Re: Wacky Weekend: NERC to relax power grid frequency strictures

[Jason Roysdon <nanog.20110127 () jason roysdon net>]

On 06/25/2011 02:02 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jason Roysdon" <nanog.20110127 () jason roysdon net>
>
> > That's what they're doing here, opting to skip "patching" the time
> > error. They're not ignoring frequency altogether, but rather only
> > minding that aspects that have to do with grid stability, not your alarm
> > clock. This is for the better anyway, and NTP/GPS/WWV/WWVH is the way
> > to go to keep clocks accurate and hopefully will be the outcome of any
> > consumer complaints.
> >
> > I've seen conversation in various forums and lists I read that they are
> > going to ignore or not care about the 60Hz standard. This is incorrect.
> > They just aren't going to purposely deviate from the scheduled
> > frequency to perform manual TEC.
> >
> > Mind you, that they still care about why the frequency is off, and when
> > things are not able to quickly compensate, they want to know and be able
> > to pinpoint it and fix it:
> > http://www.nerc.com/filez/standards/Frequency_Response.html
> >
> > Specifically, read this PDF:
> > http://www.nerc.com/docs/oc/rfwg/NERC%20Balancing%20and%20Frequency%20Control%20July%205%202009.pdf
>
> Thank you, Jason.  I did some searching before I posted that, to see if
> I could locate better information, but clearly, I didn't search hard enough.
>
> Cheers,
> -- jr 'my google-fu requires 60.01Hz :-)' a

NERC's site is very hard to find info on if you don't know where to
look.  Even when you've found something before, it can be hard to find
again.  I run into that nearly monthly and have a document just to help
me navigate to certain areas.

http://www.nerc.com/page.php?cid=6|386
http://www.nerc.com/page.php?cid=6|386|391
http://www.nerc.com/files/NERC_TEC_Field_Trial_Webinar_061411.pdf
http://www.nerc.com/filez/Webinars/tec_webinar_061411/index.htm <webinar

Jason Roysdon