ELelexon
SAA Market Reports

Best View Prices (BVP)

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This endpoint retrieves Best View Prices data for settlement periods. Results can be filtered by start date, end date, and run type.

Best View Prices provide indicative prices for a settlement period and are published following the relevant Settlement Day. The data is updated from Tuesday to Saturday, with the latest available data provided on Mondays.

Best View Prices are intended to be available at least seven days before the Interim Information (II) Settlement Run for the relevant settlement period.

For dates prior to 2nd April 2020, only data with run types BM and DF is available.

get/market-reports/best-view-prices

Request

  • Base URL
    https://data.elexon.co.uk/bmrs/api/v1
  • Auth
    none declared

Query parameters

startDatestring date required
Example:2026-08-04

The start of the settlement date range to filter.

endDatestring date required
Example:2026-08-04

The end of the settlement date range to filter.

runType'BM' | 'II' | 'SF' | 'R1' | 'R2' | 'R3' | 'RF' | 'DF'
Example:II

The settlement run type to filter. If omitted, the best available run type is returned for each settlement period based on the priority order: BM < II < SF < R1 < R2 < R3 < RF < DF.

format'json' | 'xml' | 'csv'

Response data format. Use json/xml to include metadata.

Response

Data retrieved

Example response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "settlementDate": "2026-08-04",
      "runType": "II",
      "settlementPeriod": 43,
      "systemBuyPrice": 108.01,
      "systemSellPrice": 108.01
    }
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "datasets": [
      "DATASET"
    ]
  }
}

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