Bal-003-2

BAL-003-2 Frequency Response Obligation
Allocation and Minimum Frequency Bias
Settings for Operating Year 2022
Introduction

Compliance with Requirement R1 on Frequency Response performance of NERC Standard BAL-003-2 –
Frequency Response and Frequency Bias Setting went into effect on December 1, 2020. The official
Frequency Response Obligations (FRO) and Minimum Frequency Bias Settings (FBS) for each Balancing
Authority (BA) for Operating Year 2022 are attached.
This document outlines the procedure for setting FBS for 2022 and publishes the FRO and minimum FBS for
BAL-003 operating year 2022 in accordance with BAL-003-2.
Frequency Response Obligation Allocations

Interconnection Frequency Response Obligations (IFROs) are annually calculated for each of the four
Interconnections and published in the Frequency Response Annual Analysis (FRAA) report. Through annual
endorsement of that report the NERC Reliability and Security Technical Committee sanctions the IFROs for
allocation by the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) through the methods put forth in Standard BAL-0032.
In accordance with the recommendations from the 2021 FRAA report that were approved by the NERC
Resources Subcommittee and endorsed by the NERC Reliability and Security Technical Committee the IFRO
values for the Eastern, Western, and Québec Interconnections for operating year 2022 (December 2021
through November 2022) shall not remain the same values as calculated in the 2016 FRAA report for
operating year 2017. The IFRO value for the each Interconnection shall increase or decrease slightly (in
absolute terms) due to a change in the credit for load resources (CLR) and resource loss protection criteria
as discussed in the 2020 FRAA.
Effective IFROs for Operating Year 2022
Eastern
(EI)
IFRO

-915

Western
(WI)

Texas
(TI)

Québec
(QI)

Units

-1096

-412

-211

MW/0.1Hz

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Allocation M ethod
The ERO annually allocates the approved IFROs to the individual BAs for the upcoming BAL-003 operating
year (December 1 through November 30) in accordance with the allocation method defined in BAL-003-2.

Frequency Bias Setting Procedure for 2022 Bias Year

Note that each year there will be a short lag period between receipt of the FRO for December
implementation and its use in the implementation the Variable FBS by BAs using it in Requirement R3 of
BAL-003-2.
BAs utilizing Variable Bias Settings should use the Operating Year 2022 FRO provided for implementation
on December 1, 2021 for the purpose of compliance with Requirement R3 starting on the 3 business days
starting on or after June 1, 2022 as specified by the ERO.
M inim um Frequency Bias Settings
In accordance with BAL-003-2 a BA using a fixed Frequency Bias Setting sets its Frequency Bias Setting to
the greater of (in absolute terms) any number the BA chooses between 100% and 125% of its Frequency
Response Measure as calculated on FRS Form 1 or the BA minimum Frequency Bias Setting allocated from
the Interconnection Minimum as determined by the ERO. This document provides the minimum FBS for
each BA.
2022 Frequency Perform ance Data Subm ittal
BAs will submit their 2022 data on FRS Forms FR-1 and FR-2 through the Balancing Authority Submittal Site
(BAS Site) no later than April 1, 2022. The ERO will then publish the final FBSs in time for implementation
on or about May 1, 2022.
L10 Calculations
The BA L10 values, previously used for CPS2, are still calculated for information purposes and for use with
the Western Interconnection Automatic Time Error Correction (ATEC). The BA L10 values can only be
calculated after all of the FBS for the interconnections are known. Therefore, after all the FBS are submitted,
the ERO will calculate L10 values and distribute the data along with the final FBS for implementation on or
within 3 business days of June 1, 2022.

