Project Revisions to TOP and IRO Reliability Standards Mapping Document Updated December 2014

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1 Project Revisions to TOP and IRO Reliability Standards Mapping Document Updated December 2014 This mapping document showing the translation of Requirements in the following currently-enforceable standards to revised or new standards developed in Project : IRO Reliability Coordination - Responsibilities and Authorities IRO Reliability Coordination - Facilities IRO Reliability Coordination Wide-Area View IRO Reliability Coordination Operations Planning IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations IRO Reliability Coordinator Operational Analyses and Real-time Assessments IRO-010-1a Reliability Coordinator Data Specification and Collection IRO Procedures, Processes, or Plans to Support Coordination Between Reliability Coordinators IRO Notifications and Information Exchange Between Reliability Coordinators IRO Coordination of Real-time Activities Between Reliability Coordinators PER Operating Personnel Responsibility and Authority TOP-001-1a Reliability Responsibilities and Authorities TOP b Normal Operations Planning TOP Planned Outage Coordination TOP Transmission Operations TOP-005-2a Operational Reliability Information TOP Monitoring System Conditions 1 TOP Reporting System Operating Limit (SOL) and Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) Violations TOP Response to Transmission Limit Violations 1 TOP is the currently enforceable version of this standard; TOP was developed in response to a request for interpretation seeking clarification of Requirement R1 and does not substantively change the Requirements of TOP In its NOPR proposing to remand the TOP and IRO standard, FERC proposed to approve TOP The drafting team has mapped the Requirements in the new standards to TOP because the Parts of Requirement R1 in TOP more clearly delineate which entity has responsibility.

2 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination - Responsibilities and Authorities R1. Each Regional Reliability Organization, subregion, or interregional coordinating group shall establish one or more Reliability Coordinators to continuously assess transmission reliability and coordinate emergency operations among the operating entities within the region and across the regional boundaries. R2. The Reliability Coordinator shall comply with a regional reliability plan approved by the NERC Operating Committee. The SDT proposes retiring the requirement as it is addressed in the NERC Rules of Procedure, January 30, 2014: Section (2.1) Regional Entities shall verify that all Reliability Coordinators, Balancing Authorities, and Transmission Operators meet the Registration requirements of Section 501(1.4). Section 501 (1.4) 1.4 For all geographical or electrical areas of the Bulk Power System, the Registration process shall ensure that (1) no areas are lacking any entities to perform the duties and tasks identified in and required by the Reliability Standards to the fullest extent practical, and (2) there is no unnecessary duplication of such coverage or of required oversight of such coverage. In particular the process shall: Ensure that all areas are under the oversight of one and only one Reliability Coordinator Ensure that all Balancing Authorities and Transmission operator entities are under the responsibility of one and only one Reliability Coordinator Ensure that all transmission Facilities of the Bulk Power System are the responsibility and under the control of one and only one Transmission Planner, Planning Authority, and Transmission Operator Ensure that all loads and generators are under the responsibility and control of one and only one Balancing Authority. The SDT is proposing to retire this requirement. The SDT proposes retiring Requirement R2 as the regional reliability plan is a high level overview how document that shows how a Reliability Coordinator will comply with other NERC Standards. As a result, this requirement is administrative and redundant to other measureable and enforceable requirements within the standards. Since the requirement is generally administrative, it does not materially impact the reliability of the BES. The Reliability Plan concept is a holdover from the transition period from the Operating Policies to the Version 0 standards and was used extensively in the readiness evaluation process by the Operating Committee. The template used for the Reliability Plan is actually an outline of Operating Policy 9. The material included in the plan was a description of how an entity satisfied the specific functional areas under Policy 9. With the transition of Policy 9 to the IRO and other standards, the items addressed in Mapping Document Project December

