1. Standards Development Process
March 5, 2019
Steve Rueckert
Director of Standards

2. Regional Reliability Standard
Mandatory Compliance by Applicable Entities
Potential Monetary Sanctions
Regional Reliability Standard or Regional Variance to a NERC Reliability Standard
More stringent than the continent-wide Reliability Standard
Necessitated by a physical difference in the Bulk Power System

3. Regional Criteria
Adherence to Requirements is expected by WECC Members
No monetary penalties
Necessary to implement, augment, or comply with Reliability Standards
May address issues not within the scope of Reliability Standards

4. Periodic Reviews
The WECC Regional Reliability Standards Development Procedures require that each Regional Reliability Standard, Regional Variance, and Regional Criterion be reviewed at least once every five years.
May identify needed revisions
May address formatting issues
May identify that no changes are needed
May be initiated before the five-year deadline

5. Development Timeline

6. Standard Authorization Request
Initiates development of all projects
Any interested party may submit a SAR
Reviewed and validated by WECC staff
Posted on the WECC website

7. Present the SAR to the WSC
To be accepted by the WSC the SAR must:
Contain a description of the requested action
Define purpose, scope, impacted parties, and any other relevant information
Must be within WECC’s scope
WSC may expand or narrow the scope at any time

8. Convene the Drafting Team
WSC prioritizes work and sets the starting date
WSC either directly assigns or solicits DT members
WSC approves DT members
May augment, modify, or replace DT members as needed
DT chairs should have leadership and coordination skills
DT members are Subject Matter Experts

9. Draft the Document
All DT meetings are open to the public and publicly noticed
SAR author may participate
DT determines when the document should be posted for comment

10. Post for Comment All postings publicly announced
Any interested person may submit comments
DT must consider and respond to all comments
Responses are publicly posted
If the DT makes substantive changes because of comments, the document must be reposted for another round of comments

11. Request for Ballot
When the DT determines no more substantive changes are necessary, the proposed draft is submitted to the WSC with a request for ballot
The WSC must approve all postings for ballot
A Standards Briefing is held for every project

12. Ballot the Document Form a Ballot Pool Ballot the Document
Must be a member of the Ballot Body to join a Ballot Pool
Ballot the Document
Weighted Segment Approval required
2/3 percentage weighted affirmative votes required for approval
No two industry sectors may control any decision
No single segment may veto any decision

13. Weighted Segment Example

14. Obtain Board Approval
WSC must approve forwarding the document to the WECC Board for approval
Noticed per current WECC Board meeting notification requirements
Included in the Board Packet
Presented for approval at the Board meeting

15. Obtain NERC and FERC Approval
Upon WECC Board approval, WECC Regional Reliability Standards and supporting documents are given to NERC for Board of Trustees adoption
WECC Regional Criterion are final upon WECC Board approval
If adopted by NERC Board of Trustees, NERC prepares a Joint NERC/WECC petition for FERC approval

16. SAR Validation and Submittal to the WSC
Development Timeline
SAR Submittal
SAR Validation and Submittal to the WSC

17. Steve Rueckert
Director of Standards