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Urgent Action SAR for Revision - BAL-004-1



 Standard(s) included in the project

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BAL-004-1 - Time Error CorrectionUse SHIFT+ENTER to open the menu (new window).
Balancing Authority; Reliability Coordinator

 Purpose of the drafting/revisions

In Requirement 1, remove requirement that Operating Committee designate Interconnection Time Monitor because the Operating Committee is not a user/owner/operator.
 
Remove Requirement R2 because the Interconnection Time Monitor is a voluntary service and, therefore, should not be penalized for non compliance. Considering the penalty for non-compliance could be as high as $335k, the Interconnections run the risk of having no one offer to monitor time error and manage time error corrections. While time error itself does not jeopardize Interconnection reliability, time correction methods that depend on either frequency or bias offsets can affect Interconnection reliability. Therefore, it is important for reliability coordinators to continue to provide this voluntary service. 
 
Finally, it is not appropriate for NERC standards to compel an entity to comply with NAESB business practices.
 

 Status

Approved by Board of Trustees on March 26, 2008. Pending regulatory approval.

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