3 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination - Responsibilities and Authorities the reliability plans are inherently addressed in the body of other more measurable Reliability Standards. R3. The Reliability Coordinator shall have clear This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-001-4, Requirements R1 and R2. decision-making authority to act and direct actions The SDT does not believe that there is a need for a decision-making authority requirement as the to be taken by Transmission Operators, Balancing decision-making authority is inherent when the requirement states that the Reliability Coordinator must Authorities, Generator Operators, Transmission act, or by issuing Operating Instructions. Service Providers, Load-Serving Entities and Purchasing-Selling Entities within its Reliability Proposed IRO-001-4, Requirements R1 and R2: Coordinator Area to preserve the integrity and R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall act to address the reliability of its Reliability Coordinator Area via reliability of the Bulk Electric System. These actions direct actions or by issuing Operating Instructions. shall be taken without delay, but no longer than 30 minutes. R2. Each Transmission Operator, Balancing Authority, Generator Operator, and Distribution Provider shall comply with its Reliability Coordinator s Operating Instructions unless compliance with the Operating Instructions cannot be physically implemented or unless such actions would violate safety, equipment, regulatory, or statutory requirements. R4. Reliability Coordinators that delegate tasks to other entities shall have formal operating agreements with each entity to which tasks are delegated. The Reliability Coordinator shall verify that all delegated tasks are understood, communicated, and addressed within its Reliability Coordinator Area. All responsibilities for complying with NERC and regional standards applicable to Reliability Coordinators shall remain with the Reliability Coordinator. The SDT is proposing to retire this requirement. The SDT contends that approved IRO , Requirement R4 is redundant with NERC Rules of Procedure, Section 500 (January 30, 2014) and should be retired from the standard. (Section 501) The purpose of the Organization Registration Program is to clearly identify those entities that are responsible for compliance with the FERC approved Reliability Standards. Organizations that are registered are included on the NERC Compliance Registry (NCR) and are responsible for knowing the content of and for complying with all applicable Reliability Standards. (Section 508) Provisions Relating to Coordinated Functional Registration (CFR) Entities In addition to registering as an entity responsible for all functions that it performs itself, multiple entities may each register using a CFR for one or more Reliability Standard(s) and/or for one or more Requirements/sub-Requirements within particular Reliability Standard(s) applicable to a specific function. The CFR submission must include a written agreement that governs itself and clearly specifies the entities respective compliance responsibilities. The Registration of the CFR is the complete Mapping Document Project December

4 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination - Responsibilities and Authorities Registration for each entity. Additionally, each entity shall take full compliance responsibility for those Reliability Standards and/or Requirements/sub-Requirements it has registered for in the CFR. Neither NERC nor the Regional Entity shall be parties to any such agreement, nor shall NERC or the Regional Entity have responsibility for reviewing or approving any such agreement, other than to verify that the agreement provides for an allocation or assignment of responsibilities consistent with the CFR. R5. The Reliability Coordinator shall list within its The SDT is proposing to retire this requirement consistent with Paragraph 81 criteria as it is strictly reliability plan all entities to which the Reliability administrative in nature. Coordinator has delegated required tasks. R6. The Reliability Coordinator shall verify that all delegated tasks are carried out by NERC-certified Reliability Coordinator operating personnel. R7. The Reliability Coordinator shall have clear, comprehensive coordination agreements with adjacent Reliability Coordinators to ensure that System Operating Limit (SOL) or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) violation mitigation requiring actions in adjacent Reliability Coordinator Areas are coordinated. R8: Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities, Generator Operators, Transmission Service Providers, Load-Serving Entities, and Purchasing- Selling Entities shall comply with Reliability Coordinator directives unless such actions would violate safety, equipment, or regulatory or statutory requirements. Under these circumstances, the Transmission Operator, Balancing Authority, Generator Operator, Transmission Service Provider, Load-Serving Entity, or Purchasing-Selling Entity shall immediately inform the Reliability Coordinator of the inability to perform the directive so that the Reliability The SDT is proposing to retire this requirement. The Reliability Coordinator may delegate tasks but cannot delegate the responsibility for these tasks. Therefore, it is not necessary to mandate that delegated tasks must be carried out by certified personnel as it is the responsibility of the Reliability Coordinator to ensure that the task is carried out. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-014-3, Requirement R1. Proposed IRO-014-3, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have and implement Operating Procedures, Operating Processes, or Operating Plans, for activities that require notification or coordination of actions that may impact adjacent Reliability Coordinator Areas, to support Interconnection reliability. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-001-4, Requirements R2 and R3. Proposed IRO-001-4, Requirements R2 and R3: R2. Each Transmission Operator, Balancing Authority, Generator Operator, and Distribution Provider shall comply with its Reliability Coordinator s Operating Instructions unless compliance with the Operating Instructions cannot be physically implemented or unless such actions would violate safety, equipment, regulatory, or statutory requirements. R3. Each Transmission Operator, Balancing Authority, Generator Operator, and Distribution Provider shall inform its Reliability Coordinator upon recognition of its inability to perform an Operating Instruction in accordance with Requirement R2. Mapping Document Project December

