1. Reliability Standards Update
July 20, 2015
Charlotte, NC
David Greene P.E.
SERC Senior Reliability Engineer

2. Agenda Recently Filed/Approved /Standards/NOPRs
2015 Standards Enforcement Timetable
Recent NERC Standards Development Activity
NERC Standards Tools and Information
SERC Regional Criteria Development Activity
SERC Technical Committee Document Activity
SERC Standards Tools and Information

3. Reliability Standards Recently Filed and Pending FERC Approval
Standard Number
Title
Filing Date
CIP-014-2
Physical Security
5/15/2015
PRC-004-5
PRC-010-2
Definition
Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction,
Undervoltage Load Shedding,
Remedial Action Scheme (RAS)
6/8/2015
CIP FERC order 802, removes the term “widespread”, replaces with “if rendered inoperable or damaged could result in instability, uncontrolled separation, or Cascading within an Interconnection” Effective with CIP-014-1
PRC-004-5, PRC add UVLS to Misoperations PRC and PRC are effective with PRC-010-1
RAS definition replaces SPS – PRC under draft

4. Reliability Standards Recently Approved by FERC
Title
FERC Approved
Future Enforceable Date
PRC (ii)
PRC (i)
PRC-004-4
PRC-005-2(i)
PRC-005-3(i)
System Protection Coordination, Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation Protection System Misoperations,
Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction, Protection System Maintenance, Protection System and Automatic Reclosing Maintenance,
5/29/2015
7/1/2016
Dispersed Generation Resource group of standards

5. Reliability Standards Recently Approved by FERC
Title
FERC Approved
Future Enforceable Date
PRC-019-2
PRC-024-2
VAR-002-4
Coordination of Generating Unit or Plant Capabilities, Voltage Regulating Controls, and Protection,
Generator Frequency and Voltage Protective Relay Settings
Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules.
5/29/2015
7/1/2016
More of the Dispersed Generation Resource group of standards

6. Reliability Standards Recently Approved by FERC
Title
FERC Approved
Future Enforceable Date
CIP-014-1
CIP-014-2
Physical Security
11/20/2014
7/14/2015
10/1/2015
PRC-006-2
Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding
3/4/2015
COM-001-2
Communications,
4/16/2015
FAC-001-2
FAC-002-2
Facility Interconnection Requirements,
Facility Interconnection Studies
11/6/2014
1/1/2016
CIP – – Enforceable CIP becomes enforceable once approved or with CIP-014-1
PRC – adds requirement to develop a CAP if the PC UVLS plan is found inadequate.
PRC-006-SERC-01 R1,2, 7,8 already enforceable
COM-001-2, Interpersonal Communication: Any medium that allows two or more individuals to interact, consult, or exchange information.
Alternative Interpersonal Communication: Any Interpersonal Communication that is able to serve as a substitute for, and does not utilize the same infrastructure (medium) as, Interpersonal Communication used for day-to-day operation.
FAC – 001-2, FAC – Enforceable 1/1/ PSS updating SERC Facility Interconnection Requirements Guideline.

7. Reliability Standards Recently Approved by FERC
Title
FERC Approved
Future Enforceable Date
NUC-001-3
Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination
11/4/2014
1/1/2016
PRC-005-3
Protection System Maintenance and Automatic Reclosing Maintenance
1/22/2015
4/1/2016
PRC-004-3
PRC-004-4
Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction
5/3/2015,
5/29/2015
7/1/2016
NUC Enforceable 1/1/2016
PRC adds Automatic Reclosing Facilities, FERC Order 803 adds supervisory relays and voltage sensing devices – PRC currently under draft. Proposed combination of implementations plans for PRC through 6. stay tuned.
PRC-004-3, -4 adds new Requirements in addition to the data reporting entities have been doing. SERC Regional Criteria will be updated for data reporting. No additional requirements associated with Standards’s requirements. Misoperations data reporting moving to NERC WebTads.

