Project 2014-01 Standards Applicability for Dispersed Generation Resources

Status

The standard drafting team prepared a final draft version of the White Paper on December 15, 2015.

Board Adopted: November 13, 2014 - PRC-004-2.1(i)a, PRC-004-4, PRC-005-2(i), and PRC-005-3(i)

May 7, 2015 - PRC-005-5

Filed with FERC: February 6, 2015 - PRC-004-2(i)a, PRC-004-4, PRC-005-2(i), and PRC-005-3(i)
November 13, 2015 - PRC-005-5

Order Effective

Background:
The Standards Authorization Request (SAR) asks that the applicability section of certain Reliability Standards that apply to a Generator Owner (GO)/Generator Operator (GOP) or the requirements of certain GO/GOP Reliability Standards be reviewed, and where appropriate revised to recognize the unique technical and reliability aspects of dispersed generation in order to ensure the applicability of the standards is consistent with the reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES). Dispersed generation resources are those resources that are small-scale power generation technologies using a system designed primarily for aggregating capacity providing an alternative to, or an enhancement of, the traditional electric power system. Examples could include but are not limited to solar, geothermal, energy storage, flywheels, wind, micro-turbines, and fuel cells.

This request is related to the revised definition of the Bulk Electric System (BES) from Project 2010-17, and it is desirable to complete any revisions determined to be necessary so that revisions are approved by the Board of Trustees and applicable regulatory agencies prior to the effective date for newly identified elements under the revised BES definition. This effective date is expected to be July 1 2016, although it is possible that regulatory action could change the date.

