Insights Solution ongoing development and planning
The Insights Solution collects and publishes Balancing Mechanism Reporting Service (BMRS) data (the GB electricity data) and will continually evolve to introduce further functionality and options to the service. These developments are based on industry requirements as well as on customer feedback.
Our roadmap
The following document provides a complete list of all legacy BMRS datasets and where they have moved to on the Insights Solution; including those datasets that have not been migrated. You will be able to cross reference the old service names with the new names, and where you can locate them.
We publish additional variations of the datasets as opinionated API endpoints on the developer Portal.
Current functionality
The Insights Solution provides three endpoints for accessing data: a website for interactive users, RESTful APIs and a real-time data subscription service referred to as Insights Solution Realtime Information Service (IRIS).
Developments now taking place
The following developments have been delivered.
Website
Webpages that are currently available on the Insights Solution include:
- Actual aggregated generation per type
- Actual or estimated wind and solar power generation
- Credit default notices
- Daily energy transmitted
- Day-ahead aggregated generation
- Demand Control Instructions
- Demand forecast
- Demand outturn
- Generation by fuel type
- Generation forecast
- Generation forecast for wind & solar
- Indicated forecasts
- Indicative peak demand
- Interconnector flows
- Loss of load probability (LoLP) and de-rated margin
- REMIT
- Rolling system demand
- Rolling system frequency
- SO-SO trade prices
- Surplus forecast and margin
- System Warning events
- Temperature
- Total load: actual and day-ahead forecast
- Total load: week-ahead forecast
- Wind generation
- Bid Acceptance Volumes
- Offer Acceptance Volumes
- Indicative Period Bid Acceptance Volumes
- Indicative Period Offer Acceptance Volumes
- Indicative Period Bid Cashflow
- Indicative Period Offer Cashflow
- System Sell & System Buy Prices
API Documentation for developers
Elexon Insights Solution API Documentation is a comprehensive self service area for developers and Elexon data users to discover our published API endpoints.
Instant data updates
All of our data sets on the Insights Solution are available in near real time through our Insights Solution Realtime Information Service (IRIS). It’s a free service providing an automated push of JSON files as they come in, with minimal latency and automatic outage recovery.
Developments next in our roadmap
We will publish information on our next phase of development in due course.
Future Developments
We will continue to introduce new features and functionality to the Insights Solution during 2024 and beyond.