Contingency Reserve

Capacity deployed by the Balancing Authority to meet the Disturbance Control Standard.

Definition by NERC

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The provision of capacity deployed by the Balancing Authority to meet the Disturbance Control Standard (DCS) and other NERC and Regional Reliability Organization contingency requirements.

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Last modified: 2025-06-22

Related: contingency-reserve-service

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1. NERC (2025). Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards. https://www.nerc.com/pa/Stand/Glossary%20of%20Terms/Glossary_of_Terms.pdf ↩