5 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination - Responsibilities and Authorities Coordinator may implement alternate remedial actions. R9. The Reliability Coordinator shall act in the The SDT is proposing to retire this requirement as it is redundant with the definition of Reliability interests of reliability for the overall Reliability Coordinator in Functional Model v5. The NERC Functional Model Version 5 defines the Reliability Coordinator Area and the Interconnection before Coordinator function as follows: The functional entity that maintains the Real-time operating reliability the interests of any other entity. of the Bulk Electric System within a Reliability Coordinator Area. An entity performing Reliability Coordinator services must meet this definition. Mapping Document Project December

6 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination Facilities R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have adequate communications facilities (voice and data links) to appropriate entities within its Reliability Coordinator Area. These communications facilities shall be staffed and available to act in addressing a real-time emergency condition. The first sentence of this requirement is replaced by proposed COM Requirement R1 for voice links and proposed IRO Requirement R1 for data links. The second sentence of this requirement is covered by approved PER Requirement R1 so to eliminate redundancy, that part of the requirement is not proposed to be replaced. Proposed COM-001-2, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have Interpersonal Communication capability with the following entities (unless the Reliability Coordinator detects a failure of its Interpersonal Communication capability in which case Requirement R10 shall apply): 1.1 All Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities within its Reliability Coordinator Area. 1.2 Each adjacent Reliability Coordinator within the same Interconnection. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have data exchange capabilities with its Balancing Authorities and Transmission Operators, and with other entities it deems necessary, for it to perform its Operational Planning Analyses, Real-time monitoring, and Real-time Assessments. R2. Each Reliability Coordinator or its Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities shall provide, or arrange provisions for, data exchange to other Reliability Coordinators or Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities via a secure network. R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have multi-directional communications capabilities with its Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities, and with neighboring Reliability Approved PER-004-2, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall be staffed with adequately trained and NERC-certified Reliability Coordinator operators, 24 hours per day, seven days per week. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-010-2, Requirements R1 and R3, Part 3.3. Proposed IRO-010-2, Requirements R1 and R3, Part 3.3: R1. The Reliability Coordinator shall maintain a documented specification for the data necessary for it to perform its Operational Planning Analyses, Real-time monitoring, and Real-time Assessments. R3. Part 3.3. A mutually agreeable security protocol This requirement is replaced by proposed COM Requirement R1 and proposed IRO Requirement R2. Proposed COM-001-2, Requirement R1: Mapping Document Project December

7 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination Facilities Coordinators, for both voice and data exchange as required to meet reliability needs of the Interconnection. R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have Interpersonal Communication capability with the following entities (unless the Reliability Coordinator detects a failure of its Interpersonal Communication capability in which case Requirement R10 shall apply): 1.1 All Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities within its Reliability Coordinator Area. 1.2 Each adjacent Reliability Coordinator within the same Interconnection. R4. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have detailed real-time monitoring capability of its Reliability Coordinator Area and sufficient monitoring capability of its surrounding Reliability Coordinator Areas to ensure that potential or actual System Operating Limit or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit violations are identified. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have monitoring systems that provide information that can be easily understood and interpreted by the Reliability Coordinator s operating personnel, giving particular emphasis to alarm management and awareness systems, automated data transfers, and synchronized information systems, over a redundant and highly reliable infrastructure. R5. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Bulk Electric System elements (generators, transmission lines, buses, transformers, breakers, etc.) that could result in SOL or IROL violations within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor both real and reactive power system flows, and operating reserves, and the status of Bulk Electric System elements that are or could be critical to Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R2: R2. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have data exchange capabilities with Balancing Authorities and Transmission Operators, and with other entities it deems necessary, for it to perform its Operational Planning Analyses, Real-time monitoring, and Real-time Assessments. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-002-4, Requirements R4 and R5. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirements R3 and R4: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. R4. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have monitoring systems that provide information utilized by the Reliability Coordinator s operating personnel, giving particular emphasis to alarm management and awareness systems, automated data transfers, and synchronized information systems, over a redundant infrastructure. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Mapping Document Project December

