Participant Technical Reference Manual - IESO

4. Operational Metering Equipment & AGC IMO_MAN_0024
Figure 4- 1 Block Diagram of Typical AGC Control Arrangement for Generation units With
Remote MW Setpoint Control Capability
302 The information necessary to control the generation facility under the terms and
conditions of the AGC contract will reside and operate in the EMS according to
the existing control schemes.
303 It is the market participant’s responsibility to protect their equipment from
damage due to erroneous pulses or spurious signals that may cause the
equipment to operate beyond its designed parameters, regardless of how these
signals were generated or transmitted.
304 Two models of RTU have been qualified for use by the IESO for AGC. These
are GE models D20/200 and D25 RTUs.
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