EMPIRE TRAINING

EXPIRE EXPLAINED

Welcome to Empire Explained, the comprehensive Empire training video series created to guide users through every area of the platform.

Volume One of the Empire Explained series is live now. Volume Two will be released in the coming months, containing more training videos on other areas of the Empire platform.

If you need further support, please contact: customer.enquiries@britned.com

The Dashboard

In this video, we walk through the essential features of the Empire dashboard and each of the six categories of widgets on the dashboard.

In this Empire Explained platform guide, learn how to:

  • use each widget on the dashboard
  • customise the collection of widgets on the dashboard
  • collapse and re-order the widgets to suit your workflow preferences

Nominations

In this video, we walk through the process of submitting Nominations in Empire.

A nomination is an instruction to BritNed that you will use your transmission rights, and the capacity will flow over the cable. Once you’ve been allocated transmission rights through an auction, you have the option to nominate this capacity.

In this Empire Explained platform guide, learn how to:

  • manage your capacity nominations
  • edit and submit a nomination of your transmission rights
  • utilise features designed to support workflow efficiency
  • customise the Nominations Overview screen
  • export data and view reports on nominations
  • understand the difference between the GB, NL and Mid North Sea reference points

Buy Now Auctions

In this video, we walk through the unique Buy Now auction.

Buy Now is an innovative and unique Dutch-style auction, enabling participants to instantly secure capacity. Buy Now auctions are aligned with BritNed’s Intraday auctions and provide participants with unique advantages including trading closer to the delivery period. Capacity can be secured 30 minutes before the Intraday auction and up to just two minutes before the nomination gate closure.

In this Empire Explained platform guide, learn how to:

  • access the Buy Now auctions
  • navigate the Buy Now auction interface
  • purchase capacity instantly in Buy Now auctions
  • nominate capacity secured in Buy Now auctions
  • generate and export custom reports of purchased capacity
  • view the financial details of your transactions in the Settlement Overview

Reports

In this video, we walk through how to create bespoke reports in Empire.

This video has been recorded using Empire’s Dark Mode, however, Empire’s Reports functionality can be fully used in Light Mode as well.

In this Empire Explained platform guide, learn how to:

  • access the Reports area of Empire
  • navigate between the five main categories of reports
  • select a report, apply customer filters and generate the report

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