NERC OC Update Greg Park, NWPP (In place of Rich Hydzik) WECC EPAS Meeting June 4, 2018
Operating Reliability Subcommittee (ORS) Resources Subcommittee (RS) Subcommittee Updates Operating Reliability Subcommittee (ORS) Working on an RC coordination document (could be of interest in WECC) Resources Subcommittee (RS) FERC issued its final rule on primary frequency response Final rule referenced Primary Frequency Control Guideline Event Analysis Subcommittee (EAS) Asked for two compliance guidance task forces TOP-001-4 R10.3 and R10.6 – Assigned to ORS – Non-BES data collection TOP-001-4 R20 and R23 – Data redundancy in control center and testing TOP-010 R3 – Data Quality task force will succeed the RTATF TOP-010 R13 task force Personnel Subcommittee (PS) Concern over ILA’s and keeping them current
Essential Reliability Services Group Subcommittee Updates Essential Reliability Services Group Technical and Policy Briefs were approved and posted to ERSWG site Measure 1, 2, and 4 Forward Looking Technical Briefs Measure 1, 2, and 4 Forward Looking Policy Briefs Measure 6 Forward Looking Technical Brief Measure 6 Historical Analysis Measure 3 Summary and Recommendation Brief DER Data Collection Technical Brief ERSWG has completed its assignments – no new assignments (yet) Measure 1 – Synchronous Inertia Response at Interconnection Level Measure 2 – Initial Frequency Deviation Following Largest Contingency Measure 3 – Synchronous Inertia at BA Level Measure 6 – Net Demand Ramping Variability
Real Time Assessment Task Force (RTATF) Task Force Updates Real Time Assessment Task Force (RTATF) OC approved Compliance Guidance in December 2017 Document is at NERC awaiting RE/ERO approval Methods for Establishing IROL Task Force (MEITF) General progress is on Standards Development page Inverted-based Resources Performance Task Force (IRPTF) Ryan Quint to Call in today
Lessons Learned Since 2/7/2018 OC Meeting LL20180302 Breaker Failure Due to Trip Coil Polarity LL20180301 State Estimator Outages Requiring Tuning/Calibrating EMS Settings LL20180101 Inadequate Battery Configuration Management Damaged a Generating Station and Tripped an HVDC Conversion Station
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