Frequency Bias Setting Schedule for 2022

The FBS to be used for Bias Setting year 2022 (June 2022 through May 2023) for compliance with
Requirements R2, R3, and R4 of Standard BAL-003-2 will be implemented using the following process:
1. Prior to March 1, 2022 the final FRS Form 1s will be posted for each Interconnection pre-populated
with frequency events for all four quarters of operating year 2021 (December 1, 2020 through
November 30, 2021).
2. By April 1, 2022 all BAs complete their frequency response analysis using the frequency events
selected by the ERO for all four quarters of operating year 2021 and their desired FBS for the 2022
operating year. BAs submit their FRS Form 1 and FRS Form 2s to the ERO via the BAS Site. The final
BA FBSs and L10 values cannot be calculated until completed and accurate Form 1s are received for

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all BAs in that interconnection. It is therefore essential that all BAs submit their FRS forms no later
than April 1st in accordance with BAL-003-2.
3. By May 1 the ERO validates FBS, computes the sum of FBS for each Interconnection, and determines
L10 values for each BA. The ERO will post that report on the BAS Site and the RS website.
4. During the first three business days of June, 2022, unless specified otherwise by the ERO, BAs will
implement the 2022 FBS in their Reporting ACE calculation. In May of each year the ERO will
announce a target date for implementation.

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Balancing Authority Frequency Response Obligations
for Operating Year 2022
BA Name

NCR
Number

BA
Acronym

For Comparison Only

Reporting
Region

Eastern Interconnection
PowerSouth Energy Cooperative (Alabama Electric Cooperative Inc.)
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Cube Hydro Carolinas
Duke Energy Progress, Inc. (Progress Energy (Carolina Power & Light Company)
Duke Energy Carolinas
Electric Energy, Inc.
Florida Municipal Power Pool
Duke Energy Florida, Inc. (Progress Energy (Florida Power Corp.))
Florida Power & Light Co.
GridLiance Holdco, LP
Gainesville Regional Utilities
Homestead, City of
Ontario IESO
ISO-NE
JEA
LG&E and KU Services Company
Manitoba Hydro
Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
New Brunswick Power Corporation
Nova Scotia Power Inc.
New York Independent System Operator
PJM Interconnection, LLC
South Carolina Public Service Authority
South Carolina Electric & Gas Company
Seminole Electric Cooperative
Southeastern Power Administration
Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans
Southwestern Power Administration
Saskatchewan Power Corporation
Southwest Power Pool
Tallahassee, City of
Tampa Electric Company
Tennessee Valley Authority

NCR10203
NCR01177
NCR01169
NCR01298
NCR01219
NCR11399
NCR00023
NCR00063
NCR00024
NCR11783
NCR00032
NCR00037
NCR07184
NCR07124
NCR00040
NCR01223
NCR01003
NCR00826
NCR07155
NCR07178
NCR07160
NCR00879
NCR01312
NCR00915
NCR00068
NCR00070
NCR01320
NCR01144
NCR01029
NCR01143
NCR00073
NCR00074
NCR01151

AEC
AECI
CHC
CPLE
DUK
EEI
FMPP
FPC
FPL
GLHB
GVL
HST
IESO
ISNE
JEA
LGEE
MHEB
MISO
NBPSO
NSPI
NYIS
PJM
SC
SCEG
SEC
SEPA
SOCO
SPA
SPC
SWPP
TAL
TEC
TVA

SERC
SERC
SERC
SERC
SERC
SERC
FRCC
FRCC
FRCC
SERC
FRCC
FRCC
NPCC
NPCC
FRCC
SERC
MRO
RF
NPCC
NPCC
NPCC
RF
SERC
SERC
FRCC
SERC
SERC
MRO
MRO
MRO
FRCC
FRCC
SERC

Maximum
Monthly Peak
Demand
(2020 MW)
FERC 714 Data

579,015
2,022
4,770
11
13,233
20,398
2,042
3,466
11,121
24,432
422
117
24,446
25,105
2,706
6,661
4,759
111,551
3,405
2,050
30,660
144,530
4,467
4,586
284
45,479
122
3,722
48,687
576
4,255
28,930

BA Net Generation +
2022OY
BA Net Energy for Load
BA % Ratio
(2020 MWh)
(BAL-003-2 Attach A)
FERC 714 Data

