Reliability Standards

FRCC Compliance Workshop

September / October 2008

Reliability Standards

• Developed through an open and balanced standards development process

NERC Reliability StandardsFRCC Regional Reliability Standards

• All reliability standards must be approved by NERC and FERC for mandatory enforcement

Order 693 Order 706Other orders

• Applicability based on registration (functions)

NERC Functional Model provides basis

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• Any interested person/entity can submit SARReliability Standards Development Procedure V6.1, pg. 35

• Establishes purpose and scope of a new standard or refinements to existing standards

• Must support a specific reliability goal

• Details justification and impacts to reliability andmarkets

• Submit to NERC Standards Process Manager

Standard Authorization Request

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Standard Authorization Request

• Sponsored by requester until standard authorizedfor development

• Standard Committee may appoint SAR draftingteam to assist requester

• Public comments on proposed SAR (multiplepostings possible)

• Standard Committee authorizes standarddevelopment when consensus reached on purposeand scope of SAR

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Drafting Teams

• Standards Committee appoints drafting teams

Solicitation for volunteers announced to: NERC roster, Standards, RBB mailing lists

Look for balance across segments, regions and related experienceTry to keep teams to manageable sizeAnyone can participate, open meetings

• Normally have SAR and STD drafting teams

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Drafting Team Members

• Represent their industry segment and organization

• Provide knowledge and expertise

• Provide segment feedback on standard development activities

• Provide response to comments of the industry on proposed standards

• Educate industry on standards developmentprocess

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Registered Ballot Body

• To vote on standards projects, organization must first be a RBB member.

• To be an RBB member you must:Qualify for one of the 10 stakeholder segmentsRegister with NERC to become part of RBBCan register for all segments that apply to your organization, some restrictions for affiliated companies etc.

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Stakeholder Segments

1. Transmission Owners2. RTOs/ISOs3. Load-Serving Entities4. Transmission Dependent Utilities5. Electric Generators6. Brokers, Aggregators, Marketers7. Large Electricity End Users8. Small Electricity Users9. Federal, State, and Provincial Regulatory or otherGovernment Entities10. Regional Reliability Organizations and RegionalEntities

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Ballot Pool

• To vote on a particular standard, a RBB membermust sign-up for specific ballot pool during openrequest period.

• Announcement made at least 30-days prior to ballot for ballot pool participants.

• Weighted Segment Voting is the official mechanism to determine consensus for a standard.

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Request for Comments

• Industry input is key to developing technicallyexcellent standards

• Drafting teams prepare draft SARs and standardsfor comment

Comment formSpecific questions on key issues underconsiderationHelps determine industry consensus

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FRCC Standards Manager

Resource to FRCC registered entities for questions about:

•NERC and FRCC standards development process

•Implementation of existing standards

•Status of standards

Contact Peter HeidrichManager of Reliability Standards

pheidrich@frcc.com(813) 207-7994 13

Helpful Links

• For NERC Reliability Standardshttps://standards.nerc.net/RBB.aspx

http://www.nerc.com/filez/standards/Reliability_Standards_Under_Development.html

http://www.nerc.com/fileUploads/File/Standards/SIMSUsersGuide.pdf

• For FRCC Regional Reliability Standardshttps://www.frcc.com/Standards/default.aspx

https://www.frcc.com/Standards/StandardsUnderDev.aspx

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Questions ?

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