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<p>The Government has not made any forecast of the effect of the Supplemental Balancing
Reserve (SBR) on the Loss of Load Expectation for winter 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>SBR
is one of National Grid's two new balancing services, approved by Ofgem in December
2013. SBR and the Demand Side Balancing Reserve (DSBR) will address potential capacity
shortfalls in the middle of the decade.</p><p> </p><p>National Grid is currently developing
a methodology to determine how much capacity should be contracted via SBR. Once this
is approved by Ofgem, National Grid will proceed with the procurement process.</p><p>
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