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Date Signed |
Section 3.1 Explanations |
Temporary Suspension |
Deviation |
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Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) |
9/1/2000 |
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Florida Power Corporation (FPC) |
3/12/2002 |
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Florida Power & Light Company (FRCC) |
8/21/2000 |
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Hydro-Quebec, TransEnergie (NPCC-TE) |
10/19/2000 |
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Independent Coordinator Transmission - Entergy (ICTE) |
9/7/2006 |
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ISO New England Inc. (ISNE) |
8/28/2000 |
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Midwest ISO (MISO) |
11/1/2006 |
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New Brunswick System Operator (NBSO) |
1/10/2005 |
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New York Independent System Operator (NPCC-NYIS) |
9/22/2000 |
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Ontario - Independent Electricity System Operator (NPCC-ONT) |
9/11/2000 |
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PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) |
8/22/2000 |
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SaskPower (SPC) |
2/2/2005 |
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Southern Company Services Inc. (SERC-SOCO) |
8/21/2000 |
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Southwest Power Pool (SPP) |
8/23/2000 |
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Tennessee Valley Authority (SERC-TVA) |
10/13/2000 |
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VACAR-South (SERC-VACS) |
10/5/2000 |
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WECC Reliability Coordinator |
9/5/2008 |
SECTION 3.1 EXPLANATIONS
(Reliability Coordinator explanations of how they are complying with the Reliability Coordinator Standards of Conduct.)
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The Security Coordinator function for the entire
Electric Reliability Council Of Texas (ERCOT) Region is performed solely by
the ERCOT Operations Group staff. ERCOT is a non-profit organization governed
by a Board of Directors comprised of a balanced group of stakeholders from
all segments of the electric utility industry including customers. All
employees of ERCOT have no financial interest in any market or market
participant activity and have signed an ethics agreement regarding their
interface with market participants. The Security Coordinator function is
performed in an ERCOT owned Control Center totally separate from any market
participant. [BACK] |
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None. |
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The
FRCC’s real-time and next day Security Coordinator function is located at
Florida Power and Light’s System Control Center. The main responsibilities,
as defined in detail in the FRCC Security Process Document, are to ensure the
reliable operation of the FRCC (Florida) electrical transmission grid and
support power transfers for native loads and Merchant transactions. FPL, per FERC’s Order 888, has
physically separated its Transmission Operations / Security Coordinator
functions from its Wholesale Merchant function. All Merchants, including
FPL’s, must request transmission reservations via the Florida OASIS
(FLOASIS), submit e-tags for approval by FPL’s transmission operators, and
schedule through the appropriate Control Area(s). At FPL, all direct links for
automated scheduling between FPL’s Control Area and PSE have been eliminated.
FPL’s transmission operations and
Security Coordinator do not participate in any purchase / sale negotiations
resulting in any sales to native load or resale. However, FPL Control Area’s
load balancing, which resides in the same location and has the same reporting
structure as the Security Coordinator, develops a native load forecast,
utilizes a unit commitment program to commit units for native load, and
communicates to the FPL-PSE any requirements for additional purchases for
native load or additional power available for the PSE to sell. Location of
purchase / sales and price of sales are not discussed. Both operating positions
that perform the major Security Coordinator functions (real-time and next
day) at FPL have transmission operating responsibilities, with no Control
Area responsibilities. Both report to the Manager of System Dispatch. Both
are concerned with the reliability of the FRCC. The only function they serve
for FPL is approval of OASIS long term non-firm and next day firm requests.
All other requests are handled by the Operations Planning group and the FPL
Scheduling Coordinator. [BACK] |
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Hydro-Québec, TransEnergie (TE) |
None. |
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Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
(SPP) is a non-profit organization governed by an independent Board of
Directors. SPP acts as a NERC Regional Reliability Organization, Tariff
Administrator and Security Coordinator on behalf of its members. In 2005, SPP
recognized the industry-wide need to form a Contract Services department to
administer specific contracts with non-member utilities. In furtherance of
this objective, SPP is operating as the Independent Coordinator of
Transmission for Entergy Services, Inc. (“SPPICT”) and is performing
reliability coordination as well as tariff administration and transmission
planning under the Entergy Open Access Transmission Tariff (“Entergy OATT”).
Employees of SPPICT perform these functions independently of Entergy. SPPICT
does not employ persons who engage in retail or wholesale merchant functions.