8. Reliability Standards Recently Approved by FERC
Title
FERC Approved
Future Enforceable Date
COM-002-4
Operating Personnel Communications Protocols
4/16/2015
7/1/2016
MOD-031-1
Demand and Energy Data
2/19/2015
PER-005-2
Operations Personnel Training
6/19/2014
BAL-001-2
Real Power Balancing Control Performance
COM Operating Instructions with predefined communications protocols.
MOD collect Demand, energy and related data to support reliability studies and assessments and to enumerate the responsibilities and obligations of requestors and respondents of that data.
PER – systematic approach to training
BAL To control Interconnection frequency within defined limits. Control Performance Standard 1(CPS1), Balancing Authority ACE Limit (BAAL)

9. Reliability Standards Notice of Proposed Rulings (NOPR) issued by FERC
Title
FERC Issued
NOPR
Future Enforceable Date
PRC-002-2
Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
4/16/2015
Earliest
6 months
PRC-005-4
Protection System, Automatic Reclosing, and Sudden Pressure Relaying Maintenance
36 months
TPL-007-1
Transmission System Planned Performance for Geomagnetic Disturbance Events
5/14/2015
PRC defines where Disturbance Monitoring capability is required and format for data reporting. 6 year implementation.
PRC add sudden pressure relaying to maintenance standard. Sudden Pressure Relaying that are installed for the purpose of detecting Faults on BES Elements (lines, buses,
transformers, etc.)
Sudden Pressure Relaying – A system that trips an interrupting device(s) to isolate the equipment it is monitoring and includes the following Components:
Fault pressure relay – a mechanical relay or device that detects rapid changes in gas pressure, oil pressure, or oil flow that are indicative of Faults within liquid-filled, wire-wound equipment
Control circuitry associated with a fault pressure relay
TPL Establish requirements for Transmission system planned performance during geomagnetic disturbance (GMD) events.

10. Reliability Standards NOPRs issued by FERC
Title
FERC Issued
NOPR
Future Enforceable Date
EOP-011-1
Emergency Operations
6/8/2015
12 months
PRC-010-1
PRC-010-2
Undervoltage Load Shedding
Associated with PRC-012-2
Definition of Remedial Action Scheme
EOP Retires:
• EOP b — Emergency Operations Planning
• EOP — Capacity and Energy Emergencies
• EOP-003-2— Load Shedding Plans
PRC-010-1,2 UVLS To establish an integrated and coordinated approach to the design, evaluation, and reliable operation of Undervoltage Load Shedding Programs. UVLS Misoperations covered in PRC-004-5
RAS replaces SPS SERC Regional Criteria and Guideline will be updated per the new RAS standard PRC once approved, now in draft

11. Reliability Standards NOPRs issued by FERC
Title
FERC Issued
NOPR
Future Enforceable Date
TOP-001-3
TOP-002-4
TOP-003-3
IRO-001-4
IRO-002-4
IRO-008-2
Transmission Operations
Operations Planning
Operational Reliability Data
Reliability Coordination - Responsibilities and Authorities
Reliability Coordination — Analysis Tools
Reliability Coordinator Operational Analyses and Real-time Assessments
6/18/2015
Earliest
9 months for
TOP
12 months for others
IRO, TOP standards

12. Reliability Standards NOPRs issued by FERC
Title
FERC Issued
NOPR
Future Enforceable Date
IRO-010-2
IRO-014-3
IRO-017-1
Reliability Coordinator Data Specification and Collection
Coordination Among Reliability Coordinators
Outage Coordination
6/18/2015
Earliest
9 months for
IRO
12 months for others
IRO, TOP standards continued

13. Reliability Standards NOPRs issued by FERC
Title
FERC Issued
NOPR
Future Enforceable Date
CIP-003-6,
CIP-004-6,
CIP-006-6,
CIP-007-6,
CIP-009-6,
CIP-010-2,
CIP-011-2
Security Management Controls, Personnel and Training, Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems,
Systems Security Management, Recovery Plans for BES Cyber Systems,
Configuration Change Management and Vulnerability Assessments,
Information Protection
7/18/2015
4/1/2016
CIP revisions related to FERC Order 791
In addition, the Commission proposes to direct NERC to develop certain modifications to Reliability Standard CIP and to develop requirements addressing supply chain management.

