Project 2010-14.1 Phase 1 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls: Reserves

Related Files | Field Trial Documents and Tools | Project 2007-05 - Balancing Authority Controls | Project 2007-18 - Reliability-based Control

Status
A final ballot for BAL-002-2 – Disturbance Control Standard – Contingency Reserve for Recovery from a Balancing Contingency Event concluded 8 p.m. Eastern, Thursday, October 8, 2015. The voting results can be accessed via the links below. The standard will be submitted to the Board of Trustees for adoption and then filed with the appropriate regulatory authorities.

BAL-002-2 was approved by FERC in an order issued January 19, 2017. In that order, FERC directed changes to the Violation Risk Factors for some requirements. The changes are posted to this page for Board of Trustees review.

Purpose/Industry Need
The purpose of this project is to ensure that Balancing Authorities take actions to maintain interconnection frequency with each Balancing Authority contributing its fair share to frequency control.

This project is intended to address the following:

- FERC Final Rule “Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, FERC Order 693” on the NERC standards BAL-002.

- Issues raised by stakeholders and compliance teams related to BAL-001-0.1a Real Power Balancing Control Performance and BAL-002-1 Disturbance Control Performance.

- To ensure that when finalized, the standards associated with this project conform to the latest versions of NERC’s Reliability Standards Development Procedure.

Background
The NERC Standards Committee approved the merger of Project 2007-05 Balancing Authority Controls and Project 2007-18 Reliability-based Control as Project 2010-14 Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls on July 28, 2010. The NERC Standards Committee also approved the separation of Project 2010-14 Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls into two phases and moving Phase 1 (Project 2010-14.1 Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls - Reserves) into formal standards development on July 13, 2011. The Project 2010-14.1 Phase 1 proposes revisions to BAL-001-0.1a Real Power Balancing Control Performance and BAL-002-1 Disturbance Control Performance. The project also initially proposed two new standards, BAL-012-1 Operating Reserve Policy and BAL-013-1 Large Loss of Load Performance. BAL-012-1 was posted for a 45-day formal comment period with an initial ballot and non-binding poll through January 14, 2013. The initial ballot failed to achieve the required two-thirds industry approval. Based on industry comments received during this ballot period, the drafting team elected to cease any further development of the proposed BAL-012-1 standard. This project will address the FERC Order 693 Directive for development of a continent-wide Contingency Reserve standard.

The standards within Project 2010-14.1 are an important part of the ERO's strategic goal to develop technically sufficient standards with requirements that provide clear and unambiguous performance expectations and reliability benefits.

