{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1447/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1447/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/1447",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1447 of 26 August 2016 establishing a network code on requirements for grid connection of high voltage direct current systems and direct current-connected power park modules (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-1447",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Frequency control",
  "text": "1. If specified by the relevant TSO, an HVDC system shall be equipped with an independent control mode to modulate the active power output of the HVDC converter station depending on the frequencies at all connection points of the HVDC system in order to maintain stable system frequencies.\n2. The relevant TSO shall specify the operating principle, the associated performance parameters and the activation criteria of the frequency control referred to in paragraph 1.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/1447/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:35.996013+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}