Each SPPICT employee is required to sign a Standards of Conduct. The SPPICT
Standards of Conduct, among other things, restricts any involvement in
marketing, limits access to the SPPICT Coordination Center, requires proper
disclosure of transmission system information, prohibits sharing of market
information, and requires disposure of securities issued by transmission
customers and transmission providers under the Entergy OATT. |
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ISO New England was established on July 1, 1997 and
approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as an Independent
System Operation (ISO) in accordance with FERC's principles for ISO operation
and governance as embodied in Order 888. These key principles include:
providing independent, open and fair access to the region's transmission
system; establishing a non-discriminatory governance structure; facilitating
market based wholesale electric rates; and ensuring for the efficient
management and reliable operation of the bulk power system. ISO New England
has no merchant employees. The governance established for the ISO, which
includes a Code of Conduct that must be executed and followed by each ISO
employee, ensures independence from Participants in the New England electric
markets. |
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None.
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The
NBSO is a not-for-profit, independent corporation with its own Board of Directors
whose primary responsibility is to ensure the security and reliability of the
electricity system and administer and supervise the rules governing
transmission access and to facilitate the development and operations of
competitive electricity market in New Brunswick. To view a copy of the New
Brunswick Electricity Market Rules go to http://www.nbso.ca/
The NBSO employees,
officers and agents are required to adhere to the NBSO Code of Conduct. The
NBSO is also a member of the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) and
therefore obligated to adhere to the NPCC Code of Conduct. The NBSO is going
through the process to become the Reliability Coordinator (RC) by April 1,
2005, for the Canadian Maritime Provinces (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and
Prince Edward Island) and a portion of Northern Maine, USA, (Maine Public
Service and Eastern Main Co-op). NBSO is registering as the Balancing
Authority (BA) for the New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Maine Systems
radially connected to New Brunswick. The NBSO is the Transmission Operator
(TOP), the Transmission Service Provider and is the market operator for the
New Brunswick Transmission System. |
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The IMO is a non-profit, regulated corporation without
share capital established by the Electricity Act 1998, with its Directors
appointed by the government. It is independent of all other players in the
electricity industry. The IMO does not engage in retail or wholesale merchant
functions. All employees are governed by the IMO's Code of Conduct that
includes information confidentiality provisions. The Independent
Electricity Market Operator (IMO) is committed to abiding by the terms of the
NERC Security Coordinator Standards of Conduct. However, specific to Rule
2.1.3 of the Standards of Conduct, there is not yet open access in Ontario
and, hence, the IMO is not managing any transmission services on any OASIS
site. Further, when there is open access in Ontario, the IMO will not use
OASIS to provide transmission access information but will use the Market
Participant Network approved for use in Ontario. |
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PJM
Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) as an Independent System Operator (ISO) on November 25,
1997, in accordance with FERC's principles for ISO operation and governance
as embodied in FERC Order No. 888. PJM acts as the Mid-Atlantic Area
Reliability Council (MAAC) on behalf of its members. As such, PJM performs
the role of Regional Security Coordinator. PJM is independent from its
Members and other Market Participants. The PJM Board of Managers are elected
by the PJM Members Committee from a slate of candidates prepared by an
independent consultant. The PJM Operating Agreement requires that a Board
member shall not be, and shall not have been at any time within five years of
election to the PJM Board, a director, officer or employee of a PJM Member or
of an Affiliate or Related Party of a Member. The PJM governance includes
FERC Order No. 889 Standards of Conduct that apply to PJM Board Members,
Officers and employees, which ensures independence from PJM Members, Market
Participants or Eligible Customers (as such term is defined in PJM's Tariff).
Each employee of PJM is required to execute a "Code of Conduct and
Standards of Business Ethics Compliance Agreement," which incorporates
the FERC Standards of Conduct. Additionally, PJM does not have any affiliates
or employees engaged in retail or wholesale merchant functions. |
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SaskPower
serves as the both the Reliability Coordinator and certified control area for
the Province of Saskatchewan, within the Midwest Reliability Council
Organization. The Reliability Coordinator Functions are carried out by the
Manager of our Grid Control Center, who reports to the Vice President and
General Manager of Transmission and Distribution. SaskPower has established a
standard of conduct ensuring functional separation, independence, and
governing the transmission activities, planning, and operations in a fashion
aligned to NERC and FERC standards. All power marketing activities are
carried out by our NorthPoint Energy Solutions
subsidiary which exists in a separate headquarters than our Grid Control
Center. |
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Southern
Company Services, Inc. ("SCS") is the Security Coordinator for the
Southern Subregion of SERC. The Security
Coordinator functions are performed by employees of SCS in the Bulk Power
Operations function. Those employees have received training on and are in
compliance with the FERC Standards of Conduct. SCS has filed procedures with
FERC describing the implementation of those Standards of Conduct and FERC has
accepted that filing. Since the Standards of Conduct proposed by NERC largely
mirror those adopted by FERC, the implementation procedures adopted by SCS
should satisfy the NERC Security Coordinator Standards of Conduct. In this
regard, SCS has signed the NERC Security Coordinator Standards of Conduct. The key elements of
the implementation process involve compliance with the Standards of Conduct.
