Hi, can anyone help by advising if my following understandings are correct, or otherwise, with respect to the Grid Code, and the Balancing and Settlement Code please?
BM provider:
Type D plant (greater than 100MW): BM participation is mandatory for transmission-connected generators (275 – 400kV), (whilst those connected to distribution networks can elect to participate in the BM through an appropriate contract with National Grid. Connecting to a distribution network would be through G99, up to 132kV).
Restoration Contractor: “Restoration Services” or “Electricity System Restoration” replaced “Black Start”?
Demand Response Provider: aligns with compliance with the Grid Code voltage and frequency requirements, and as a BM or BMU, they are able to adjust their generation or consumption in response to instructions from the ESO / NESO for (a) to (e)?
(a) Demand Response Active Power Control;
(b) Demand Response Reactive Power Control;
(c) Demand Response Transmission Constraint Management;
(d) Demand Response System Frequency Control;
(e) Demand Response Very Fast Active Power Control.
Also, are (c) and (e) part of the mandatory / obligatory requirements of the Grid Code?
A TERRE participant: plant that starts up when required, as opposed to "spinning reserve"?
Also, If there is more than one generator in a power station, each generator will likely be considered separate BMUs?
Also, do you know the status of integration between the UK Grid Code and European Grid Code (NESO / ENTSO-E) please?
Thanks,
Robert Shepherd