Voltage System Costs
To give greater insight on balancing decisions, this post monthly report provides outturn system costs for maintaining voltage levels on the network. Maintaining the electricity system at the correct voltages enables safe and efficient power transfer across the network. This requires the right balance of reactive power injection and absorption to be maintained in real time.
Note: Please note the utilisation costs presented here are only the ORPS payments, allocated per voltage constraint group. The historical years 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 have recently been revised, as has the current year file.
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12 Data Files
| Name | Format | Last Changed Sort ascending | Download | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outturn Voltage Costs 2024-2025 | CSV | 2 weeks ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2018-2019 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2017-2018 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2016-2017 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2015-2016 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2014-2015 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2019-2020 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2020-2021 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2021-2022 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
| Historical Outturn Voltage Costs 2022-2023 | CSV | 1 month ago | Download (CSV) | view |
Additional Information
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Creator | National Grid Electricity System Operator |
| Date Created | December 23, 2019 at 10:00 AM (UTC+00:00) |
| Source | National Grid Electricity System Operator |
| Rights | National Grid ESO Open Data Licence |
| Update Frequency | Monthly |
cURL integration
# Get a list of dataset's resources
curl -L -s https://api.nationalgrideso.com/api/3/action/datapackage_show?id=outturn-voltage-costs | grep path
# Get resources
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/3eced73f-b7e6-4974-8d3c-3ebd48eba74c/download/voltagecsv-2024_25.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/27454f2f-591d-4222-a288-cc2f0fcc4250/download/voltagecsv-2018_19.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/118a9d4e-17a3-4606-bb30-4ed1d2abe722/download/voltagecsv-2017_18.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/f9a80c9d-586b-4139-8371-436cc07d1ef3/download/voltagecsv-2016_17.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/035ab58a-7b96-4e10-bf51-cf3a7e64f6a0/download/voltagecsv-2015_16.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/fae5a592-deb4-4c66-8d51-d6ef450ccd95/download/voltagecsv-2014_15.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/1b02d2ec-8d0f-4244-9828-9eac5d9c3c67/download/voltagecsv-2019_20.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/1b47a532-9f22-49c1-ae2a-d84dcc6d7408/download/voltagecsv-2020_21.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/bb3b4ea5-39f4-4fe4-b0e2-5b341908b186/download/voltagecsv-2021_22.csv
curl -L https://api.nationalgrideso.com/dataset/8df6dd77-315f-465e-a8d9-ce0492853050/resource/81a7db68-0a24-4ce9-a374-f0ffced588b0/download/voltagecsv-2022_23.csv
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