In this regard, the employees who perform Security Coordinator functions
operate independently from merchant employees and their contact with merchant
employees is within the confines of applicable FERC regulations and NERC
policies. SCS employees who perform Security Coordinator functions are
directed by the Senior Vice President of Transmission Planning and
Operations. The employees who perform merchant functions are directed by the
President of Southern Company Generation. Employees that perform Security
Coordinator functions and those that perform merchant activities are located
on separate floors. In addition, there
is a secure card entry system to the area where Security Coordinator
functions are performed. This secure card entry system prevents employees of
the merchant function from accessing this area. SCS has distributed copies of
the NERC Standards of Conduct to personnel who perform Security Coordinator
functions. |
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Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) is a non-profit
organization governed by a Board of Directors equally represented by
Transmission Owner, Transmission User, and Independent stakeholders. SPP acts
as a NERC Regional Reliability Organization, Tariff Administrator and
Security Coordinator on behalf of its members. Employees of SPP perform these
functions independently of its members. SPP does not employ persons who
engage in retail or wholesale merchant functions. Each SPP employee is
required to sign a Standards of Conduct. The SPP Standards of Conduct, among
other things, restricts any involvement in marketing, limits access to the
SPP Coordination Center, requires proper disclosure of transmission system
information, prohibits sharing of market information, and requires disposure
of securities issued by transmission customers and transmission providers
under the SPP Open Access Transmission Tariff. |
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TVA serves as
the Reliability Coordinator for the following members of SERC:
Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc. (AECI), Big Rivers Electric Cooperative
(BREC), East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC), Electric Energy, Inc. (EEI),
E.ON US (LGEE/KU), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The
Reliability Coordinator functions are carried out by the Manager of
Transmission System Services who reports to the Vice-President of
Transmission and Reliability (TRO). TRO is under the Executive Vice President
of Power System Operations (PSO). The marketing function at TVA is carried
out by Bulk Power Trading which is under the Vice President of Energy
Trading. Although both TRO and Bulk Power Trading both ultimately report to
TVA's Chief Operating Officer, Transmission and Reliability is physically and
functionally separate from TVA's marketing group. The Manager of Transmission
System Services, the Reliability Engineers, and the Reliability Coordinator
System Operators perform their functions of security and transmission
provider independently of TVA's merchant function and merchant employees.
Communications between TVA Transmission System Services and TVA Marketing are performed only through OASIS and
the NERC Tagging system. Comparable treatment of all Marketers is maintained.
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Pursuant to the SERC Security Plan, filed with and approved by
NERC, Duke Energy Carolinas is the RC agent
responsible for providing Reliability
Coordinator services for a portion
of the VACAR sub-region (VACAR South area) which includes the
systems of Duke Energy Carolinas, Progress Energy Carolinas, South Carolina
Electric and Gas, South Carolina Public Service Authority, Southeastern Power
Administration, and the Yadkin Division of Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.
According to the provisions of this plan, Duke control center employees staff
the Reliability Coordinator function. These control center employees
are held to the provisions of the FERC Standards of Conduct as well as the
NERC Confidentiality Agreement for Electric System Security Data. In
accordance with these provisions, Duke control center employees are
instructed to not share with any marketer any information that would conflict
with the requirements of these documents. In addition, Duke control center employees
do not direct the actions of any marketer or provide non-public transmission
system information to any marketer, including the Duke retail marketer, and
do not engage (except for the receipt or delivery of emergency energy
pursuant to an existing reserve sharing agreement -- such deliveries are
publicly posted on the Duke OASIS site) in any marketing, wholesale or
retail, functions. VACAR South RC Agent may discuss
information with market participants that is available on the NERC Internet site.
We interpret such information to be publicly available; therefore this
practice is not prohibited by these Standards of Conduct. |
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WECC
Reliability Coordinator performs the role of Regional Reliability Coordinator
for Western interconnection. The WECC RC does not have any affiliates or
employees that engage in retail or wholesale merchant functions. As a
Reliability Coordinator, WECC RC operates independently of its members who may
have employees engaged in retail or wholesale merchant functions. |