Oman

n Electricity Trransmission Company

C The Grid C
Code - Version
n 2.0

Ope
erating Code
C OC
C3 – Op
perating Margin
Issued April
A 2010

CON
NTENTS

OC
C3.1 Introd
duction ..................................................................................................2
OC
C3.2 Objecctive ......................................................................................................2
OC
C3.3 e ...........................................................................................................2
Scope
OC
C3.4 Opera n constituentts ....................................................................2
ating Margin
OC3.4
4.1 e .....................................................................3
Operatting Reserve
OC
C3.5 Opera n determinatiion..................................................................3
ating Margin
OC3.5
5.1 erve .................................................................3
Contingency Rese
OC3.5
5.2 e .....................................................................3
Operatting Reserve
OC
C3.6 Instru
uction of Ope gin ...................................................................4
erating Marg
OC
C3.7 Data requirementts........................................................................................4

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Ope
erating Code
C OC
C3 – Op
perating Margin
OC3
3.1 Introduction
Operrating Code OC3, Operaating margin sets out the
e types of reserves making up the
Operrating Margin C may use in the Control Phase.
n that OETC
The Operating
O Margin
M e amount of reserve (pro
is the ovided by Production Fa acilities or
by Demand Con ntrol) availab
ble over andd above tha at required tto meet the expected
Dema and. It is req
quired to limmit and then correct Freq
quency devia ations that may
m occur
due to
t an imbalance between n total Gene
eration Capaacity output a
and Demand d.

OC3
3.2 Objective
The objectives are to state e clearly thhe types off reserve prrovided ove er various
times
scales that make
m up the Operating M Margin, and to describe the factors which will
govern the issue of Dispatch Instructionss for reserve
e.

OC3
3.3 Scope
e
In addition to OETC, OC3 ap
pplies to;
ƒ P
Power Producers; and
ƒ U
Users offering
g Demand Control
C as an
n Ancillary Service.
S

OC3
3.4 Opera
ating Marg
gin consttituents
The Operating
O M
Margin comprrises Conting
gency Reserve plus Ope
erating Rese
erve.
e margin of Generation Capacity re
Contiingency Resserve is the equired in the
t period
from 24 hours ahead down to real time e over and above
a the fo
orecast Dem
mand. It is
provid
ded by CDG Gensets thatt are not req
quired to be Synchronise
ed but which
h must be
held Available
A to Synchronise
e within a de
efined timescale.
Operrating Reserve is to provvide spare G Generation Capacity
C forr Frequency control in
real time
t and is provided byb CDGense ets that are
e either Synnchronised or
o can be
Synchronised witthin minutess. Contingency Reserve e and Opera ating Reserv
ve provide
again nties in Availability of CD
nst uncertain DGensets annd in Deman nd forecasts.

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OC3.4.1 Operrating Rese

erve
Operrating Rese erve is the additional Generation n Capacity from Synchronised
CDGensets or from a reduction in Demand. Operating Rese erve must be
b able to
respo
ond in real time
t Operation to contribute to con
ntaining and correcting any
a fall in
the Frequency
F of
o the Total System to aan acceptabble level in the event off a loss of
Geneeration Capacity or mismatch between Generation Cap pacity and Demand.
Operrating Reserrve also incluudes CDGensets that may
m be instrructed to Sy ynchronise
and Load
L in the event
e of low
w Frequency. The Operaating Reservve must be capable
c of
provid
ding response in three phases;
p
i.) Primary Re
esponse.
The automatic
a in
ncrease in Active
A Powerr output of a CDGensett or a decrea ase in the
Demaand for Activ
ve Power in response to
o a fall in the Frequency of the Total System.
The increase or decrease
d in Active Power must be in
i accordancce with the provisions
p
of thee relevant PPA
P or Conn nection Agre
eement. Theese will provide that the response
will be fully Availa
able within 5 seconds froom the time of the Frequ
uency fall.
ii.) Secondary
y Response
e
The automatic
a in
ncrease in Active
A Powerr output of a CDGensett or a decrea ase in the
Demaand for Activ o a fall in the Frequency of the Total System.
ve Power in response to
The increase or decrease
d in Active Power must be in
i accordancce with the provisions
p
of the
e relevant PPA
P or Connnection Agre
eement. Theese will provide that the response
will be
b fully Avaiilable by 30
0 seconds frrom the time equency fall. After 30
e of the Fre
secon nds, any ad
dditional Acttive Power should be made Availa able by Operation in
Frequuency Sensiitive Mode.
iii.) Tertiary Re
eserve
The component of the Ope erating Reseerve that wo
ould be Ava
ailable as a result of
Emerrgency Instrructions to Synchronisse and/or Dispatch
D oth
her CDGens sets. The
provis
sion of Activve Power must be in acccordance with
w the provvisions of the
e relevant
PPA or Connection Agreeme ent.

