Available volumes and prices in Belgium

Elia publishes available volumes and prices for each of the balancing energy products at its disposal in Belgium.

Available volumes and prices in Belgium

The available volumes and prices published here are based on bids and nominations both day-ahead and intraday submitted by BRPs and BSPs in Belgium, taking into account the known technical and contractual constraints.

Legend

Quarter

Start and end time of the corresponding quarter hour.
Total-

Total available downward regulation volume.
Reserve Sharing-

Volume:
Available downward (export) capacity from emergency support contracts with neighboring transmission system operators.

Price:
Lowest price of the available downward (export) capacity from emergency support contracts with neighboring transmission system operators.
mFRR-

Volume:
Available downward mFRR energy bids (SA & SA + DA)

Price:
Lowest price of the available downward mFRR energy bids.
aFRR-

Volume:
Available volume of downward aFRR energy bids in the Belgian LFC area.

Price:
Price of the available downward aFRR energy bids in the Belgian LFC area. Pre-Picasso: volume-weighted average bid price, Post-Picasso: lowest bid price
aFRR+

Volume:
Available volume of upward aFRR energy bids in the Belgian LFC area.

Price:
Price of the available upward aFRR energy bids in the Belgian LFC area. Pre-Picasso: volume-weighted average bid price, Post-Picasso: highest bid price
mFRR+

Volume:
Available upward mFRR energy bids. (SA & SA +DA)

Price:
Highest price of the available upward mFRR energy bids.
Reserve Sharing +

Volume:
Available upward (import) capacity from emergency support contracts with neighboring transmission system operators.

Price:
Highest price of the available upward (import) capacity from emergency support contracts with neighboring transmission system operators.
Total+

Total available upward regulation volume.

Useful links

Open DataClick here to access to access all grid data published by Elia. The data can be easily explored, downloaded in standard file formats and accessed via API’s for use by other applications.

End User Documentation "1-minute publications"

Learn more about the information and hypotheses used in the 1-minute publication

Role of the Balance Responsible PartyFor more information about the role of the BRP and how to become one, and for more details about imbalance tariffs, visit our 'Role of the BRP' page.

Keeping the balance

To find out more about the balancing mechanism and learn how to become a Balance Service Provider, see our 'Keeping the balance' page.

Data download

To download historical imbalance price data, go to our download page.

List of Balance Service Providers

Contact

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Imbalance prices (1 minute)

Elia publishes an imbalance price calculated based on cumulative activated volumes per minute.

Individual balancing energy bids

In the link below you will find two reports listing anonymized balancing energy bids (volume and price) in line with the ‘Available Regulation Capacity (ARC)’ publications. More information about these reports can be found in the document ‘Hypotheses used to calculate the available volumes and prices’.

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imbalance prices (15 minutes)

Elia publishes imbalance price applied if an imbalance is found between injections and offtakes in a BRP's balance area.

Grid Data

In the interest of transparency and in accordance with its legal obligations, Elia publishes data about the Belgian electricity market. Return to the Grid Data homepage for an overview of the different sections.

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Balancing data

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Available volumes and prices in Belgium