Introduction #
Flexibility market revenue can be viewed in detail using the report Balancing Service Revenue Details. Below is an explanation of all fields shown in the report and what they mean.
Field Descriptions #
Trader
– Flexibility market service provider, in this example KratTrade.
Start
– Start time of the regulation signal.
End
– End time of the regulation signal.
BRP Compensation
– Compensation (BRP Comp) used to cover the balance provider’s cost caused by the customer participating in the flexibility market.
👉 Detailed explanation in the section What is BRP Compensation?
UP Regulated Energy
– Measured energy volume during upward regulation (selling direction).
Only the change is counted:
A baseline value (zero point) is calculated 4 minutes before the signal starts, and the payable energy is measured from this baseline.
UP Revenue
– Total revenue from upward regulation (selling direction).
UP Revenue – BRP
– BRP Compensation deducted from upward regulation revenue (paid to the balance provider).
DOWN Regulated Energy
– Measured energy volume during downward regulation (buying direction).
Only the change is counted from the baseline determined 4 minutes before the signal.
DOWN Revenue
– Total revenue from downward regulation.
DOWN Revenue + BRP
– BRP Compensation added to downward regulation revenue (paid to the customer).
During DOWN signals the customer consumes more or produces less, which stabilises the system and reduces the BRP’s balancing cost.
For this reason, BRP Comp is positive for DOWN direction.
Total Regulated Energy
– Total volume of regulated energy.
Total Revenue
– Total revenue.
Total Revenue BRP
– Total revenue including BRP Compensation.
Revenue %
– Customer’s contractual revenue percentage.
Total Revenue Share
– Customer’s share of the total earned revenue.
– Flexibility market service provider, in this example KratTrade.
Start
– Start time of the regulation signal.
End
– End time of the regulation signal.
BRP Compensation
– Compensation (BRP Comp) used to cover the balance provider’s cost caused by the customer participating in the flexibility market.
👉 Detailed explanation in the section What is BRP Compensation?
UP Regulated Energy
– Measured energy volume during upward regulation (selling direction).
Only the change is counted:
A baseline value (zero point) is calculated 4 minutes before the signal starts, and the payable energy is measured from this baseline.
UP Revenue
– Total revenue from upward regulation (selling direction).
UP Revenue – BRP
– BRP Compensation deducted from upward regulation revenue (paid to the balance provider).
DOWN Regulated Energy
– Measured energy volume during downward regulation (buying direction).
Only the change is counted from the baseline determined 4 minutes before the signal.
DOWN Revenue
– Total revenue from downward regulation.
DOWN Revenue + BRP
– BRP Compensation added to downward regulation revenue (paid to the customer).
During DOWN signals the customer consumes more or produces less, which stabilises the system and reduces the BRP’s balancing cost.
For this reason, BRP Comp is positive for DOWN direction.
Total Regulated Energy
– Total volume of regulated energy.
Total Revenue
– Total revenue.
Total Revenue BRP
– Total revenue including BRP Compensation.
Revenue %
– Customer’s contractual revenue percentage.
Total Revenue Share
– Customer’s share of the total earned revenue.
What is BRP Compensation? #
Every electricity supplier (e.g., Alexela, Enefit, etc.) must forecast daily how much electricity their customers will consume or produce the following day. Based on this forecast, electricity is bought or sold on the Nord Pool market.
When a customer participates in the Flexibility Market, their battery or other device follows Elering’s frequency regulation signal, meaning it consumes or produces exactly what the system requires — not what the balance provider predicted.
This creates a deviation from the forecast, called imbalance energy. The balance provider must later buy or sell this energy on the balancing market. Balancing market prices differ from Nord Pool prices and can be more expensive for the balance provider.
To ensure the balance provider does not incur losses because the customer participates in the flexibility market, BRP Compensation is used: it is a small portion of the customer’s flexibility market revenue that is automatically redirected to the balance provider to cover imbalance costs.
When a customer participates in the Flexibility Market, their battery or other device follows Elering’s frequency regulation signal, meaning it consumes or produces exactly what the system requires — not what the balance provider predicted.
This creates a deviation from the forecast, called imbalance energy. The balance provider must later buy or sell this energy on the balancing market. Balancing market prices differ from Nord Pool prices and can be more expensive for the balance provider.
To ensure the balance provider does not incur losses because the customer participates in the flexibility market, BRP Compensation is used: it is a small portion of the customer’s flexibility market revenue that is automatically redirected to the balance provider to cover imbalance costs.
This is fully automatic for the customer — KratTrade handles BRP Compensation payments directly to the balance provider. The customer receives the rest of the flexibility market revenue.