OC3
3.5 Opera
ating Marg
gin deterrmination
n
OC3.5.1 Contingency Reserve
OETC C shall determine the ammount of Co
ontingency Reserve
R requuired for eac
ch hour up
to 244 hours ahe ead, taking due
d conside
eration of re
elevant facto
ors, includin
ng but not
limite
ed to the follo
owing;
ƒ historical Ava
ailability and reliability pe
erformance of
o individual CDGensets
s
ƒ notified Risk of he reliability of individual CDGensetss
o Trips to th
ƒ D
Demand forecasting unce
ertainties.

OC3.5.2 Operrating Rese

erve
OETC C shall deteermine the amount
a of Primary Resp ponse, Seco
ondary Resp ponse and
Tertia
ary Reservee that must be
b Available e to it from CDGensets
C at any time to ensure
a
Systeem security. The OETC C Operating Reserve policy will take e due considderation of
releva ut not limited to the follow
ant factors, including bu wing;

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ƒ thhe magnitude and numb ber of the larrgest Active Power infee
eds from CD
DGensets,
Innternational Interconneections, Intternal Interrconnectionss and ove er single
trransmission feeders with
hin the Transsmission Syystem;
ƒ th
he predicted
d Frequencyy drop follow
wing loss of
o the largesst infeed ass may be
determined th
hrough simu
ulation using a dynamic model
m of the
e Total Syste
em;
ƒ th
he extent to which Dema
and Control can be imple
emented;
ƒ siignificant events that ma ovision of additional Ope
ay justify pro erating Rese
erve;
ƒ th
he cost of prroviding Ope
erating Rese
erve at any point
p in time;
ƒ ambient wea
ather conditiions, insofar as they may
m affect ((directly or indirectly)
CDGenset an
C nd/or Transm
mission Systtem reliabilityy; and
ƒ agreements in place with
h Internationa
al Interconne
ected Partie
es.
OETC C shall kee ep records of the Op perating Re
eserve policcy and of significant
s
altera
ations to it ass determined
d by the abo
ove and any other factorrs.

OC3
3.6 Instruction of Operating
O g Margin
As pa
art of Scheduling, OETC
C will instructt Power Producers and Users of the
e extent to
h they are obliged to make their Gensets Available to
which o contribute
e towards
Contiingency Resserve and Operating
O Reeserve with the required levels of response.
Poweer Producerss and Users shall make their Gensets so Availabble.
OETCC may issue nstructions, or instruct Users,
e Dispatch In U to req
quire use of Operating
Rese
erve in the case
c of eacch CDGense et or Users’ Plant, up to the levels s reported
under OC3.7.

OC3
3.7 Data requireme
r ents
The requirementts for Operaating Parameters for Op perating Ma argin are giv
ven in the
Connnection Conditions Code (CC, clau use 5). Thiss data shalll be provideed initially
during applicatio
on for a Coonnection and thereafte er must be e provided byb Power
Produucers to OE
ETC by 1st January
J eacch year. Anyy short-term changes too this data
are required
r to be notified
d to OETC as part off the daily reporting under u the
Scheeduling and Dispatch
D Codes.

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