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Status
A 47-day formal comment period for draft three of BAL-007-1 - Near-term Energy Reliability Assessments and draft one of TOP-003-7 - Transmission Operator and Balancing Authority Data and Information
Specification and Collection is open through 8 p.m. Eastern, Monday, November 4, 2024.
Ballot pools for TOP-003-7 are being formed through 8 p.m. Eastern, Friday, October 18, 2024.
Additional ballots for BAL-007-1 and initial ballots for TOP-003-7 and their non-binding polls of the associated Violation Risk Factors and Violation Severity Levels will be conducted October 25 – November 4, 2024.
Background
Project 2022-03 currently is addressing the operations/operational planning time horizon Standard Authorization Requests (SARs) that seek to enhance reliability by requiring entities to perform Energy Reliability Assessments (ERAs) to evaluate energy assurance and develop Corrective Action Plan(s), Operating Plan(s), or other mitigating actions to address identified risks to each respective time horizon.
The Standards Committee (SC) accepted the revised SAR at its January 25, 2023, meeting. At the same meeting, the SC authorized drafting of the Reliability Standard(s) identified in the SAR. Since that time, the team has conducted several meetings, both remote and in-person, and posted a draft of a new standard for informal comment to solicit feedback and completed one initial comment and ballot period for BAL-007-1.
Standard(s) Affected: TPL-001-5.1, EOP, TOP, and BAL
Purpose/Industry Need
This project will enhance reliability by requiring entities to perform energy reliability assessments to evaluate energy assurance and develop Corrective Action Plan(s) to address identified risks. Energy reliability assessments evaluate energy assurance across the Operations Planning, Near-Term Transmission Planning, and Long-Term Transmission Planning or equivalent time horizons by analyzing the expected resource mix availability (flexibility) and the expected availability of fuel during the study period.
1Energy_Assurance_White_Paper (nerc.com)