8 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination Facilities SOLs and IROLs and system restoration requirements within its Reliability Coordinator Area. R6. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have adequate analysis tools such as state estimation, pre- and post-contingency analysis capabilities (thermal, stability, and voltage), and widearea overview displays. R7. Each Reliability Coordinator shall continuously monitor its Reliability Coordinator Area. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have provisions for backup facilities that shall be exercised if the main monitoring system is unavailable. Each Reliability Coordinator shall ensure SOL and IROL monitoring and derivations continue if the main monitoring system is unavailable. R8. Each Reliability Coordinator shall control its Reliability Coordinator analysis tools, including approvals for planned maintenance. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-008-5, Requirement R5 and the proposed definition of Real-time Assessment. Proposed IRO-008, Requirement R4: R4. Each Reliability Coordinator shall ensure that a Real-time Assessment is performed at least once every 30 minutes. Proposed definition: Real-time Assessment - An evaluation of system conditions using Real-time data to assess existing (pre-contingency) and potential (post-contingency) operating conditions. The assessment shall reflect applicable inputs including, but not limited to: load, generation output levels, known Protection System and Special Protection System status or degradation, Transmission outages, generator outages, Interchange, Facility Ratings, and identified phase angle and equipment limitations. (Real-time Assessment may be provided through internal systems or through third-party services.) This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3 and approved EOP , Requirement R1, Part Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Approved EOP-008-1, Requirement R1, Part 1.6.2: R1. Part Actions to manage the risk to the BES during the transition from primary to backup functionality as well as during outages of the primary or backup functionality. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-002, Requirement R2 and approved EOP-008-1, Requirement R1, Part Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R2: Mapping Document Project December

9 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination Facilities procedures in place to mitigate the effects of analysis tool R2. Each Reliability Coordinator shall provide its System Operators with the authority to outages. approve planned outages and maintenance of its telecommunications, monitoring and analysis capabilities. Approved EOP-008-1, Requirement R1, Part 1.6.2: R1. Part Actions to manage the risk to the BES during the transition from primary to backup functionality as well as during outages of the primary or backup functionality. Standard IRO Reliability Coordination - Wide-Area View Replaced with proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3. R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor all Bulk Electric System facilities, which may include sub-transmission information, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and adjacent Reliability Coordinator Areas, as necessary to ensure that, at any time, regardless of prior planned or unplanned events, the Reliability Coordinator is able to determine any potential System Operating Limit and Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit violations within its Reliability Coordinator Area. R2. Each Reliability Coordinator shall know the current status of all critical facilities whose failure, degradation or disconnection could result in an SOL or IROL violation. Reliability Coordinators shall also know the status of any facilities that may be required to assist area restoration objectives. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Replaced with proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3 and revised definitions of Operational Planning Analysis and Real-time Assessment. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Proposed definition: Operational Planning Analysis - An evaluation of projected system conditions to assess anticipated (pre-contingency) and potential (post-contingency) conditions for next-day Mapping Document Project December

10 Standard IRO Reliability Coordination - Wide-Area View operations. The evaluation shall reflect applicable inputs including, but not limited to, load forecasts; generation output levels; Interchange; known Protection System and Special Protection System status or degradation; Transmission outages; generator outages; Facility Ratings; and identified phase angle and equipment limitations. (Operational Planning Analysis may be provided through internal systems or through third-party services.) R1. Each Transmission Operator, Balancing Authority, and Transmission Service Provider shall comply with the directives of its Reliability Coordinator based on the next day assessments in the same manner in which it would comply during real time operating events. Proposed definition: Real-time Assessment - An evaluation of system conditions using Real-time data to assess existing (pre-contingency) and potential (post-contingency) operating conditions. The assessment shall reflect applicable inputs including, but not limited to: load, generation output levels, known Protection System and Special Protection System status or degradation, Transmission outages, generator outages, Interchange, Facility Ratings, and identified phase angle and equipment limitations. (Real-time Assessment may be provided through internal systems or through third-party services.) Standard IRO Reliability Coordination - Operations Planning This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-001-4, Requirement R1 since Operating Instructions, regardless of what timeframe they are issued for, are issued in a Real-time environment. In addition, roles for entities identified in the Operating Plans built from Operational Planning Analyses are communicated in proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R3. Proposed IRO-001-4, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall act to address the reliability of its Reliability Coordinator Area via direct actions or by issuing Operating Instructions. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted entities identified in its Operating Plan(s) cited in Requirement R2 as to their role in that plan(s). Mapping Document Project December

