Status of NERC Standards Activity

Joint Guidance Committee MeetingJanuary 23-24, 2007

Status of NERC Standards Activity

Joint Guidance Committee MeetingJanuary 23-24, 2007

Steve Rueckert - WECC

Director, Standards and Compliance

Standards Recently Approved

Missing Measures and Compliance Elements 20 different standards Initial ballot held October 6-16, 2006 Final ballot held October 20-29 91.6% Quorum 69.48% approval

System Operating Limits Methodology and Communication (FAC-010, 011, and 014) Initial ballot held September 19-29, 2006 Final ballot held October 13-23 84.93% Quorum 71.66% approval (vs. 74.5% on initial ballot)

Standards Recently Voted Down

Operating Personnel Credentials (PER-003-1) Clarification of interpretation Initial ballot held September 19-29 90.87% Quorum 9.90% Approval Interpretation of applicability not passed

Standards Recently Balloted Violation Risk Factors

Protection and control 81.52% quorum, 71.62% approval

Balance and Interchange 82.67% quorum, 77.15% approval

Communications and Facilities 81.59% quorum, 75.64% approval

Emergency Operations 82.01% quorum, 68.85% approval

Interconnection Reliability Operations 81.59% quorum, 75.77% approval

Standards Recently Balloted Violation Risk Factors

Modeling 82.25% quorum, 83.62% approval

Personnel 81.65% quorum, 65.34% approval

Transmission Operations and Voltage Control 81.65% quorum, 77.83% approval

Transmission Planning 82.01% quorum, 73.45% approval

Standards in the Ballot Process

None

Standards Posted for 30-day Pre-ballot Review

None

Standards Undergoing Comments Transmission Relay Loadability (PRC-023-1)

TOS Codifies relay loadability criteria from Blackout

Recommendations Second draft of this standard Comments due February 7 (30 day)

Standards Undergoing Comments Balance Resources and Demand (BAL-007 –

011) OC/CMOPS/PWG Changes based on stakeholder input Conformance with NERC Standards

Development Procedures and ROP Comments due January 31

Standards Undergoing Comments IROL Standards (IRO-007 – 010)

OC/CMOPS Require RC to monitor wide area, have plans to

prevent and mitigate IROLs, direct action to support operating within IROLs, and spedify and collect data to meet these requirements.

Conformance with NERC Standards Development Procedures and ROP

Comments due February 15

Standards Undergoing Comments Facility Ratings (FAC-008-1 and 009-1)

TSS/RS ?? SAR and Standard posted together Few changes Merge into one standard Address FERC Concerns Conform with NERC Rules of Procedure (ROP) Comments due February 28 (45 day)

SARs Undergoing Comments Vegetation Management (FAC-003-1 )

Responsibility ?? Address FERC Concerns Conform with NERC ROP Comments due February 14 (30 day)

SARs Undergoing Comments Reliability Coordinator Standards (27 standards)

OC/RCS ?? Proposes retiring, modifying, or additions Address FERC Concerns Conform with NERC ROP Comments due February 14 (30 day)

Drafting Team Nominations Facility Ratings SAR and SDT (FAC-008

and FAC-009)Vegetation Management SAR Drafting

Team (FAC-003)

Address concerns identified by FERCConform with NERC Rules of ProcedureNominations due by January 29

Other ActivitiesOperate within IROL Limits Standard

Drafting Team Addresses RC preparations and actions Nominations closed January 19 WECC representation?

Three-year Reliability Standards Development Plan Plan for addressing necessary changes to

NERC Standards Posted on NERC web site

New NERC Websitewww.nerc.comRecognizes NERC as North American

Electric Reliability CorporationBetter layoutStandard activity page is very helpful

From home page select standards From standards page select Standards Under

Development Link from WECC home page