Phase III - IV Planning Standards
Status:
All but four standards in this set have been approved by the NERC BOT.   Field testing of the generator capability verification (2) and protection and control (2) standards is expected to continue into 2007.
 
Purpose/Industry Need:
Certain planning standards that were part of the Phase III-IV NERC compliance program were not included in the Version 0 reliability standards.  The Version 0 drafting team, supported by industry comments, realized it could not achieve industry consensus on these specific standards in the timeframe or within the scope of the Version 0 standards project.  These standards are important, nonetheless, as they contain critical reliability requirements in support of recommendations from the NERC and U.S./Canada Power System Outage Task Force reports on the August 14, 2003 blackout.  Recognizing the importance of these standards, the NERC board resolved on October 15, 2004, that: "A satisfactory resolution of the issues regarding Phases III and IV of the planning standards would be to: (1) develop reliability standards covering the Phase III and Phase IV issues separate from the Version 0 effort, using the NERC standards development process; (2) have the Planning Committee expeditiously complete the drafting of the proposed standards needed to address the Phase III and Phase IV issues, and move those standards through the NERC standards development process as promptly as possible, but not later than the May 2005 board meeting."  This SAR proposes the development of reliability standards that address the disturbance monitoring and reporting requirements of those Phase III-IV planning standards.
 
 Proposed Standard
Supporting
Materials
Comment
Period
Comments
Received
Response to Comments
Draft 6 Set 1
PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1
Posted for Board of Trustees Adoption - August 2, 2006
Implementation Plan      
Draft 5 Set 2
VAR-001 and VAR-002
Posted for Board of Trustees Adoption - August 2, 2006
Implementation Plan      
Draft 6 Set 1
PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1
Posted for Initial Ballot
July 6 through July 15, 2006
PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1 - Clean

PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1 - redline to 4th posting
PRC-002-1 - redline to Version 0
Implementation Plan Re-circulation Ballot Ended
7/6/2006 - 7/15/2006
  Ballot Results
Announcement
Draft 5 Set 2
VAR-001 and VAR-002
Posted for Initial Ballot
July 6 through July 15, 2006
VAR-001 and VAR-002 - Clean
VAR-001 and VAR-002 - redline to 3rd posting
VAR-001 - redline to Version 0
TOP-002-1 - Clean
TOP-002-1 - redline to Version 0
Re-circulation Ballot Ended
7/6/2006 - 7/15/2006
  Ballot Results
Draft 6 Set 1
PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1
Posted for Initial Ballot
June 14 through June 26, 2006
PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1 - Clean

PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1 - redline to 4th posting
PRC-002-1 - redline to Version 0
Initial Ballot Ended
6/14/2006 - 6/26/2006
  Ballot Results
Announcement
Draft 5 Set 2
VAR-001 and VAR-002
Posted for Initial Ballot
June 15 through June 26, 2006
VAR-001 and VAR-002 - Clean
VAR-001 and VAR-002 - redline to 3rd posting
VAR-001 - redline to Version 0
TOP-002-1 - Clean
TOP-002-1 - redline to Version 0
Initial Ballot Ended
6/15/2006 - 6/26/2006
  Ballot Results
Draft 4 Set 2
Posted for 30-day Pre-ballot Review
May 15 through June 14, 2006
VAR-001 and VAR-002 - Clean
VAR-001 and VAR-002 - redline to 3rd posting
VAR-001 - redline to Version 0
TOP-002-1 - Clean
TOP-002-1 - redline to Version 0
30-day Pre-ballot Review
5/15/06 - 6/14/2006
   
Draft 5 Set 1
Posted for 30-day Pre-ballot Review
May 15 through June 14, 2006
PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1 - Clean

PRC-002-1 and PRC-018-1 - redline to 4th posting
PRC-002-1 - redline to Version 0
30-day Pre-ballot Review
5/15/2006 - 6/14/2006
   
Draft 4 Set 1
Posted for 30-day Comment Period
April 4 through May 3, 2006
PRC-002 and PRC-018-1 - Clean

PRC-002 and PRC-018-1 - redline to 3rd posting
4/4/2006 - 5/3/2006
(Comment Period Ended)
Draft 3 Set 2
Posted for 45-day Comment Period
March 1, 2006 - April 15, 2006
3/1/2006 - 4/15/2006
(Comment Period Ended)
Draft 3 Set 1
PRC-002-1 - Clean
PRC-002-1 - Redline

PRC-018-1 - Clean
PRC-018-1 - Redline
  12/1/2005 - 1/17/2006
Draft 3 Set 1
     
Draft 2 Set 2
10/19/2005 - 12/3/2005
Draft 2 Set 1
9/1/2005 - 10/15/2005
4/22/2005 - 6/13/2005
Nomination Form
January 28, 2005
 
 
 
 
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