14. 2015 Standards Enforcement Timetable
Requirements
Enforcement Date
MOD-032-1: Data for Power System Modeling and Analysis R1
7/1/2015
PRC-005-2: Protection System Maintenance
R3,R4 (R1, R2, R5 already enforceable)
10/1/2015
COM Communications
All
CIP-014-1, -2: Physical Security
R1-R6
MOD now in play R1 Planning Coordinator and each of its Transmission Planners shall jointly develop steady-state, dynamics, and short circuit modeling data requirements and reporting
procedures for the Planning Coordinator’s planning area.
PRC – see implementation plan for phase in over 12 years.
COM-001-2, Interpersonal Communication: Any medium that allows two or more individuals to interact, consult, or exchange information.
Alternative Interpersonal Communication: Any Interpersonal Communication that is able to serve as a substitute for, and does not utilize the same infrastructure (medium) as, Interpersonal Communication used for day-to-day operation.
CIP FERC order 802, removes the term “widespread”, replaces with “if rendered inoperable or damaged could result in instability, uncontrolled separation, or Cascading within an Interconnection” Effective with CIP-014-1

15. 2015 Standards Enforcement Timetable
Requirements
Enforcement Date
PRC-006-SERC-01: Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding
R4-R6
10/1/2015
PRC Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding
All
FAC Facility Interconnection Requirements,
FAC Facility Interconnection Studies
1/1/2016
NUC-001-3— Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination
PRC-006-SERC-01 R1,2, 7,8 already enforceable R4-6 = implementation of the plan
FAC – 001-2, FAC – Enforceable 1/1/ PSS updating SERC Facility Interconnection Requirements Guideline.

16. 2016 Standards Enforcement Timetable
Requirements
Enforcement Date
PRC-005-3(i) — Protection System and Automatic Reclosing Maintenance (Disbursed Generation Resources, DGR)
All
4/1/2016
CIP V5 Standards
All, except
CIP R2
4/1/2017
BAL – Real Power Balancing Control Performance
7/1/2016
COM – Operating Personnel Communications Protocols
PRC adds Automatic Reclosing Facilities, (i) adds DGR. FERC Order 803 adds supervisory relays and voltage sensing devices – PRC currently under draft. Proposed combination of implementations plans for PRC through 6. stay tuned.
BAL To control Interconnection frequency within defined limits. Control Performance Standard 1(CPS1), Balancing Authority ACE Limit (BAAL)
COM Operating Instructions with predefined communications protocols.

17. 2016 Standards Enforcement Timetable
Requirements
Enforcement Date
MOD — Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Real and Reactive
Power Capability and Synchronous Condenser Reactive Power Capability
All – See Implementation Plan for 5 year phase in.
7/1/2016
MOD — Demand and Energy Data
All
PER — Operations Personnel Training
PRC — Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction (Dispersed Generation Resources)
MOD provided requirements for Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Real and Reactive Power Capability and Synchronous Condenser Reactive Power Capability. Replaces SERC Regional Criteria, 5 year phase in 40% 2016, 60%2017, 80% 2018, 100% 2019
MOD collect Demand, energy and related data to support reliability studies and assessments and to enumerate the responsibilities and obligations of requestors and respondents of that data.
PER – systematic approach to training
PRC adds DGR to Misoperations reporting

18. 2016-2017 Standards Enforcement Timetable
Requirements
Enforcement Date
PRC-019-1, -2 — Coordination of Generating Unit or Plant Capabilities, Voltage Regulating Controls, and Protection (Version 2 adds DGR)
All – See Implementation Plan for 5 year phase in.
7/1/2016
PRC-024-1, -2 — Generator Frequency and Voltage Protective Relay Settings (Version 2 adds DGR)
MOD-032-1: Data for Power System Modeling and Analysis
R2-R4
MOD — Steady-State and Dynamic System Model Validation
All
7/1/2017
PRC-019-1,2 , PRC-024-1,2: 5 year phase in 40% 2016, 60%2017, 80% 2018, 100% 2019
MOD – the rest of the requirements now enforceable
MOD – model validation – not short circuit.

19. NERC Standards Development Activity
Project : Alignment of Terms - NERC Glossary of Terms and Rules of Procedure
Comments due July 27, 2015
Initial Ballot July 17-27, 2015
Project Phase 1 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls: Reserves (BAL-002-2)
Comments due August 20, 2015
Additional Ballot August 11-20, 2015
Project Emergency Operations
NERC Standards Committee approved SAR posting to revise EOP-004-2, EOP-005-2, EOP and EOP per periodic review.

