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Project 2006-09
Facility Ratings
Related Files
Status:
The drafting team has posted the results of the 10-day recirculation
ballot for
FAC-008-2. The standard did not pass and the team is working on
the next steps.
Purpose/Industry Need:
The purpose of revising these standards is to:
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Provide an adequate level of
reliability for the North American bulk power systems - the
standards are complete and the requirements are set at an
appropriate level to ensure reliability.
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Ensure they are enforceable as
mandatory reliability standards with financial penalties - the
applicability to bulk power system owners, operators, and users, and
as appropriate particular classes of facilities, is clearly defined;
the purpose, requirements, and measures are results-focused and
unambiguous; the consequences of violating the requirements are
clear.
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Consider comments received during the
initial development of the standards and other comments received
from ERO regulatory authorities and stakeholders.
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Bring the standards into conformance with the latest version of the
Reliability Standards Development Procedure and the ERO Rules of
Procedure.
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Satisfy the standards procedure requirement for five-year review of
the standards.
As the electric reliability organization begins enforcing compliance
with reliability standards under Section 215 of the Federal Power Act in
the United States and applicable statutes and regulations in Canada, the
industry needs a set of clear, measurable, and enforceable reliability
standards. While the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission indicated in its October 20, 2006 Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking on Mandatory Reliability Standards for the
Bulk-Power System that it intends to approve both FAC-008 and FAC-009 as
enforceable reliability standards, the Commission also indicated that it
intends to direct NERC to make modifications to FAC-008 and that making
these modifications should be considered a "high" priority and should be
accomplished within a year.
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