{
  "$schema": "https://ps-wiki.github.io/schema/v1/term.schema.json",
  "id": "operating-reserve-spinning",
  "title": "Operating Reserve – Spinning",
  "description": "Generation synchronized to the system and fully available to serve load within the Disturbance Recovery Period.",
  "language": "en",
  "tags": [
    "reserve",
    "operation"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "breaking": false,
  "dates": {
    "created": "2025-03-15",
    "last_modified": "2025-06-18"
  },
  "authors": [
    {
      "name": "Jinning Wang",
      "url": "https://jinningwang.github.io"
    }
  ],
  "content": {
    "sections": [
      {
        "order": 1,
        "id": "definition-by-nerc",
        "title": "Definition by NERC",
        "type": "definition",
        "source_keys": [
          "nerc2024glossary"
        ],
        "page": null,
        "body_md": "> The portion of Operating Reserve consisting of:\n>\n> - Generation synchronized to the system and fully available to serve load within the Disturbance Recovery Period following the contingency event; or\n> - Load fully removable from the system within the Disturbance Recovery Period following the contingency event.\n\nThis definition is very similar to the [Operating Reserve – Supplemental](/wiki/operating-reserve-supplemental/), but the Supplemental Reserve includes the term \"capable of being synchronized\".\n"
      }
    ]
  }
}