11 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor its Reliability Replaced by proposed IRO-002-4, Requirements R3 and R4. Coordinator Area parameters, including but not limited to the following: R1.1 Current status of Bulk Electric System elements (transmission or generation including critical auxiliaries such as Automatic Voltage Regulators and Special Protection Systems) and system loading. R1.2. Current pre-contingency element conditions (voltage, thermal, or stability), including any applicable mitigation plans to alleviate SOL or IROL violations, including the plan s viability and scope. R1.3. Current post-contingency element conditions (voltage, thermal, or stability), including any applicable mitigation plans to alleviate SOL or IROL violations, including the plan s viability and scope. R1.4. System real and reactive reserves (actual versus required). R1.5. Capacity and energy adequacy conditions. R1.6. Current ACE for all its Balancing Authorities. R1.7. Current local or Transmission Loading Relief procedures in effect. R1.8. Planned generation dispatches. R1.9. Planned transmission or generation outages. R1.10. Contingency events. R2. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor its Balancing Authorities parameters to ensure that the required amount of operating reserves is provided and available as required to meet the Control Performance Standard (CPS) and Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R4: R4. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have monitoring systems that provide information utilized by the Reliability Coordinator s operating personnel, giving particular emphasis to alarm management and awareness systems, automated data transfers, and synchronized information systems, over a redundant infrastructure. The first sentence is replaced by proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3. The second sentence is covered by approved EOP a, Requirement R8 and can be retired. Proposed IRO Requirement, R3: Mapping Document Project December

12 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations Disturbance Control Standard (DCS) requirements. If necessary, the Reliability Coordinator shall direct the Balancing Authorities in the Reliability Coordinator Area to arrange for assistance from neighboring Balancing Authorities. The Reliability Coordinator shall issue Energy Emergency Alerts as needed and at the request of its Balancing Authorities and Load-Serving Entities. R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall ensure its Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities are aware of Geo- Magnetic Disturbance (GMD) forecast information and assist as needed in the development of any required response plans. R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Approved EOP a, Requirement R8: R8. A Reliability Coordinator that has any Balancing Authority within its Reliability Coordinator area experiencing a potential or actual Energy Emergency shall initiate an Energy Emergency Alert as detailed in Attachment 1-EOP-002 Energy Emergency Alerts. The Reliability Coordinator shall act to mitigate the emergency condition, including a request for emergency assistance if required. The SDT proposes retiring this requirement as it has been superseded by approved EOP-010-1, Requirements R1 through R3. Approved EOP-010-1, Requirements R1 to R3: R1 Each Reliability Coordinator shall develop, maintain, and implement a GMD Operating Plan that coordinates GMD Operating Procedures or Operating Processes within its Reliability Coordinator Area. At a minimum, the GMD Operating Plan shall include: 1.1 A description of activities designed to mitigate the effects of GMD events on the reliable operation of the interconnected transmission system within the Reliability Coordinator Area. 1.2 A process for the Reliability Coordinator to review the GMD Operating Procedures or Operating Processes of Transmission Operators within its Reliability Coordinator Area. R2. Each Reliability Coordinator shall disseminate forecasted and current space weather information to functional entities identified as recipients in the Reliability Coordinator's GMD Operating Plan. R3. Each Transmission Operator shall develop, maintain, and implement a GMD Operating Procedure or Operating Process to mitigate the effects of GMD events on the reliable Mapping Document Project December

