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1 NPCC 2008 General Meeting- Standards Program Area- Overview of Regional Standards Development Guy V. Zito Assistant Vice President Standards September 25, 2008 September 25,

2 Standards Program Area Overview: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Coordination, Provincial and State Regulatory Agencies Support of te NERC/ERO Coordination wit NERC Reliability Standards NPCC Regional Reliability Standards Development NPCC Criteria/Directories September 25,

3 Coordination wit FERC Coordination wit FERC: Actively review and coordinate responses to: FERC Preliminary Staff Assessments FERC NOPRs Communicate Rulings troug te RSC Engage FERC Staff in NPCC Activities and Standards Development Promote Regulatory involvement in te RSC: New York State Public Service Commission Adoption of NPCC Mandatory Criteria, effective July 23, 2007 and revised and re-filed in May 2008 Promote te NPCC BPS Definition September 25,

4 NERC-ERO Support Activities iti Participation in: Standards Committee Standards Committee Process Subcommittee Regional Reliability Standards Working Group NERC/ERO Standards Worksops Drafting Teams-NERC, RFC, SERC, and MRO Development elopment of: Pro Forma Regional Reliability Standards Development Procedure Common Attributes t NERC/ERO tree year workplan Reliability Standards Development Procedure Manual September 25,

5 NERC Standards Coordination NERC Workplan Issues: 42 Projects in Total (Projects are Groups of Related Standards) Formal Interpretations-Compliance Driven Response to FERC Directives New RSARs added to te scedule Scedule Industry Resources Coordination between standards Nort American Energy Standards Board NAESB September 25,

6 NERC Standards Coordination NPCC Coordination wit NERC Reliability Standards: Participate in development of NERC 3 year workplan revisions-(fill in te blank stds.) Participate in revision of te NERC Reliability Standards d processes NPCC Regional Reliability Standards Workplan NPCC Criteria/Directories and Workplan September 25,

7 NERC Standards Coordination Projects initiated prior to 2005: Operate Witin Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits (IRO-007 troug IRO-010) Projects initiated in 2006: System Personnel Training (PER-002 and PER-004) Transmission Assessments and Plans (TPL-001 to TPL- 006) (ATFN) System Restoration and Blackstart (EOP-005 to EOP- 007, EOP-009) Backup Facilities (IRO-002 and EOP-008) Reliability Coordination (COM-001, COM-002, IRO-001, IRO-002, IRO-005, IRO-014, IRO-015, and IRO-016,) Transfer Capabilities: ATC, TTC, CBM, and TRM (FAC- 012, FAC-013, and MOD-001 to MOD-009) Transmission Loading Relief (IRO-006) Facility Ratings (FAC-008 and FAC-009) September 25,

8 NERC Standards Coordination 2007 NERC Standards Under Development: Underfrequency Load Sedding (PRC-006, PRC-007, and PRC-009)(PRC-006-NPCC-01) Operating Personnel Communications Protocols (COM- 002) Real-time Transmission Operations and Balancing of Load and Generation (TOP-001 to TOP-008, and PER-001) Certifying System Operators (PER-003) Balancing Autority Controls (BAL , and BAL-004 to BAL-006)(PRC-002-NPCC-01) System Protection (PRC-001) Vegetation Management (FAC-003) Generator Verification (MOD-024, MOD-025, MOD-026, MOD-027, PRC-019, PRC-024) Disturbance Monitoring (PRC-002 and PRC-018)(PRC- 018-NPCC-01) September 25,

9 NERC Standards Coordination Continued NERC Standards Under Development: Frequency Response (EOP-005 to EOP 007, and EOP- 009) Permanent Canges to Timing Table in Coordinate Intercange Standards (INT-005, INT-006, and INT-008) Protection System Maintenance and Testing (PRC-005, PRC , PRC , and PRC-017) Reliability-based Control (BAL-001, BAL-003, EOP-002, and IRO-005) Replace Levels of Non-Compliance wit Violation Severity Levels (83 standards d approved by FERC) September 25,

10 NERC Standards Coordination 2008 Standards Sceduled for Development: Voltage and Reactive Control (VAR-001 and VAR-002) Undervoltage Load Sedding (PRC-010 and PRC-022) Facility Ratings Order Credible Multiple Element Contingencies Cyber Security Order EOP Violation Severity Levels Revisions In Process standards d tat t are not part of te Projects in te workplan include, but are not limited to: CIP Cyber Security Standards BAL Balancing Standards PRC 023 Relay Loadability September 25,

11 NERC Standards Coordination Projects anticipated to commence in 2009: Disturbance and Sabotage Reporting (CIP-001 and EOP- 004) Real-time Tools Emergency Operations Pasor Measurements Units Resource Adequacy Assessments Projects anticipated to commence in 2010: Support Personnel Training Connecting New Fac. to te Grid (FAC-001 & FAC-002) Inter. Information (INT-001, and INT-003 to INT-010) Modeling Data (MOD-010 to MOD-015, PRC-013, PRC- 015, PRC-020, and PRC-021) Demand Data (MOD-016 to MOD-021) Protection Sys.(PRC-003,PRC-004, PRC-012, PRC-014, and PRC-016)(PRC-012-NPCC-01) ) NERC-NAESB Definitions Alignment September 25,

12 NERC Standards Coordination Projects anticipated to commence in 2011: Equipment Monitoring and Diagnostic Devices September 25,

13 NPCC Regional Reliability Standards Reliability Standards Committee (RSC) Oversee, Manage, and Maintain te Regional Procedure: Filed and Accepted by FERC Refiled to reflect merger of NPCC and NPCC CBRE Develop Regional Standards per NPCC Regional Standards Workplan: Disturbance Monitoring Special Protection Systems Balancing Autority Controls and Reserve Saring Underfrequency Load Sedding (UFLS) Classification of Bulk Power System Elements (A-10) Generator Registry Criteria Relationsip between Directories and Standards September 25,

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15 NPCC Regional Reliability Standards Wat steps will it take to create a standard? 1. Submit an NPCC RSAR 2. RSC reviews, posts notifications 3. RCC assigns Lead Task Force 4. Task Force(s) draft RRS and implementation plan in open session-support from NPCC Staff on compliance issues. 5. Lead Task Force posts for comment 6. Comments reviewed, and responses posted. 7. Lead Task Force sends to RSC 8. RSC solicits tecnical recommendation from RCC September 25,

16 NPCC Regional Reliability Standards Wat steps will it take to create a standard? (Cont.) 9. RSC will request field test if necessary 10. RSC will post for pre-ballot review 11. NPCC Inc. Membersip will vote 12. NPCC Board will submit to NERC/ERO for approvals 13. NPCC Regional Reliability Standard will be filed wit te FERC and applicable Canadian Provincial i Regulatory Autorities 14. Regulatory Autorities process and adopt 15. NPCC provides notifications and implements according to Plan September 25,

17 NPCC Regional Reliability Standards September 25,

18 NPCC Directories Compreensive Document by Criteria Type Criteria, Guides and Procedure Documents Remove Redundancies Rewrite more Stringent aspects into Requirements Format to Acieve Consistency wit RS Ease Compliance Determinations Relegate Need for Mapping to RS Directory Project Targeted for completion in 2009 September 25,

19 Standards Program Area Questions or Comments? September 25,

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