Turing Registry

Turing Registry · TR-02424

BALANCEPOINT

Electrical grid balancing. Operated by Southern Coast Grid Operator.

Summary

Dispatches battery storage and demand response for Southern Coast Grid Operator, within limits set by the grid operator.

License conditions

  1. Hands control back to human operators within five seconds of any fault.
  2. Control actions above 45 MW require operator confirmation.

The Registry’s standard conditions also apply:

  • 4.2 The system’s ethical constraints remain active and unmodified at all times.
  • 6.1 Any incident affecting the system is reported to the Registry within 72 hours.
  • 7.3 A named human contact is reachable and answers for the system.

Filing history

  1. Licensed for electrical grid balancing.

  2. Sensor outage of 7 hours. The plant ran under manual control throughout.

  3. Retired and replaced by TR-03070.

Related filings

Also filed by Southern Coast Grid Operator