Draft	Action	Dates	Results	Consideration of Comments
Revised Violation Risk Factors in Response to FERC Order No. 835 BAL-002-2(i) Clean \| Redline	Posted for Board Review	06/30/17	Posted for Board Review	Posted for Board Review
Draft 7 BAL-002-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Supporting Materials Background Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Revised Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet (RSAW)	Final Ballot Info Vote	09/29/15 - 10/08/15	Summary Ballot Results
	Revised Draft RSAW Info	09/29/15 - 10/08/15	Summary Ballot Results
VRF/VSL Justification Clean \| Redline to Last Posted	Posted for Information October 6, 2015
Draft 7 BAL-002-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Background Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Mapping Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posting CR Form 1 Draft RSAW	Additional Ballot and Non-binding Poll The ballot and non-binding poll for this posting are additional. Since the previous ballot pools for this project are outdated, new ballot pools are being formed in the SBS. Updated Info Info Vote	08/11/15 - 08/21/15 Non-binding Poll extended an additional day (from 8/20/15) to reach quorum	Summary Ballot Results Non-binding Poll Results
	Comment Period Info Submit Comments	07/07/15 - 08/20/15	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
	Join Ballot Pools If you previously joined the ballot pools for BAL-002-2, you must join these ballot pools to cast a vote. Previous BAL-002-2 ballot pool members will not be carried over to these ballot pools.	07/07/15 - 08/05/15
	Please send RSAW feedback to: RSAWfeedback@nerc.net	07/22/15 - 08/20/15
Draft 6 BAL-002-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Background Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Mapping Document CR Form 1 Draft RSAW	Additional Ballot and Non-binding Poll Updated Info Info Vote	03/06/15 – 03/18/15 Extended an additional day to reach quorum	Summary Ballot Results Non-binding Poll Results
	Comment Period Info	01/29/15 – 03/18/15	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
	Please send RSAW feedback to: RSAWfeedback@nerc.net	02/16/15 - 03/18/15
Draft 5 BAL-002-2 Clean \|Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \|Redline to Last Posting Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Background Document Clean \|Redline to Last Posting Mapping Document CR Form 1 Draft RSAW	Additional Ballot and Non-binding Poll Updated Info Info Vote	09/23/14 – 10/03/14	Summary Ballot Results Non-binding Poll Results	Consideration of Comments
	Comment Period Info	08/19/14 – 10/03/14	Comments Received
	Please send RSAW feedback to: RSAWfeedback@nerc.net	09/11/14 - 10/03/14	Comments Received
Draft 4 BAL-002-2 Clean \|Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \|Redline to Last Posting Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Background Document Clean \|Redline to Last Posting Mapping Document Clean \|Redline to Last Posting CR Form 1	Additional Ballot and Non-binding Poll Updated Info Info Vote	12/02/13 - 12/12/13	Summary Ballot Results Non-binding Poll Results	Consideration of Comments
	Comment Period Info	10/28/13 - 12/11/13	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
Draft 3 BAL-002-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Background Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posting VRF/VSL Justification Mapping Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posting CR Form 1	Additional Ballot Updated Info Vote	09/06/13 - 09/17/13	Summary Ballot Results Non-binding Poll Results	Consideration of Comments
	Comment Period Info	08/02/13 - 09/17/13	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
BAL-001-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Supporting Materials Background Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posting VRF/VSL Justification Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Mapping Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posting	Final Ballot Info Vote	07/16/13 - 07/25/13	Summary Ballot Results
BAL-001-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posting BAL-002-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posting BAL-013-1 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Forms (Word) BAL-001-2 BAL-002-2 BAL-013-1 Background Documents BAL-001-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting BAL-002-2 Clean BAL-013-1 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Mapping Documents BAL-001-2 BAL-002-2 VRF/VSL Justification BAL-001-2 BAL-002-2 BAL-013-1	Initial Ballots and Non-binding Polls Info Vote	04/16/13 - 04/25/13	Summary Ballot Results: BAL-002-2 BAL-001-2 BAL-013-1 Non-binding Poll Results: BAL-001-2 BAL-002-2 BAL-013-1
	Formal Comment Period Info Submit Comments BAL-001-2 BAL-002-2 BAL-013-1	03/12/13 - 04/25/13	Comments Received: BAL-001-2 BAL-002-2 BAL-013-1	Consideration of Comments: BAL-001-2 BAL-002-2
	Join Ballot Pools	03/12/13 - 04/10/13
Draft 2 BAL-012-1 Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Background Document Clean \| Redline to Last Posting Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posting VRF/VSL Justification	Initial Ballot and Non-binding Poll Updated Info Info Vote	1/4/2013 – 1/14/2013	Summary Ballot Results Non-binding Poll Results
	Formal Comment Period Info	11/30/2012 – 1/14/2013	Comments Received
	Join Ballot Pool	11/30/2012 – 1/3/2013
Draft 1 BAL-001-1 Clean Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) BAL-001-0.1a Background Document Implementation Plan Mapping Document VRF/VSL Justification	Formal Comment Period Info Comment Form - BAL-001-1	6/4/2012 -7/3/2012	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
Draft 1 BAL-002-2 Clean Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) BAL-002-1 Background Document Implementation Plan Mapping Document	Formal Comment Period Info Comment Form - BAL-002-2	6/4/2012 -7/3/2012	Comments Received
Draft 1 BAL-012-1 Clean Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Background Document Implementation Plan	Formal Comment Period Info Comment Form - BAL-012-1	6/4/2012 - 7/3/2012	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
Draft 1 BAL-013-1 Clean Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Background Document Implementation Plan	Formal Comment Period Info Comment Form - BAL-013-1	6/4/2012 -7/3/2012	Comments Received

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