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Status
The formal comment period and ballots for draft
one of BAL-007-1 – Energy Reliability Assessments concluded 8 p.m. Eastern, Monday, March 11, 2024. The comments received and ballot results can be accessed via the links below. The drafting team will review all comments and determine the next steps of the project.
Background
Project 2022-03 currently has two assigned 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 horizons:
- Operations/operational planning time horizon (Operations SAR)
- Planning time horizon (Planning SAR)
The proposed new Reliability Standard is based on the Operations SAR. The remaining SAR will be addressed at a later date.
The Standards Committee (SC) accepted the revised SARs at its January 25, 2023 meeting. At the same meeting, the SC authorized drafting of the Reliability Standard(s) identified in the SARs. 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.
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)