5,985,774,914
10,050,376
45,606,683
1,303,217
129,032,499
205,801,362
586,005
33,418,286
97,034,301
259,523,741
2,381,193
3,815,142
599,628
279,469,980
210,216,706
22,160,498
62,511,907
63,312,692
1,205,329,743
29,286,101
20,971,273
280,826,596
1,555,668,987
41,628,852
50,906,509
13,159,563
2,578,517
469,354,797
8,648,963
49,013
526,153,799
5,279,828
41,832,216
307,275,941

100.00%
0.168%
0.762%
0.022%
2.156%
3.438%
0.010%
0.558%
1.621%
4.336%
0.040%
0.064%
0.010%
4.669%
3.512%
0.370%
1.044%
1.058%
20.137%
0.489%
0.350%
4.692%
25.989%
0.695%
0.850%
0.220%
0.043%
7.841%
0.144%
0.001%
8.790%
0.088%
0.699%
5.133%

2022 OY BA
FROs
(MW/0.1 Hz)

2022OY EI IFRO
-915
0.0
-7.0
-0.2
-19.7
-31.5
-0.1
-5.1
-14.8
-39.7
-0.4
-0.6
-0.1
-42.7
-32.1
-3.4
-9.6
-9.7
-184.2
-4.5
-3.2
-42.9
-237.8
-6.4
-7.8
-2.0
-0.4
-71.7
-1.3
0.0
-80.4
-0.8
-6.4
-47.0

Year over Year
BA FRO Change

2021 OY
BA FROs
(MW/0.1 Hz)

-9.85%
-100.00%
-5.41%
0.00%
-9.22%
-10.51%

-1015
-2.0
-7.4
-0.2
-21.7
-35.2
0.0
-5.5
-15.3
-41.1
-0.4
-0.6
-0.1
-45.8
-34.8
-3.2
-11.2
-9.7
-212.5
-4.9
-3.5
-46.6
-259.3
-6.9
-8.6
-2.1
-0.4
-78.6
-1.5
-8.1
-88.2
-0.9
-6.9
-51.9

-7.27%
-3.27%
-3.41%
0.00%
0.00%
-6.77%
-7.76%
6.25%
-14.29%
0.00%
-13.32%
-8.16%
-8.57%
-7.94%
-8.29%
-7.25%
-9.30%
-4.76%
0.00%
-8.78%
-13.33%
-100.00%
-8.84%
-11.11%
-7.25%
-9.44%

For Comparison Only

2021 OY
2022 OY Minimum
Year over Year Minimum BA
Frequency Bias Settings
Min FBS Change Frequency Bias
For Fixed Bias BAs
Settings

0.9% of EI Peak Demand
-5,211
0.0
-39.7
-1.1
-112.3
-179.2
-0.5
-29.1
-84.5
-225.9
-2.1
-3.3
-0.5
-243.3
-183.0
-19.3
-54.4
-55.1
-1,049.3
-25.5
-18.3
-244.5
-1,354.3
-36.2
-44.3
-11.5
-2.2
-408.6
-7.5
0.0
-458.1
-4.6
-36.4
-267.5

-100.00%
-1.98%
22.22%
-1.14%
-2.87%
#DIV/0!
2.83%
3.55%
4.78%
-2.94%
0.00%
1.33%
0.22%
15.57%
-7.17%
8.04%
-5.89%
-0.39%
0.00%
0.00%
-0.46%
-0.55%
-1.77%
6.48%
15.79%
-0.95%
-5.06%
-100.00%
-0.99%
-4.17%
0.00%
-1.87%

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-9.3
-40.5
-0.9
-113.6
-184.5
0.0
-28.3
-81.6
-215.6
-2.0
-3.4
-0.5
-240.1
-182.6
-16.7
-58.6
-51.0
-1,115.0
-25.6
-18.3
-244.5
-1,360.6
-36.4
-45.1
-10.8
-1.9
-412.5
-7.9
-42.3
-462.7
-4.8
-36.4
-272.6

