All BOAs April 2023 - March 2024

Detailed list of all BOAs from April 2023 to March 2024 issued by the control room.

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=372a96a3-4c8d-4249-9133-b749ec91e043&limit=5`
Query example (via SQL statement)
`https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "372a96a3-4c8d-4249-9133-b749ec91e043" LIMIT 5`

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

var data = {
  resource_id: '372a96a3-4c8d-4249-9133-b749ec91e043', // 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=372a96a3-4c8d-4249-9133-b749ec91e043&limit=5'
  fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
  print fileobj.read()

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Data Explorer

Table Information

ACCEPT TIME

Title	Accept Time
Type	datetime
Description	Timestamp recording when the Bid Offer Acceptance (BOA) was accepted by the unit. Given in local time.
Comment
Example	2021-03-28T23:57:00
Unit

ACCEPTING PARTY

Title	Accepting Party
Type	string
Description	The accepting party of the BOA.
Comment
Example	VPI Immingham LLP
Unit

ACCEPTED BMU

Title	Accepted BMU
Type	string
Description	Balancing Mechanism Unit (BMU) name of the unit issued with the BOA.
Comment
Example	HUMR-1
Unit

BOA REF

Title	BOA Reference Number
Type	number
Description	BOA reference number, unique to the accepted BMU.
Comment
Example	166026
Unit

MAIN SP

Title	Main Settlement Period
Type	number
Description	Defines the main settlement period of the BOA.
Comment
Example	46
Unit

EXCLUDE BOA REASONS

Title	Exclude BOA Reasons
Type	string
Description	Categorisation of why the BOA was removed from further analysis, will be blank if no reason found. The definitions of these reasons are held in the methodology.
Comment
Example	Response
Unit

NET VOL (MWh)

Title	Net Volume
Type	number
Description	Estimation of the net volume of the BOA. Recorded as MWh.
Comment
Example	19.5
Unit	MWh

AVG PRICE (GBP/MWh)

Title	Average Price
Type	number
Description	Price of the BOA. Recorded as £ per MWh.
Comment
Example	74
Unit	£ / MWh

NOTICE TIME (MINS)

Title	Notice Time
Type	number
Description	Time, in minutes, between the acceptance time and the time of the 1st action of the BOA.
Comment
Example	7
Unit	minutes

TIME TO TARGET (MINS)

Title	Time to Target
Type	number
Description	Time, in minutes, defined as the difference between acceptance time to start time of the BOA spot target.
Comment
Example	5
Unit	minutes

TARGET DURATION (MINS)

Title	Target Duration
Type	number
Description	Time, in minutes, that the BMU was positioned at the main target of the BOA.
Comment
Example	14
Unit	minutes

TOTAL DURATION (MINS)

Title	Total Duration
Type	number
Description	Time, in minutes, between the 1st BOA spot level to the final BOA spot level.
Comment
Example	28
Unit	minutes

PEAK CHANGE (MW)

Title	Peak Change
Type	number
Description	Defines the largest difference between the BOA target level and the profile of the BMU if it had not received the BOA. Recorded as MW
Comment
Example	40
Unit	MW

REJECTED BOD

Title	Rejected BOD
Type	string
Description	List of Bid Offer Data (BOD) units which were more favourable in the price stack but rejected in analysis.
Comment
Example	GRAI-8 (7);
Unit

ALTERNATIVE BMU

Title	Alternative BMU
Type	string
Description	List of alternative units, together with their price, in the stack which may have been taken as an alternative action to the BOA. These are listed in more detail in the Potential Alternatives data set.
Comment
Example	AG-FFLX01 -52.0/MWh
Unit

UNITS IN STACK

Title	Units in Stack
Type	string
Description	List of BMUs which were positioned at a more favourable price than the unit issued with the BOA, therefore above the BOA unit in the price stack.
Comment
Example	GRAI-8
Unit

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All BOAs April 2023 - March 2024

CKAN Data API

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Table Information

ACCEPT TIME

ACCEPTING PARTY

ACCEPTED BMU

BOA REF

MAIN SP

EXCLUDE BOA REASONS

NET VOL (MWh)

AVG PRICE (GBP/MWh)

NOTICE TIME (MINS)

TIME TO TARGET (MINS)

TARGET DURATION (MINS)

TOTAL DURATION (MINS)

PEAK CHANGE (MW)

REJECTED BOD

ALTERNATIVE BMU

UNITS IN STACK