Project 2009-25
Interpretation of BAL-001-0.1a and BAL-002-0 for the Bonneville Power Administration

Status:
The initial ballot for an interpretation of standards BAL-001-0.1a — Real Power Balancing Control Performance and BAL-002-0 — Disturbance Control Performance for the Bonneville Power Administration ended on January 15, 2010.  Since at least one negative ballot included a comment, these results are not final.  A second (or recirculation) ballot must be conducted. 

Purpose/Industry Need:
In accordance with the Reliability Standards Development Procedure, the interpretation must be posted for a 30-day pre-ballot review, and then balloted.  There is no public comment period for an interpretation.  Balloting will be conducted following the same method used for balloting standards.  If the interpretation is approved by its ballot pool, then the interpretation will be appended to the standard and will become effective when adopted by the NERC Board of Trustees and approved by the applicable regulatory authorities.  The interpretation will remain appended to the standard until the standard is revised through the normal standards development process.  When the standard is revised, the clarifications provided by the interpretation will be incorporated into the revised standard.