Transcript NERC Policy 1 - RLSease Associates, LLC

NERC Policies
Introduction
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What is NERC?
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Northeast U.S. blackout of 1965
Electric Power Reliability Act of 1967
Ten regional councils
Organizational objectives
– Define and measure reliability
– Influence and interpret legislation regarding
the power industry
– Study interregional connections
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NERC Regions
NPCC
MAPP
WSCC
ECAR
MAIN
SPP
SERC
ERCOT
MAAC
FRCC
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NERC Organization
• Board of Trustees
• Engineering Committee
• Operating Committee
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NERC Operating Committee
Mission
• To promote the reliability of the electricity
supply for North America,
• To establish Policies,
• To monitor compliance,
• To provide a forum for dealing with issues.
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NERC Standards Development
Players
• Standards Committee
– Operating Committee
– Engineering Committee
• Subgroup
• Due Process Appeals Committee
• Technical Appeals Committee
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Standards Development Process
1. Request to revise or develop standard
2. Assignment to subgroup
3. Drafting phase and Internet announcement
4. Draft standard posted for comment
5. Subgroup deliberates on comments
6. Draft standard submitted to Standards Committee
7. Standards Committee votes on recommendation to Board
8. Appeals processes
9. Board approves
10. Standard implementation or further appeals
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Waivers to NERC Operating
Policies
• Instances when an entity cannot comply
with a NERC Operating Policy
• Requested from the Operating Committee
• Waiver request must include an alternative
plan
• Temporary
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Waivers in Effect
1. Scheduling Agent
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Alliance RTO
Midwest ISO
Southwest Power Pool
GridSouth
2. Financial Inadvertent Settlement
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Alliance RTO
Midwest ISO
Southwest Power Pool
3. Control Performance Standard 2
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ERCOT
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Personnel Subcommittee
• Responsible for support materials
• Promotes sharing of knowledge
• Periodically reviews NERC Operating Policies
pertaining to System Operator training and
certification and recommends revisions
• Establishes policies and standards for NERC
System Operator Certification
• Serves as the interim governance body for the
NERC System Operator Certification Program
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Introduction to the Operating Policies
NERC Doctrine
• Policies -- Place responsibility for operating
reliability on the Control Areas
• Standards -- Requirements that are measurable and
may be audited with surveys
• Requirements -- Describe the obligations of a
Control Area
• Guides -- Operating practices to be considered
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Interconnections
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Control Area
• An electrical system bounded by
interconnection (tie-line) metering and
telemetry
• Two requirements:
– Directly controls its generation to balance
its actual and scheduled interchange
– Helps regulate and stabilize the
Interconnection’s alternating-current
frequency
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Control Area Obligations
• Interchange balance
• Interconnection frequency
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Interchange Balance
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Generation & Load Balancing
Control Area B
Control Area D
100 MW
150 MW
Control Area A
Control Area C
50
MW
tie line flow =
100 -150 + 100 - 50 =
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Control Area E
100 MW
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Interconnection Frequency
• Automatic Generation Control (AGC)
• Generator governors
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Compliance
Control Areas are obligated to adhere to all
NERC Operating Requirements and
Standards.
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Control Area Reporting
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Inadvertent Interchange Accounting
Control Performance Surveys
Area Interchange Error Surveys
Frequency Response Characteristic Surveys
Frequency Bias Settings
Allowable Limit of Average Deviation
Survey
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Security Coordinators
• Established in 1996
• Established the requirements for sharing of data and
information about the “health” of the Interconnection
• Established the Interregional Security Network for each
Interconnection
• Required every Region, subregion, or interregional
coordinating group to establish a Security Coordinator
• Required that each Region develop a security plan
• Rely on common operating terminology, criteria and
standards
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Operating Policy Layout
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NERC Operating Policy Terms
• Several pages of terms and definitions are
located in the Operating Manual
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Confirmation as a Control Area
To be recognized as a NERC-Certified
CONTROL AREA, the entity must be
reviewed by the REGIONAL COUNCIL in
which the entity is a member and and
confirmed that it meets the requirements of
the specified Criteria.
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Control Area Criteria
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Generation
Metering
Communications
Transmission
Arrangements
• System Operators
• E-tag Services
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Performance Surveys
Back-up Control Center
Coordination
System Restoration
Compliance with NERC
Operating Policies and
Standards
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Security Coordinator
Standards
of
Conduct
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Security Coordinator Standards of
Conduct
• Independent of employees/persons who
engage in retail or wholesale merchant
functions
• Abide by rules governing employee
conduct
• Written procedures publicly available and
provided to all Security Coordinator
employees
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Questions?