ercot / nerc compliance update october 9, 2003
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ERCOT / NERC Compliance Update October 9, 2003. NERC Compliance Reporting. 64 Planning Standards 17 Operating Standards Types of Assessments Periodic Reports Self-Certifications Investigations Audits. NERC Compliance Reporting. Measure P2T2 – Operating Security Limit (OSL) Violations - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ERCOT / NERC Compliance
UpdateOctober 9, 2003
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NERC Compliance Reporting
• 64 Planning Standards• 17 Operating Standards
• Types of Assessments– Periodic Reports– Self-Certifications– Investigations– Audits
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NERC Compliance Reporting
Measure P2T2 – Operating Security Limit (OSL) Violations
• Return Transmission System to within Operating Security Limits within 30 minutes
• Violations reported to the NERC Compliance Director within 72 hours
• Regional Reliability Organization (RRO) selects critical elements to be monitored
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NERC Compliance Reporting
OSL Violations
• 2002 – 103 Violations reported to NERC– Based on Double Circuit Contingency Criteria
• 2003 – 2 Violations reported to NERC so far– Based on W-N and S-N CSCs Criteria
• If 2003 criteria would have been used in 2002, there would have been approximately 6 Violations reported in 2002.
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NERC Compliance Reporting
OSL Violations
• ERCOT has not changed what is monitored and analyzed, only the criteria used to determine what is reported to NERC
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ERCOT Protocol Compliance
Types of Assessments
• Day-to-Day Monitoring– Fail to follow Valid Dispatch Instructions
• Data Gathering and Reporting– Unit Net Dependable Capability Testing
• Audit/Self-Certification
• Investigation– EECP
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ERCOT Protocol Compliance
Who will be assessed?• Transmission Operators• Qualified Scheduling Entities• Power Generating Companies
When will enforcement begin?• Enforcement of some has already begun (Day-Ahead
and Real-Time Operations related Protocols)• Enforcement of remaining Reliability-Based Protocols
to be phased in beginning January 1, 2004
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ERCOT Protocol Compliance
Reporting
• Assessment (Reporting) Period for the different Protocols will vary, i.e., continuous, monthly, seasonal, annual, biennial.
• Report Card – Information related to which MPs pass and fail each assessed Reliability-Based Protocol will be posted on the ERCOT Web Site