1. WECC Regional Standards Update
Steve Rueckert – Director of Standards
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

2. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Overview
BAL-002-WECC-2 Field Test
TOP-007-WECC-1a Retirement Status
Generator Validation Ballot Results
FAC Regional Variances Retirement
PSS Design and Performance Status
TPL-001-WECC-CRT-3 Status
Open Ballot Pools
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

3. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
BAL-002-WECC-2 Field Test
At the July OC meeting there were no major concerns voiced regarding the proposed field test
WECC Standards Committee has approved the concept
Awaiting NERC approval of the Field Test
Waive Compliance with Requirement R2
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

4. TOP-007-WECC-1a Retirement Status
Two Requirements
Mitigate SOL violations
Do not schedule above SOL
Since the original approval date, several NERC Standards have been modified and the Requirements are now addressed by other NERC continent-wide standards
WECC Path Operator Task Force concluded that TOP-007-WECC-1a is no longer required
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

5. TOP-007-WECC-1a Retirement Status
WECC Ballot Pool has already approved retirement
WECC Board has already approved retirement
NERC BOT has adopted the proposal to retire the Regional Reliability Standard and filed with FERC
FERC had some Questions
Working with Peak Reliability and NERC to make a Supplemental Filing
Still hoping for an April 1, 2017 retirement
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

6. Generator Validation Ballot Results
Project was to include WECC Generator Testing Policy thresholds in mandatory reliability standards (Variance to MOD-026 and MOD-027)
Ballot window was August 9-25, 2016
Ballot did not pass
WSC agreed to terminate the project
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

7. Generator Validation Ballot Results
MOD Excitation Control System or Plant Volt/VAR Control
Total Number of Votes: 90
Quorum: 83.3 percent
Weighted Vote: 24.2 percent
MOD Turbine Governor and Load Control or Power Frequency Control
Total Number of Votes: 89
Quorum: 82.4 percent
Weighted Vote: 27.0 percent
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

8. Retire FAC Regional Differences
Project to retire WECC Regional Differences to FAC and FAC-011-2
Drafting team recommended moving some outages to the WECC Path Rating Process
PCC formed a small task force to review and revise the Path Rating Process
Team concluded the Annual Progress Report Procedures should be revised instead
PCC approved revisions at their July meeting
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

9. PSS Design and Performance Status Update to VAR-501-WECC-2
GO must provide documentation to the TOP describing circumstances when the PSS will not be providing an active signal to the AVR
Requires PSS to be in service at all times except under certain conditions identified in the standard
Includes Tuning Requirements
Installation requirements under certain circumstances
Repair failed PSS
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

10. PSS Design and Performance Status Update to VAR-501-WECC-2
Ballot Window April 12 – May 2, 2016
Total Number of Votes: 85
Quorum: 92.4 percent
Weighted Vote: 66.0 percent
Board approved on September 21, 2016
Will be filed with NERC for NERC BOT adoption
NERC filing with FERC if the NERC BOT adopts the Regional Reliability Standard
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

11. TPL-001-WECC-CRT-3 Status
WECC Regional Criterion
Identifies default planning criteria for acceptable system performance in planning studies
Requires Transmission Planners and Planning Coordinators that use different Criteria to make the criteria available upon request
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

12. TPL-001-WECC-CRT-3 Status
Ballot Window April 12 – May 2, 2016
Total Number of Votes: 83
Quorum: percent
Weighted Vote: 85.0 percent
Approved by the WECC Board on September 21, 2016
Became effective upon approval
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

13. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Open Ballot Pools
Project WECC-0119A – Retirement of PRC-003-WECC-CRT-1.3; Protection System and RAS Misoperations Reporting
Project WECC-0119C – Removal of the Reliability Assurer from PRC-006-WECC-CRT-2; Underfrequency Load Shedding
Ballot Pool forming through October 19, 2016
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

14. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Other Projects
Several projects underway to remove the Reliability Assurer from WECC Regional Criteria
Five-year review of several Regional Reliability Standards and Regional Criteria
Project to review and revise BAL-004-WECC-2
Western Electricity Coordinating Council