Balancing Authority Frequency Response Obligations
for Operating Year 2022
BA Name

NCR
Number

BA
Acronym

For Comparison Only

Reporting
Region

Western Interconnection
Alberta Electric System Operator
Avista Corporation
Avangrid Renewables
Arizona Public Service Company
Balancing Authority of Northern California
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Bonneville Power Administration
Comision Federal de Electricidad
Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County
California Independent System Operator
Arlington Valley, LLC - AVBA
PUD No. 1 of Douglas County
El Paso Electric Company
Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County Washington
Gridforce Energy Management, LLC
Griffith Energy, LLC
NaturEner Power Watch, LLC (Glacier Wind Balancing Authority)
Imperial Irrigation District
Idaho Power Company
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Nevada Power Company
NorthWestern Corporation (NorthWestern Energy)
PacifiCorp_East
PacifiCorp_West
Portland General Electric Company
Public Service Company of New Mexico
Public Service Company of Colorado
Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
Seattle City Light
Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
Tucson Electric Power
Turlock Irrigation District
City of Tacoma, Department of Public Utilities, Light Division
Western Area Power Administration - Rocky Mountain Region
Western Area Power Administration - Desert Southwest Region
Western Area Power Administration - Upper Great Plains Region
NaturEner Wind Watch, LLC

N/A
NCR05020
NCR10259
NCR05016
NCR11118
N/A
NCR05032
N/A
NCR05338
NCR05048
NCR03049
NCR05343
NCR05140
NCR05342
NCR11393
NCR03050
NCR10395
NCR05195
NCR05191
NCR05223
NCR05261
NCR05282
NCR05304
NCR05304
NCR05325
NCR05333
NCR05521
NCR05344
NCR05382
NCR05372
NCR05434
NCR05435
NCR05097
NCR05464
NCR05461
NCR05467
NCR11382

AESO
AVA
AVRN
AZPS
BANC
BCHA
BPAT
CFE
CHPD
CISO
DEAA
DOPD
EPE
GCPD
GRID
GRIF
GWA
IID
IPCO
LDWP
NEVP
NWMT
PACE
PACW
PGE
PNM
PSCO
PSEI
SCL
SRP
TEPC
TIDC
TPWR
WACM
WALC
WAUW
WWA

WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC
WECC

1,733,075,838
162,383,880
23,929,320
8,132,812
61,288,159
29,973,614
132,007,632
151,048,686
28,814,014
7,323,312
375,849,335
1,219,525
3,686,691
13,737,039
11,938,819
13,913,221
1,429,105
618,317
4,181,188
34,670,330
48,246,525
68,816,577
20,302,486
100,399,483
40,013,313
37,561,899
26,588,865
94,049,939
40,033,695
15,597,314
57,201,934
32,132,271
4,599,240
7,770,986
50,830,704
19,536,746
1,310,176
705,554

100.00%
9.370%
1.381%
0.469%
3.536%
1.730%
7.617%
8.716%
1.663%
0.423%
21.687%
0.070%
0.213%
0.793%
0.689%
0.803%
0.082%
0.036%
0.241%
2.001%
2.784%
3.971%
1.171%
5.793%
2.309%
2.167%
1.534%
5.427%
2.310%
0.900%
3.301%
1.854%
0.265%
0.448%
2.933%
1.127%
0.076%
0.041%

73,825
73,825

765,123,406
765,123,406

100%
100%

NCR04056

ERCO

TRE

NCR07112

HQT

NPCC

Québec Interconnection
Hydro-Québec TransEnergie

BAL-003-1 Frequency Response and Frequency Bias Setting

BA Net Generation +
2022OY
BA Net Energy for Load
BA % Ratio
(2020 MWh)
(BAL-003-2 Attach A)
FERC 714 Data

176,357
11,816
2,153
7,611
4,546
11,541
9,418
3,076
463
46,970
416
2,147
850
1,123
3,723
6,734
9,058
1,799
9,078
3,750
3,824
2,665
9,249
4,545
1,755
7,714
3,390
688
894
3,362
1,839
159
-

ERCOT Interconnection
Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc.

