The Nordic Balance Settlement (NBS) is run by eSett, while the Nordic Market Expert Group (NMEG) is responsible for the development and maintenance of the Business Requirement Specifications (BRS) and User Guides for the NBS processes. These documents are published below.
About the Business Requirement Specifications (BRS):
The focus of the BRSs for the Nordic Balancing System is the business aspects of the document exchanges. The basis for the documents are the ENTSO-E and ebIX® Implementation Guides and BRSs, and the Harmonised Electricity Market Role Model from ENTSO-E, ebIX® and EFET. These documents are published at ebIX® and ENTSO-E web sites.
There are three BRSs shown below:
- The BRS for the Nordic Balance Settlement (NBS) is detailing the document exchanges between the market actors in the retail market and NBS.
- The BRS for the Nordic Balance Settlement (NBS), TSO/MO communication is detailing the document exchanges between the TSOs and Market Operators, and NBS.
- The BRS for the Nordic Balance Settlement (NBS), for master data is detailing exchanges of master data between the market actors, TSOs and Market Operators, and NBS.
About the User Guides for XML documents:
The User Guides for XML documents for Nordic Balance Settlement are detailed User Guides for the ENTSO-E, ebIX® and Nordic XML documents used in the Nordic Balancing System. The focus of the documents are the technical aspects of the documents to be exchanged. More information regarding Nordic Balance Settlement can be found at www.eSett.com.
About eSett communication guidelines and data packages:
The eSett communication guidelines and data packages contain:
- Information on how to establish a connection to Basse imbalance settlement system.
- Full list of Data packages.
- WSDL examples related to Information Service and Messaging Service.
- Generic- and Specific Format specifications.
Downloads
BRSs, User Guides and xml schemas
| Document Name | Version | Type | Date Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBS BRS | 4r2A | 20250408 | DOWNLOAD | |
| Complete NBS doc | ZIP | 20250408 | DOWNLOAD | |
| ENTSO-E based Ediel documents NBS | ZIP | 20250131 | DOWNLOAD | |
| Note: The NBS BRS for TSO-MO has been merged with the NBS BRS, see above. | ||||
| NBS BRS for Master Data (draft NMEG CIM master data xml schemas are published at common-ediel-documents) | 2r4A | 20240409 | DOWNLOAD | |
| CIM based Ediel documents | ZIP | 20180604 | DOWNLOAD | |
| Ediel extended Activation Document v1r0 xsd for the NBS BRS | 2r4A | ZIP | 20240321 | DOWNLOAD |
| NBS ebIX XML | ZIP | 20231208 | DOWNLOAD | |
| NBS ebIX XML | ZIP | 20151127 | DOWNLOAD |
Examples
| Document Name | Version | Type | Date Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilateral trades confirmation reports - examples | ZIP | 20150828 | DOWNLOAD |
Other documents
| Document Name | Version | Type | Date Added | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Differences in NBS implementations between countries | 20160204 | DOWNLOAD | ||
| Possible future updates of NBS XML schemas | 20161027 | DOWNLOAD |
Note:
- ENTSO-E xml documents used in the Nordic market can be found at the ENTSO-E web site:ENTSO-E Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Library