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WECC – NERC Standards Update

This update covers the Western Electricity Coordinating Council's regional variances to NERC standards, generator validation conversion, and retirement proposals. It also includes information on proposed interpretations and changes in periodicity.

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WECC – NERC Standards Update

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  1. WECC – NERC Standards Update Craig L. Williams, Specialist Ld./Sr. ISAS Meeting January 13, 2014 Phoenix, AZ Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  2. Regional Variance to NERC MOD-026-1 and MOD-027-1 • Lower threshold for applicability • Passed WECC Ballot • MOD-026 received 60.7% • MOD-027 received 60.9% Will be presented to the WECC BOD at their next meeting in March 2016. WECC-0101 Generator Validation Conversion Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  3. WECC-0101 MOD-026-2 Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  4. WECC-0101 MOD-027-2 Quorum at 63.5% Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  5. The request to retire TOP-007-WECC-1a received a 100% approval during ballot. The WECC BOD approved retirement of the standard and WECC submitted it to NERC on January 8, for NERC BOT consideration. If adopted by NERC’s BOT, it will be filed with FERC. WECC-0111 Retire TOP-007-WECC-1a Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  6. Proposal to Retire WECC Regional Variances to FAC-010-2.1 and FAC-011-2 • System Operating Limits Methodology • Existing Variances identify additional outages that must be considered when developing SOL Methodologies in the West • Posting for comment includes a crosswalk of where the current variances are addressed in other NERC Reliability Standards WECC-0113 Retire WECC Regional Variances to NERC FAC Standards Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  7. NERC Periodic Review Team for FAC standards announced in a recent webinar that they are proposing retirement of FAC-010-2.1 and retirement of FAC-011. WECC-0113 Retire WECC Regional Variances to NERC FAC Standards Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  8. Requirement R1 includes language identifying allowable types of Contingency Reserve Requirement R2 requires one half of the Contingency Reserve required by R1 to be Operating Reserve – Spinning Request for clarification on the definition of “Operating Reserve – Spinning” in R2 WECC-0114 BAL-002-WECC-2 Request for Interpretation Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  9. Proposed Interpretation clarifies that the allowable types of Contingency Reserves identified in R1 are also acceptable for R2 • The Interpretation quotes language from several FERC Orders • Interpretation was approved by the Ballot Pool • Positive comments received during NERC posting • On hold pending outcome of WECC-0115 WECC-0114 BAL-002-WECC-2 Request for Interpretation Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  10. The SAR submitter claims that BAL-002-WECC-2, R2 is redundant with NERC BAL-003-1, R1 • BAL-002-WECC-2, R2 requires that at least half the minimum Contingency Reserve required in R1, be Operating Reserve – Spinning” • That is immediately and automatically responsive to frequency deviations • Capable of fully responding within ten minutes WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2 Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  11. BAL-003-1, R3 requires an annual Frequency Response Measure (FRM) that is equal to or more negative than its Frequency Response Obligation (FRO) to ensure that sufficient Frequency Response is provided … WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2 Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  12. Summary: • BAL-002-WECC-2, R2 specifies the quantity of contingency reserves that must be frequency responsive • BAL-003-1 requires a specific Frequency Response Measure • Some have argued that these are not the same requirement • BAL-002-WEEC-2, R2 must be available within 10 minutes • BAL-003-1 Frequency Response is 20-52 seconds WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2 Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  13. The current version of the criterion requires an annual validation of the WECC Off-Nominal Frequency Load Shedding and Restoration Plan • It is currently taking approximately 18 months to complete each validation • The SAR is to change the periodicity of the validation to every two years • Current NERC standard requires validation once every five years. WECC-0116 PRC-006-WECC-CRT-1Change in Periodicity Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  14. Phase 2 of System Protection Coordination. This calls for revisions to TOP-009-1 and retirement of PRC-001-1. It is moving the requirements for Knowledge of Composite Protection Systems and RAS to the TOP family of standards rather than in the PER (Training) family. It is in ballot from January 10-19, 2016. Project 2007-06.2 Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  15. Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities. The project proposes two new standards, IRO-018 and TOP-010. They are related Real-time Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities applicable to the RC (IRO-018) and TOPs and BAs (TOP-010). They are in ballot from January 15-25, 2016. Project 2009-02 Western Electricity Coordinating Council

  16. Several other NERC projects just completed a ballot window, but we don’t have ballot results yet. Other NERC Projects Western Electricity Coordinating Council

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