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

2. WECC-0101 Generator Validation Conversion
Regional Variance to NERC MOD 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.
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3. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
WECC-0101 MOD-026-2
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4. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
WECC-0101 MOD-027-2
Quorum at 63.5%
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

5. WECC-0111 Retire TOP-007-WECC-1a
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.
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

6. WECC-0113 Retire WECC Regional Variances to NERC FAC Standards
Proposal to Retire WECC Regional Variances to FAC 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
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

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

8. WECC-0114 BAL-002-WECC-2 Request for Interpretation
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
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

9. WECC-0114 BAL-002-WECC-2 Request for Interpretation
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
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

10. WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2
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
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

11. WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2
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 …
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12. WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2
Summary:
BAL-002-WECC-2, R2 specifies the quantity of contingency reserves that must be frequency responsive
BAL 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 Frequency Response is seconds
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

13. WECC-0116 PRC-006-WECC-CRT-1 Change in Periodicity
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.
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Project
Phase 2 of System Protection Coordination. This calls for revisions to TOP and retirement of PRC
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.
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Project
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.
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Other NERC Projects
Several other NERC projects just completed a ballot window, but we don’t have ballot results yet.
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