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Purpose:
This standard establishes requirements for Balancing Authority Automatic Generation Control (AGC) necessary to calculate Area Control Error (ACE) and to routinely deploy the Regulating and Contingency Reserve.
This standard defines a process for monitoring Balancing Authorities to ensure that, over the long term, Balancing Authority Areas do not excessively depend on other Balancing Authority Areas in the Interconnection for meeting their demand or Interchange obligations.
This standard defines a process to transfer control between all Balancing Authorities from tie-line bias to constant frequency control and for all Balancing Authorities to actively participate in frequency restoration following a Reportable Disturbance.
The TAC Recommendation Submittal Package for the Automatic Generation Control (RRC-BAL-005-1), Reliability Coordinator (RRC-RC-001 - Reliability Coordinator), and Transmission Planning Requirements (RRC-TPL-001-1) standards, each developed by Working Groups led by the RRC’s Chief Technical Officer. This package was noticed on January 21, 2025, and was acted upon by the Board on February 3, 2025.
Materials for the Frequency Response and Bias (RRC-BAL-003-1), Time Error Correction (RRC-BAL-004), Automatic Generation Control (RRC-BAL-005-1), Inadvertent Interchange (RRC-BAL-006), and Evaluation of Interchange Transactions (RRC-INT-001-1) Working Group meetings.
The schedule of development for the Automatic Generation Control (RRC-BAL-005-1) standard.
The Notice of Intent to develop the Frequency Response and Bias (RRC-BAL-003-1), Time Error Correction (RRC-BAL-004), Automatic Generation Control (RRC-BAL-005-1), Inadvertent Interchange (RRC-BAL-006), and Evaluation of Interchange Transactions (RRC-INT-001-1) standards.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Automatic Generation Control.