20. NERC Standards Development Activity
Project Internal Communications Capabilities
Modify COM to address FERC directive from Order 808.
NERC Standards Committee appointed drafting team.
Project Vegetation Management
Revision to FAC-003 to update Minimum Vegetation Clearance Distance (MVCD) Table 2 per test results – NERC Advisory.
Project Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities
NERC Standards Committee approved SAR posting.
Project System Protection Coordination
Phase 1 PRC handles PRC (ii) R3, R4
Phase 2 proposes retirement of PRC (ii) R2, R5 and R6 (covered in other TOP/IRO standards). R1 move to new TOP-009.
Project Internal Communications Capabilities - Project will address the directive from FERC Order No. 808 to modify the COM standard or develop a new standard to address “internal communications capabilities that could involve the issuance or receipt of Operating Instructions or other communications that could have an impact on reliability.”
Project Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities NERC Standards Committee approved SAR posting. SDT can begin work

21. NERC Standards Tools and Information
NERC Standards Page
U.S. Enforcement Dates
U.S. Enforcement Status/
Functional Applicability
spreadsheet
Project Tracking Spreadsheet
Projected Posting Schedule
NERC Standards page is a general page on with links to standards tools.
US Enforcement Dates allows sorting by regulatory status (pending approval, inactive, subject to future enforcement, etc) and gives the enforcement dates by requirement.
US Enforcement Status/Functional Applicability spreadsheet allows past, present, and pending standards to be filtered by variety of characteristics, and is updated weekly
Project Tracking Spreadsheet shows NERC project work plan and is frequently updated
Projected Standards Posting Schedule: Weekly PDF of standards expected for posting for ballot and commenting. .

22. SERC Regional Criteria Development Activity
MOD Replaces SERC Regional Criteria: Verification of Generator Real and Reactive Power Capability. PRC Memorializes SERC Disturbance Monitoring Equipment and Reporting Regional Criteria. Follow PRC once approved. Regional Criteria will be retired with PRC (6 year implementation). BAL Frequency Response and Frequency Bias Setting Data Now Submitted to NERC. PRC Adds New Requirements to Protection System Misoperations Processing. Requirements (R1-R6) and Data Submittals Are TWO Separate Activities!

23. SERC Procedure Development Activity
PRC-004-4:
Protection
System
Misoperation
Identification
and
Correction:
Now = Data
Reporting Plus
Requirements
SERC Regional Criteria will be modified to a Procedure that will provide instructions for data reporting only. The only new requirements are in the new standard. Data will be reported to NERC via WebTADS tool once PRC is effective, 7/1/2016

24. SERC Regional Technical Committee Document Activity
Document Name
SERC Committee
Action
Current Status
Actual and Forecast Demands
Reliability Review Subcommittee
Proposed retirement given approval of MOD-31-1
To be presented for retirement at the 2015 fall Engineering Committee (EC) meeting
Verification of Generator Real and Reactive Capability
Generation Subcommittee, Dynamics Review Subcommittee
Proposed retirement given approval of MOD-025-2
To be presented for retirement at the 2015 fall EC meeting

25. SERC Regional Technical Committee Document Activity
Document Name
SERC Committee
Action
Current Status
Short Circuit Model Building
Short Circuit Data Working Group (SCDWG)
New Regional Criteria
SCDWG will present for approval at the 2015 fall EC meeting
SERC Conservative Operations Guideline
Reliability Risk Team - OC
New Guideline
Approved by OC at 2015 summer meeting
SERC Guideline Facility Connection Requirements
SERC Planning Standards Subcommittee (PSS)
Revision
PSS has addressed comments and will present for approval at the 2015 fall EC meeting
Transmission System Performance being retired due to retirement of TPL-001 through 004. The RRS will determine if a new SERC document is necessary to meet the needs of TPL-001-4
FAC being revised per FAC-001-2

26. SERC Regional Technical Committee Document Activity
Document Name
SERC Committee
Action
Current Status
Disturbance Monitoring Equipment (DME) Installation and Reporting Requirements
Protection and Controls Subcommittee (PCS)
Memorialize
Regional Criteria will remain as is until
PRC is retired by PRC-002-2
Special Protection System / Remedial Action Scheme (SPS/RAS) Misoperations
Protection and Controls Subcommittee
Revision
PCS will present for approval at the fall EC meeting

27. SERC Standards Tools and Information
SERC Standards and Regional Criteria Page
Regional Standards and Criteria news
Standards Committee Links
Biweekly Standards Report
SERC Regional Criteria and Guidelines Page

28. Questions?