The criteria are: (1) consistency with mainstream energy - demand forecasts; (2) simulating supply to meet demand reliably at hourly, half - hourly, and five - minute timescales, with resilience to extreme climate events; (3) identifying
necessary transmission and distribution requirements; and (4) maintaining the provision of essential
ancillary services.
«In fact, ASCLD / LAB could more properly be described as a product
service organization,» Schechter wrote, «which sells for a fee a «seal of approval» covering diverse laboratory systems, which laboratories can utilize to bolster their credibility through in - court testimony by technicians, plus
ancillary services such as protection from outside inquiry, shielding of internal activities and, where
necessary, especially in the event of public condemnation, a spokesperson to buffer the laboratory from media inquiry.»