13 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations operation of its respective system. At a minimum, the Operating Procedure or Operating Process shall include: R4. The Reliability Coordinator shall disseminate information within its Reliability Coordinator Area, as required. R5. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor system frequency and its Balancing Authorities performance and direct any necessary rebalancing to return to CPS and DCS compliance. The Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities shall utilize all resources, including firm load shedding, as directed by its Reliability Coordinator to relieve the emergent condition Steps or tasks to receive space weather information System Operator actions to be initiated based on predetermined conditions The conditions for terminating the Operating Procedure or Operating Process. This requirement has been replaced by proposed IRO-008-2, Requirements R3, R5 and R6. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted entities identified in its Operating Plan(s) cited in Requirement R2 as to their role in that plan(s). Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R5: R5. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities within its Reliability Coordinator Area, and other impacted Reliability Coordinators as indicated in its Operating Plan, when the results of a Real-time Assessment indicate an actual or expected condition that results in, or could result in, a System Operating Limit (SOL) or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) exceedance within its Wide Area. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R6: R6. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities within its Reliability Coordinator Area, and other impacted Reliability Coordinators as indicated in its Operating Plan, when the System Operating Limit (SOL) or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) exceedance identified in Requirement R5 has been prevented or mitigated. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-001-4, Requirement R1 and proposed IRO Requirements R3 and R4. Proposed IRO-001-4, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall act to address the reliability of its Reliability Coordinator Area via direct actions or by issuing Operating Instructions. Mapping Document Project December

14 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R4: R4. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have monitoring systems that provide information utilized by the Reliability Coordinator s operating personnel, giving particular emphasis to alarm management and awareness systems, automated data transfers, and synchronized information systems, over a redundant infrastructure. R6. The Reliability Coordinator shall coordinate with Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities, and Generator Operators as needed to develop and implement action plans to mitigate potential or actual SOL, IROL, CPS or DCS violations. The Reliability Coordinator shall coordinate pending generation and transmission maintenance outages with Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities, and Generator Operators as needed in both the real time and next-day reliability analysis timeframes. The first sentence is replaced with proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R2. The issue of CPS and DCS is covered in approved EOP , Requirements R6, R7, and R8. The second sentence is replaced by the proposed IRO-017-1, Requirement R1 as well as through the proposed definitions of Operational Planning Analysis and Real-time Assessments. Generator Operators are not included in proposed IRO as the SDT believes that Generator Operator outage information will be sent to the respective Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities and then sent on to the Reliability Coordinators through those entities. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R2: R2. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have a coordinated Operating Plan(s) for next-day operations to address potential System Operating Limit (SOL) and Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) exceedances identified as a result of its Operational Planning Analysis as performed in Requirement R1 while considering the Operating Plans for the next-day provided by its Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities. Proposed definition: Operational Planning Analysis - An evaluation of projected system conditions to assess anticipated (pre-contingency) and potential (post-contingency) conditions for next-day Mapping Document Project December

15 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations operations. The evaluation shall reflect applicable inputs including, but not limited to, load forecasts; generation output levels; Interchange; known Protection System and Special Protection System status or degradation; Transmission outages; generator outages; Facility Ratings; and identified phase angle and equipment limitations. (Operational Planning Analysis may be provided through internal systems or through third-party services.) Proposed definition: Real-time Assessment - An evaluation of system conditions using Real-time data to assess existing (pre-contingency) and potential (post-contingency) operating conditions. The assessment shall reflect applicable inputs including, but not limited to: load, generation output levels, known Protection System and Special Protection System status or degradation, Transmission outages, generator outages, Interchange, Facility Ratings, and identified phase angle and equipment limitations. (Real-time Assessment may be provided through internal systems or through third-party services.) Proposed IRO-017-1, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall develop, implement, and maintain an outage coordination process for generation and Transmission outages within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Approved EOP , Requirements R6, R7, and R8: R6. If the Balancing Authority cannot comply with the Control Performance and Disturbance Control Standards, then it shall immediately implement remedies to do so. These remedies include, but are not limited to: R6.1. Loading all available generating capacity. R6.2. Deploying all available operating reserve. R6.3. Interrupting interruptible load and exports. R6.4. Requesting emergency assistance from other Balancing Authorities. R6.5. Declaring an Energy Emergency through its Reliability Coordinator; and R6.6. Reducing load, through procedures such as public appeals, voltage reductions, curtailing interruptible loads and firm loads. Mapping Document Project December

