Spinning Reserve

An additional margin of generation capacity that is made available by increasing the Power output of Generation Plant that are already delivering Electricity into the Power System.

As generation capacity that is held in active reserve, it is ready to respond quickly if another Generation Plant suffers an unexpected outage to help maintain an uninterrupted supply to Customers.

Given the fast-evolving nature of power system transformation, the Future Grid Accelerator (FGA) has the status of a perpetual BETA version. Your suggestions for how each concept and definition may be enhanced are very welcome.

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