---
title: "GB national electricity demand in MW, 5-minute resolution, near real time"
method: GET
path: "/v1/gb/power-demand"
---

# GB national electricity demand in MW, 5-minute resolution, near real time

`GET /v1/gb/power-demand`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://data.greeneris.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://data.greeneris.io/v1/gb/power-demand`
- Auth: none declared

Near-real-time Great Britain national electricity demand outturn from the Elexon Insights (BMRS) open API: 5-minute MW readings sorted oldest to newest (default: last 24h = 288 points), plus a 'latest' field with the most recent value. ?last=N (1-500) sets how many recent points to return, e.g. ?last=12 = last hour. Upstream updates every ~5 min; served with a 5-min cache.

## Query parameters

- `last` string

## Response `200`

Successful response

- unknown

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