DFS Service Requirement

DFS Service Requirement will contain details of service requirements for an event and details of Registered DFS participant bid eligibility.

CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support.
Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Query
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Query example (first 5 results)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=f5605e2b-b677-424c-8df7-d0ce4ee03cef&limit=5`
Query example (via SQL statement)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "f5605e2b-b677-424c-8df7-d0ce4ee03cef" LIMIT 5`

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

var data = {
  resource_id: 'f5605e2b-b677-424c-8df7-d0ce4ee03cef', // the resource id
  limit: 5 // get 5 results
};
$.ajax({
  url: 'https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search',
  data: data,
  dataType: 'jsonp',
  success: function(data) {
    alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
  }
});

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

import urllib2
  url = 'https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=f5605e2b-b677-424c-8df7-d0ce4ee03cef&limit=5'
  fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
  print fileobj.read()

Download (CSV)

Data Explorer

Table Information

Delivery Date

Title	Delivery Date
Type	date
Description	Date of DFS service requirement
Comment
Example	2024-11-15
Unit	YYYY-MM-DD

From

Title	From
Type	time
Description	DFS service window start time
Comment	GMT
Example	17:00:00
Unit	HH:MM:SS

To

Title	To
Type	time
Description	DFS service window end time
Comment	GMT
Example	17:30:00
Unit	HH:MM:SS

Service Requirement MW

Title	Service Requirement MW
Type	integer
Description	Published DFS service requirement for service window
Comment
Example	200
Unit	MW

Service Requirement Type

Title	Service Requirement Type
Type	string
Description	Indicating a Live or Test DFS service requirement
Comment
Example	Live
Unit	N/A

Guaranteed Accepted Price GBP per MWh

Title	Guaranteed Accepted Price GBP per MWh
Type	number
Description	The ESO commits to accepting all tendered DFS bids for the corresponding service window price at or below the Guaranteed Acceptance Price
Comment
Example	3000
Unit	£/MWh

Dispatch Type

Title	Dispatch Type
Type	string
Description	Indicating if all Registered DFS participants are eligible to tender bids for corresponding service window, or only a subgroup of Registered DFS participants are eligible to tender bids for corresponding service window
Comment
Example	All Participants
Unit	N/A

Participant Bids Eligible

Title	Participant Bids Eligible
Type	string
Description	List of Registered DFS participants eligible to tender bids for corresponding service window
Comment
Example	A, B, C, D
Unit	N/A

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DFS Service Requirement

CKAN Data API

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Table Information

Delivery Date

From

To

Service Requirement MW

Service Requirement Type

Guaranteed Accepted Price GBP per MWh

Dispatch Type

Participant Bids Eligible