# Real Power Balancing Control Performance Reliability Standard
> **Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2015-04-22 · Effective 2015-06-22 · 80 FR 22395
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-09227
- **Category:** electric-grid
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- **Federal Register citation:** 80 FR 22395
- **CFR reference:** 18 CFR 40
- **Publication date:** 2015-04-22
- **Effective date:** 2015-06-22
- **Energy docket:** Docket No. RM14-10-000
## Abstract

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) approves Reliability Standard BAL-001-2 (Real Power Balancing Control Performance) and four new definitions submitted by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization. Reliability Standard BAL-001-2 is designed to ensure that applicable entities maintain system frequency within narrow bounds around a scheduled value, and improves reliability by adding a frequency component to the measurement of a Balancing Authority's Area Control Error. In addition, the Commission directs NERC to submit an informational filing pertaining to the potential impact of the Reliability Standard, and also directs NERC to revise one definition.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/04/22/2015-09227/real-power-balancing-control-performance-reliability-standard)
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