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GB power, explained

The grid, right now.

Live prices, power mix and what they mean. Start with the short version, then go as deep as you like.

Prices and balancing refresh every five minutes.

Balancing price

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Grid balance

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Carbon intensity

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Wind + solar

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60-second briefing

What's happening?

The live price feed is taking a breather.

Elexon has not returned a current price. The dashboard will keep checking, and no missing value is being treated as zero.

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Grid balance is unavailable

The price feed also carries the latest imbalance volume.

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Carbon data is unavailable

The Carbon Intensity API has not returned a current reading.

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Generation mix is unavailable

The carbon API did not return a current fuel mix. Other live sections remain usable.

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For everyoneWhat is likely to happen to household bills?An open bottom-up electricity-bill model to 2030 and the assumptions behind it.Live marketWhy is the grid paying for power?See the actions used to keep supply and demand matched every half hour.TechnologyAre batteries charging or helping the grid?Track accepted battery actions and where they connect.Market signalWhy do renewables earn less than the average price?A live capture-rate proxy beside the modelled outlook to 2030.Energy nerdsHow quickly are solar, batteries and heat pumps growing?Installation totals, capacity and the official source data.

For the curious

The live detail

How the numbers work
System Prices Today
Generation Mix

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Missing feeds are shown as unavailable, never as zero.

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