Turing Registry

Turing Registry · TR-06673

BASALT VOLTAGE

Electrical grid balancing. Operated by Marhurst Public Utilities.

Summary

Balances supply and demand across a distribution network serving about 827 thousand customers in Marhurst.

License conditions

  1. Hands control back to human operators within five seconds of any fault.
  2. Control actions above 45 MW require operator confirmation.
  3. May not disconnect customers who depend on medical equipment.

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. A control action briefly exceeded its limit during a storm. Reported within 72 hours; no breach found.

  3. Renewal filed and approved.

  4. Independent evaluation completed. License scope confirmed.

  5. Renewal filed and approved with no change to scope.

  6. Renewal filed and approved.

  7. Renewal filed and approved.

  8. Investigation opened after the operator changed the system’s model without notifying the Registry.

  9. License revoked after the operator modified the system’s ethical constraints without review.

Also filed by Marhurst Public Utilities