16 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations R8. The Reliability Coordinator shall identify sources of large Area Control Errors that may be contributing to Frequency Error, Time Error, or Inadvertent Interchange and shall discuss corrective actions with the appropriate Balancing Authority. The Reliability Coordinator shall direct its Balancing Authority to comply with CPS and DCS. R9. Whenever a Special Protection System that may have an inter-balancing Authority, or inter-transmission Operator R7. Once the Balancing Authority has exhausted the steps listed in Requirement 6, or if these steps cannot be completed in sufficient time to resolve the emergency condition, the Balancing Authority shall: R7.1. Manually shed firm load without delay to return its ACE to zero; and R7.2. Request the Reliability Coordinator to declare an Energy Emergency Alert in accordance with Attachment 1-EOP-002 Energy Emergency Alerts. R8. A Reliability Coordinator that has any Balancing Authority within its Reliability Coordinator area experiencing a potential or actual Energy Emergency shall initiate an Energy Emergency Alert as detailed in Attachment 1-EOP-002 Energy Emergency Alerts. The Reliability Coordinator shall act to mitigate the emergency condition, including a request for emergency assistance if required. The first sentence is replaced by proposed IRO-002-4, Requirements R3 and R4. The second sentence is replaced by proposed IRO-001-4, Requirement R1. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R4: R4. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have monitoring systems that provide information utilized by the Reliability Coordinator s operating personnel, giving particular emphasis to alarm management and awareness systems, automated data transfers, and synchronized information systems, over a redundant infrastructure. Proposed IRO-001-4, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall act to address the reliability of its Reliability Coordinator Area via direct actions or by issuing Operating Instructions. The first sentence is replaced by proposed IRO-002-4, Requirements R3 and R4. The second sentence is replaced by proposed IRO-010-2, Requirements R1, Part 1.2, and R3. Mapping Document Project December

17 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations impact (e.g., could potentially affect transmission flows Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R3: resulting in a SOL or IROL violation) is armed, the Reliability R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor Facilities, the status of Special Protection Coordinators shall be aware of the impact of the operation of Systems, and non-bes facilities identified as necessary by the Reliability Coordinator, within that Special Protection System on inter-area flows. The its Reliability Coordinator Area and neighboring Reliability Coordinator Areas to identify any Transmission Operator shall immediately inform the System Operating Limit exceedances and to determine any Interconnection Reliability Reliability Coordinator of the status of the Special Protection Operating Limit exceedances within its Reliability Coordinator Area. System including any degradation or potential failure to Proposed IRO-002-4, Requirement R4: operate as expected. R4. Each Reliability Coordinator shall have monitoring systems that provide information utilized by the Reliability Coordinator s operating personnel, giving particular emphasis to alarm management and awareness systems, automated data transfers, and synchronized information systems, over a redundant infrastructure. R10. In instances where there is a difference in derived limits, the Reliability Coordinator and its Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities, Generator Operators, Transmission Service Providers, Load-Serving Entities, and Purchasing- Selling Entities shall always operate the Bulk Electric System to the most limiting parameter. Proposed IRO-010-4, Requirement R1, Part 1.2: R1. The Reliability Coordinator shall maintain a documented specification for the data necessary for it to perform its Operational Planning Analyses, Real-time monitoring, and Realtime Assessments. The data specification shall include but not be limited to: 1.2 Provisions for notification of current Protection System and Special Protection System status, failure, or degradation that impacts System reliability. Proposed IRO-010-4, Requirement R3: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator, Balancing Authority, Planning Coordinator, Transmission Planner, Generator Owner, Generator Operator, Load-Serving Entity, Transmission Operator, Transmission Owner, and Distribution Provider receiving a data specification in Requirement R2 shall satisfy the obligations of the documented specifications. For Reliability Coordinators, this requirement is replaced by approved IRO-009-1, Requirement R5. For Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities, and Generator Operators, this requirement is replaced by proposed TOP-001-3, Requirement R18. The Transmission Service Provider and Purchasing-Selling Entity will receive instructions on limits from the previously cited entities and can thus be deleted from the requirement. Approved IRO-009-1, Requirement R5: Mapping Document Project December

