA Nominated Agreements Non-arbitrage Bids Non-arbitrage Offers Non-BM STOR instruction Non-De Minimis Accepted Bids Non-De Minimis Accepted Offers Non-Delivered Bid Charge Non-Delivered Offer Charge Non-Delivery Order Number Non Half Hourly Non Half Hourly Data Aggregator Non Half Hourly Data Collector Non Half Hourly Meter Non Half Hourly Meter Operator Non Half Hourly Metering Equipment Non Half Hourly Metering System Non-paying BSC Debtor Non-Supplier Trading Party Noon Effective Temperature Notice to Deliver Bids Notice to Deliver Offers Notice to Deviate from Zero Notification Date Notified Volume Charge Nuclear Site Licence Nullification Effective Period Offer Offer Non-Delivery Volume Offer Price Office of Gas and Electricity Markets Offshore Transmission Connection Point Offtaking Transmission Losses Adjustment Operational Day Outage Output Usable Outstation PAB Functions Paid or recovered Panel Panel Chairman Panel Committee Panel Member Panel Secretary PAR Tagged Bid PAR Tagged EBVA PAR Tagged ESVA PAR Tagged Offer Party Party Agent Party Applicant Party Charge Party Daily Reallocation Proportion Party Details Party Funded Costs Party Registration Data Party Service Line Party System Payment Calendar Payment Date Payment Party P/C Status Pending Modification Proposal Performance Assurance Administrator Performance Assurance Board Performance Assurance Committee Performance Assurance Party Performance Assurance Reporting and Monitoring System Performance Level Period Accepted Bid Volume Period Accepted Offer Volume Period BM Unit Balancing Services Volume Period BM Unit Bid Cashflow Period BM Unit Cashflow Period BM Unit Demand Disconnection Volume Period BM Unit Non-Delivered Bid Volume Period BM Unit Non-Delivered Offer Volume Period BM Unit Offer Cashflow Period BM Unit Total Accepted Bid Volume Period BM Unit Total Accepted Offer Volume Period BM Unit Total Priced Accepted Bid Volume Period BM Unit Total Priced Accepted Offer Volume Period Expected Metered Volume Period FPN Period Information Imbalance Volume Period Priced Accepted Bid Volume Period Priced Accepted Offer Volume Permitted Activities PES 1998 Recovery Shares PES Supplier PES Supply Licence Physical Notification Plan Year Plant Point Acceptance Volume Point Bid-Offer Volume Point FPN Point Value Identification Number Pool Executive Committee Pool Member Pool NETA Costs Pool NETA Recovery Period Pool NETA Recovery Shares Pool NETA Start Date Pool Supplement Pooling and Settlement Agreement Post-Final Settlement Run Post-Final Volume Allocation Run Postponed Payment Date Power Park Module Price Average Reference Volume Primary Supplier Production BM Unit Production Energy Account Production Interconnector BM Unit Profile Administration Services Profile Administrator Profile Class Profile Coefficient Profiled Unmetered Supply Proposed Modification Proposer Protected Information Public Electricity Supplier Qualification Qualification Document Qualification Process Qualification Requirement Qualified Person Quarter Quarter Date Quarterly 1998 Programme Amount Quarterly 1998 Programme Charge Quarterly Pool NETA Amount Query Period Quiescent Physical Notification Range CCGT Module Reactive Energy Reactive Power Reconciliation Charge Reconciliation Payment Date Reconciliation Settlement Run Reconciliation Volume Allocation Run Registrant Registration Transfer Rejected Modification Proposal Related Person Related Undertaking Relevant BM Units Relevant Capacity Relevant Capacity Limit Relevant Challenge Relevant Contract Parties Relevant ID Transfer Relevant Implementation Date Relevant Instrument Relevant Metering Systems Relevant Supplier ID Remaining Period BM Unit Non-Delivered Bid Volume Remaining Period BM Unit Non-Delivered Offer Volume Remote Transmission Assets Replacement Supplier Replacement Supplier BM Unit Replacement Supplier Registration Date Replacement Supplier Transfer Date Replica Settlement Day Report Phase Reporting Catalogue Reserve Account Reserve Scarcity Price Residual Cashflow Reallocation Cashflow Residual Cashflow Reallocation Proportion Retail Price Index Routine Performance Monitoring Log Routine Performance Monitoring Report Run-Down Rate(s) Run-Up Rate(s) SAS Meter Operator Scheme Framework Agreement Scottish Distribution Company Scottish Distribution Licensee Scottish Distributor Recovery Period Scottish Operational Run-Off Costs Scottish Trading Parties Secondary Supplier Secretary of State Self Assessment