BM dispatch rates

The program of works in the control room, known as the Open Balancing Platform or OBP, will increase dispatch rates for batteries from now to 2027 - reducing what is known as 'skip rates'.

This is how we model improvements to the systems in the control room to dispatch rates for batteries. By 2027, we should see that batteries are equally likely to be dispatched as other technologies.

BM dispatch rates for batteries will become a function of the total BM volumes required, and how much competition there is

Actions taken in the BM can be broken down into two main categories, energy actions and system actions. Energy actions ensure that supply and demand are balanced overall across the whole system and can be competed for by any asset. System actions address specific locational constraints on the transmission system, these therefore require bids on one side of a boundary and offers on the other side of a boundary. For more information on this, check out our Constraint Model.

Competition for bids and offers depends on the capacity of flexible assets that can compete for bids and offers nationally (for energy actions) and within certain regions (for system actions).