18 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations R5. If unanimity cannot be reached on the value for an IROL or its Tv, each Reliability Coordinator that monitors that Facility (or group of Facilities) shall, without delay, use the most conservative of the values (the value with the least impact on reliability) under consideration. R11. The Transmission Service Providers shall respect these SOLs or IROLs in accordance with filed tariffs and regional Total Transfer Calculation and Available Transfer Calculation processes. R12. Each Reliability Coordinator who foresees a transmission problem (such as an SOL or IROL violation, loss of reactive reserves, etc.) within its Reliability Coordinator Area shall Proposed TOP-001-3, Requirement R18: R18. Each Transmission Operator shall operate to the most limiting parameter in instances where there is a difference in SOLs. This requirement is replaced by proposed MOD-001-2, Requirement R2. Proposed MOD-001-2, Requirement R2: R2. Each Transmission Service Provider that determines Available Flowgate Capability (AFC) or Available Transfer Capability (ATC) shall develop an Available Transfer Capability Implementation Document (ATCID) that describes the methodology (or methodologies) for determining AFC or ATC values. The methodology (or methodologies) shall reflect the Transmission Service Provider s current practices for determining AFC or ATC values Each methodology shall describe the method used to account for the following elements, provided such elements impact the determination of AFC or ATC: The simulation of transfers performed through the adjustment of generation, Load, or both; Transmission topology, including, but not limited to, additions and retirements; Expected transmission uses; Planned outages; Parallel path (loop flow) adjustments; Load forecast; and Generator dispatch, including, but not limited to, additions and retirements Each Transmission Service Provider that uses the Flowgate Methodology shall, for reliability-related constraints identified in part 1.3, use the AFC determined by the Transmission Service Provider for that constraint. The requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-008-2, Requirements R3, R5, and R6. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R3: Mapping Document Project December

19 Standard IRO a Reliability Coordination - Current Day Operations issue an alert to all impacted Transmission Operators and R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted entities identified in its Operating Balancing Authorities in its Reliability Coordinator Area Plan(s) cited in Requirement R2 as to their role in that plan(s). without delay. The receiving Reliability Coordinator shall Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R5: disseminate this information to its impacted Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities. The Reliability R5. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted Transmission Operators and Coordinator shall notify all impacted Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities within its Reliability Coordinator Area, and other impacted Balancing Authorities, when the transmission problem has Reliability Coordinators as indicated in its Operating Plan, when the results of a Realtime Assessment indicate an actual or expected condition that results in, or could been mitigated. result in, a System Operating Limit (SOL) or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) exceedance within its Wide Area. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R6: R6. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities within its Reliability Coordinator Area, and other impacted Reliability Coordinators as indicated in its Operating Plan, when the System Operating Limit (SOL) or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) exceedance identified in Requirement R5 has been prevented or mitigated. Mapping Document Project December

20 IRO Reliability Coordination Operational Analyses and Real-time Assessments This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R1. R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall perform an Operational Planning Analysis to assess whether the planned operations for the next day within its Wide Area, will exceed any of its Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits (IROLs) during anticipated normal and Contingency event conditions. R2. Each Reliability Coordinator shall perform a Real-Time Assessment at least once every 30 minutes to determine if its Wide Area is exceeding any IROLs or is expected to exceed any IROLs. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R1: R1. Each Reliability Coordinator shall perform an Operational Planning Analysis that will allow it to assess whether the planned operations for the next day will exceed System Operating Limits (SOLs) and Interconnection Operating Reliability Limits (IROLs) within its Wide Area. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R4. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirement R4: R4. Each Reliability Coordinator shall ensure that a Real-time Assessment is performed at least once every 30 minutes. R3. When a Reliability Coordinator determines that the results of an Operational Planning Analysis or Real-Time Assessment indicates the need for specific operational actions to prevent or mitigate an instance of exceeding an IROL, the Reliability Coordinator shall share its results with those entities that are expected to take those actions. This requirement is replaced by proposed IRO-008-2, Requirements R3 and R5. Proposed IRO-008-2, Requirements R3 and R5: R3. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted entities identified in its Operating Plan(s) cited in Requirement R2 as to their role in that plan(s). Proposed IRO-008-2, R6: R5. Each Reliability Coordinator shall notify impacted Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities within its Reliability Coordinator Area, and other impacted Reliability Coordinators as indicated in its Operating Plan, when the results of a Real-time Assessment indicate an actual or expected condition that results in, or could result in, a System Operating Limit (SOL) or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) exceedance within its Wide Area. Mapping Document Project December

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