Static Firm Frequency Response auction results

Summary

NESO publishes daily auction results for Static Firm Frequency Response (FFR) services, showing clearing prices and volumes for balancing services that provide automatic frequency response within seconds. The dataset includes both successful bids and buy orders from the daily auctions. This provides market transparency for one of the key ancillary services that maintain grid frequency stability.

Why it matters

The data reveals how NESO procures essential balancing services and what providers are paid for frequency response capability. As such, it shows the true cost of maintaining grid stability in a system with increasing renewable penetration, though the static nature of this service makes it less valuable than dynamic response in a volatile grid.

Key facts

• •Daily auction results published
• •Covers Static FFR service procurement
• •Includes both clearing prices and buy order data
• •Service provides automatic frequency response within seconds

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