Becoming a BSP

Until further notice, a potential BSP must have signed a BRP agreement with Svenska kraftnät in order to be able to become a BSP. Furthermore, the BRP must have balance responsibility for all connection points from which the BSP intends to provide balancing services.

To become a BSP, the first step is to pre-qualify the resources you intend to use to provide balancing services. Read more about how to proceed in becoming a BSP here (Provide FCR, aFRR or mFRR). Also, please fill in the "Form for registering (.pdf) Opens in a new window". In the form, please indicate the role(s) you are interested in and provide us a contact person for your company. Please send the form to struktur@svk.se

In addition to this, a BSP-agreement must be signed. eSett Oy handles settlement and invoicing of BSPs on behalf of Svenska kraftnät. Therefore, eSett Oy is responsible for sending out the BSP agreement to potential BSPs that satisfy the above requirements.

Please note that until further notice, BSPs are not required to sign eSett's settlement agreement for BSP (Balancing Service Settlement Agreement).

Subcontractors: delivering balancing services without becoming a BSP

Market participants (for instance aggregators) that cannot or do not want to become a BSP themselves can contract with an approved BSP to provide balancing services. Svenska kraftnät has no agreements with these “subcontractors”. It is the BSP that is ultimately responsible towards Svenska kraftnät for the delivery of balancing services as outlined in the BSP agreement. The BSP must make sure that the subcontractor systematically complies with IT security requirements and is able to describe how these requirements will be met. The subcontractor must also be able to describe the measures it has taken to ensure that the availability and accuracy requirements in the BSP agreement are met.