Maximum
Monthly Peak
Demand
(2020 MW)
FERC 714 Data

2022 OY BA
FROs
(MW/0.1 Hz)
2022OY WI IFRO
-1096
-102.7
-15.1
-5.1
-38.8
-19.0
-83.5
-95.5
-18.2
-4.6
-237.7
-0.8
-2.3
-8.7
-7.6
-8.8
-0.9
-0.4
-2.6
-21.9
-30.5
-43.5
-12.8
-63.5
-25.3
-23.8
-16.8
-59.5
-25.3
-9.9
-36.2
-20.3
-2.9
-4.9
-32.1
-12.4
-0.8
-0.4

2022 OY TI IFRO
-412
-412
2022 OY QI IFRO
100%
-211
100%
-211

Year over Year
BA FRO Change

2021 OY
BA FROs
(MW/0.1 Hz)

27.74%
23.73%
23.77%
82.14%
31.53%
22.58%
36.89%
35.46%
34.81%
35.29%
24.78%
33.33%
9.52%
26.09%
28.81%
12.82%
-40.00%
33.33%
30.00%
28.07%
26.56%
29.46%
10.34%
31.74%
27.78%
26.60%
25.37%
31.06%
29.08%
32.00%
18.30%
26.09%
31.82%
48.48%
14.64%
44.19%
14.29%
33.33%

-858
-83.0
-12.2
-2.8
-29.5
-15.5
-61.0
-70.5
-13.5
-3.4
-190.5
-0.6
-2.1
-6.9
-5.9
-7.8
-1.5
-0.3
-2.0
-17.1
-24.1
-33.6
-11.6
-48.2
-19.8
-18.8
-13.4
-45.4
-19.6
-7.5
-30.6
-16.1
-2.2
-3.3
-28.0
-8.6
-0.7
-0.3

8.14%
8.14%
17.88%
17.88%

5

For Comparison Only

2021 OY
2022 OY Minimum
Year over Year Minimum BA
Frequency Bias Settings
Min FBS Change Frequency Bias
For Fixed Bias BAs
Settings
0.9% of WI Peak Demand
-1,587.2
-148.7
-21.9
-7.4
-56.1
-27.5
-120.9
-138.3
-26.4
-6.7
-344.2
-1.1
-3.4
-12.6
-10.9
-12.7
-1.3
-0.6
-3.8
-31.8
-44.2
-63.0
-18.6
-91.9
-36.6
-34.4
-24.4
-86.1
-36.7
-14.3
-52.4
-29.4
-4.2
-7.1
-46.6
-17.9
-1.2
-0.6

-4.19%
-4.37%
42.31%
1.63%
-5.17%
5.96%
4.85%
4.35%
6.35%
-3.37%
0.00%
-15.00%
-2.33%
-1.80%
-13.01%
-55.17%
20.00%
0.00%
-0.62%
-2.00%
0.32%
-14.68%
1.88%
-0.81%
-1.99%
-2.79%
1.41%
0.00%
2.14%
-8.39%
-2.33%
2.44%
14.52%
-10.90%
11.88%
-7.69%
0.00%

-1,604.5
-155.2
-22.9
-5.2
-55.2
-29.0
-114.1
-131.9
-25.3
-6.3
-356.2
-1.1
-4.0
-12.9
-11.1
-14.6
-2.9
-0.5
-3.8
-32.0
-45.1
-62.8
-21.8
-90.2
-36.9
-35.1
-25.1
-84.9
-36.7
-14.0
-57.2
-30.1
-4.1
-6.2
-52.3
-16.0
-1.3
-0.6

-381
-381.0

N/A

N/A

N/A

-179
-179.0

N/A

N/A

N/A