Document Sell Price Cost Adjustment (Energy) Sell Price Price Adjustment Sell Price Volume Adjustment (Energy) Sell Price Volume Adjustment (System) Serial Settlement Settlement Account Settlement Administration Agent Settlement Agreement for Scotland Settlement Bank Settlement Calendar Settlement Day Settlement Day Duration Settlement Final (Run) Settlement Payment Date Settlement Period Settlement Period Duration Settlement Risks Settlement Run Shared SVA Meter Arrangement Shared SVA Metering System Shortfall Amount Shortfall Creditor Significant Change of Demand Small Scale Third Party Generating Plant Small Scale Third Party Generating Plant Limit Sole Trading Unit SP04 Completion Date SP04 Exclusion Period Specified Assets and Equipment Specified BSC Charges Specified NETA Funding Charge Specified SVA Charges Stable Export Limit Stable Import Limit Stage 2 Disputes Administrator Standard Settlement Class/Configuration Standard Settlement Configuration Start Point Demand Control Level Sterling or £ STOR action STOR Action Price STOR Instructed Volume Submitted Bid-Offer Pair Subsidiary Subsidiary Energy Account Subsidiary Party Supplemental Agreement Supplier Page teaser =
means a Party which holds a Supply Licence and is responsible for Exports and/or Imports for which such Party is required, by virtue of Section K, to register one or more SVA Metering Systems;
Supplier Agent Supplier BM Unit Supplier Deemed Take Supplier Export Credit Assessment Load Factor Supplier Force Majeure Supplier ID Supplier Meter Registration Agent Supplier Meter Registration Service Supplier of Last Resort Supplier Purchase Matrix Supplier Settlement Run Supplier Volume Allocation Supplier Volume Allocation Agent Supplier Volume Allocation System Supplier’s Monthly Cap Supply Licence Surplus SVA Communication SVA (Consumption) Funding Share SVA Costs SVA Customer SVA Data Catalogue SVA Generator SVA Metering Equipment SVA Metering System SVA Metering System Number SVA (Production) Funding Share SVA Specified Charge SVAA Service Line System System Buy Price System Demand Control Volume System Operator BM Cashflow System Sell Price System Total Accepted Bid Volume System Total Accepted Offer Volume System Total Un-Priced Accepted Bid Volume System Total Un-Priced Accepted Offer Volume System Warning System Zone Systems Connection Point Systems Connection Point Metering System TC (IEA) Energy Account TC (Non-IEA) Energy Account TDC Chairman TDC Member TDC Terms of Reference Technical Assurance Agent Teleswitch Agent Teleswitch Group Tender Committee Tender Framework Statement Test Add 2 for API This is a test.
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The Code Third Party Claim Third Party Generating Plant Third Party Generator Time Pattern Regime(s) Time Standard Timetabled Reconciliation Settlement Run Timetabled Reconciliation Volume Allocation Run Total Accepted Priced Bid Volume Total Accepted Priced Offer Volume Total Arbitrage Volume Total Energy Contract Volume Total NIV Tagged Volume Total Output Usable Total Period Applicable Balancing Services Volume Total Specified BSC Charges Total System Total System BM Cashflow Total System Energy Imbalance Cashflow Total System Energy Imbalance Volume Total System Information Imbalance Charge Total System Non-Delivery Charge Total System Residual Cashflow Total Trade Tagged Volume Trading Arrangements Trading Charges Trading Charges Amount Trading Dispute Trading Disputes Committee Trading Participant Trading Party Trading Query Trading Unit Trading Unit Applicant Trading Unit Application Transferee Transferee BM Unit Transmission Company Transmission Interconnector Transmission Licence Transmission Loss Factor Transmission Loss Multiplier Transmission Loss Reconciliation Multiplier Transmission Network Use of System Transmission System+A797 Transmission System Boundary Transmission System Boundary Point TU BM Unit(s) Unmetered Supplies Operator Unmetered Supply Unmetered Supply Certificate Unsubmitted Bid-Offer Pair Untagged EBCA Untagged EBVA Untagged ESCA Untagged ESVA Urgent Modification Proposal Utilisation Price Valid Nullification Effective Period Value of Lost Load Test teaser
Var VAT Volume Allocation Volume Allocation Run Volume Allocation Units Volume Notification Volume Notification Agent Volume Notification Nullification Confirmation Report Volume Notification Nullification Request Watt-hours Withdrawal Date Withdrawal Notice Withdrawing Party Working Day