Draft	Actions	Dates	Results	Consideration of Comments
White Paper Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Supporting Materials Appendix A & B
White Paper Clean \| Redlined to Last Posted Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) *Appendix A – List of all NERC standards applicable to GOs/GOPs *Appendix B – NERC standards recommended for consideration to clarify applicability for dispersed generation	Comment Period Info Submit Comments	06/12/15 - 07/13/15	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
*Appendix A and Appendix B are reflected in separate tabs in a single Excel document, which is duplicated and posted for reference under individual links, one for Appendix A, and one for Appendix B.
Errata Change: On November 13, 2014, the NERC Board of Trustees (Board) adopted PRC‐006‐2, PRC 004‐2.1(i)a, PRC‐004‐4, PRC‐005‐2(i), and PRC‐005‐3(i). Each of these standards, or its associated documents, contain inadvertent errors that needed to be corrected prior to filing with applicable regulatory authorities. The standards referenced the implementation plan in the Effective Date section. As a result, there are no associated changes to the standard with the corrections. Each error and how the corrections meet the required elements of an errata change are described below. · References to “(X)” in Implementation Plans for PRC‐004‐2(i)a, PRC‐005‐2(i), and PRC‐005‐3(i) needed to be changed to align the standard versions with the updated NERC standards numbering convention. · The Effective Date language in the Implementation Plan for PRC‐004‐4 needed to be corrected to properly sequence version 4 to become effective concurrently with or after version 3. The implementation plan provided for an immediate effective date, which in some scenarios could make version 4 effective prior to version 3, which has a 12 month period after approval before it becomes effective. The drafting team intended to sequence the standards to ensure that version 4 did not go into effect prior to version 3, but went into effect immediately upon approval if version 3 was effective. A correction was also needed to ensure version 4 becomes effective on the later of the effective date of PRC‐004‐3 or the date that PRC‐004‐4 is approved by an applicable governmental authority. A conforming correction to reference the effective date of PRC‐004‐3 rather than “12 months following the approval of PRC-004‐3” to make sure that the implementation timing for PRC‐004‐3 is properly cross referenced was also needed. Implementation Plans PRC-005-2(i) Clean \| Redline to Last Approved PRC-005-3(i) Clean \| Redline to Last Approved PRC-004-2.1(i) Clean \| Redline to Last Approved PRC-004-4 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved
Project 2014-01 did not conduct non-binding polls for VRF/VSLs because the project was limited to applicability changes to the requirements that neither impacted, nor necessitated revision to, any of the VRFs and VSLs associated with the project.
Final Draft PRC-005-5 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to PRC-005-4 Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Supporting Documents SAR	Final Ballot Info>> Vote>>	03/02/15 – 03/11/15	Summary>> Ballot Results>>
Final Drafts PRC-001-1.1(ii) Clean \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to PRC-001-1.1 PRC-019-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to PRC-019-1 PRC-024-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to PRC-024-1 Implementation Plans PRC-001-1.1(ii) Clean \| Redline to Last Posted PRC-019-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted PRC-024-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted SAR	Final Ballots Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	01/13/15 - 01/22/15	Summary>> Ballot Results PRC-001-1.1(ii)>> PRC-019-2>> PRC-024-2>>
White Paper Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Appendix A – List of all NERC standards applicable to GOs/GOPs Appendix B – NERC standards recommended for consideration to clarify applicability for dispersed generation Unofficial Comment Form(Word)	Comment Period Info>> (Closed)	12/22/14 - 01/20/15	Comments Received>>
Draft 1 PRC-005-5 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Implementation Plan Supporting Documents Unofficial Comment Form (Word) SAR	Initial Ballot Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	1/12/15 – 1/22/15	Summary>> Ballot Results>>	Consideration of Comments>>
	Comment Period Info>> (Closed)	12/8/14 – 1/22/15	Comments Received>>
	Join Ballot Pool Info>> Join>> (Closed)	12/8/14 – 1/8/15
Draft 1 Standards PRC-001-1.1(X) Clean \| Redline to PRC-001-1.1 PRC-019-2 Clean \| Redline to PRC-019-1 PRC-024-1(X) Clean \| Redline to last posted PRC-024-1 Implementation Plans PRC-001-1.1(X) PRC-019-2 PRC-024-1(X) Supporting Documents Unofficial Comment Form (Word) SAR	Initial Ballots Updated Info>> Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	12/10/14 – 12/23/14	Summary>> Ballot Results PRC-001-1.1(X) PRC-019-2 PRC-024-1(X)	Consideration of Comments>> Clean \| Redline
	Comment Period Info>> (Closed) The ballots and comment period have heen extended one additional day to 8 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 in order to reach quorum	11/5/14 – 12/23/14	Comments Received>>
	Join Ballot Pools Info>> Join>> (Closed)	11/5/14 – 12/4/14
	The comment period and initial ballot close dates have been extended one day to December 22, 2014 (for the medium-priority Reliability Standards) due to a NERC.com maintenance outage that occurred on Saturday, December 13, 2014.	11/5/14 – 12/4/14
Final Drafts PRC-004-2.1(i)a Clean \| Redline to last posted Redline to PRC-004-2.1a PRC-004-4 Clean \| Redline to last posted Redline to PRC-004-3 VAR-002-4 Clean \| Redline to last posted Redline to VAR-002-3 Implementation Plans PRC-004-2.1(i)a Clean (No changes to last posted) PRC-004-4 Clean (No changes to last posted) VAR-002-4 Clean (No changes to last posted) SAR	Final Ballots Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	10/28/14 – 11/06/14	Summary>> Ballot Results PRC-004-2.1(i)a>> PRC-004-4>> VAR-002-4>>
Draft 2 Standard PRC-004-2.1a(X) Clean \| Redline to PRC-004-2.1a Redline to last posted PRC-004-4 Clean \| Redline to PRC-004-3 Redline to last posted Implementation Plans PRC-004-2.1a(X) Clean \| Redline to last posted PRC-004-4 Clean \| Redline to last posted Supporting Documents Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Coordination Plan and Explanation of Version Numbers SAR	Additional Ballots Updated Info>> Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	10/10/14 - 10/22/14	Summary>> Ballot Results PRC-004-2.1a(X)>> PRC-004-4>>	Consideration of Comments PRC-004>> VAR-002-4>>
	Comment Period Info>> (Closed)	9/5/14 - 10/22/14	Comments Received>>	Consideration of Comments PRC-004>> VAR-002-4>>
Draft 2 PRC-005-2(X) Clean Redline to last posted Redline to PRC-005-2 PRC-005-3(X) Clean Redline to last posted Redline to PRC-005-3 Implementation Plans PRC-005-2(X) PRC-005-3(X) Supporting Documents Coordination Plan and Explanation of Version Numbers SAR	Final Ballots Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	8/27/14 – 9/5/14	Summary>> Ballot Results PRC-005-2(X)>> PRC-005-3(X)>>
	Final Ballots Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	8/27/14 – 9/5/14	Summary>> Ballot Results PRC-005-2(X)>> PRC-005-3(X)>>
Draft 2 VAR-002-2b(X) Clean Redline to Last Posted Redline to VAR-002-2b VAR-002-4 Clean Redline to last posted Redline to VAR-002-3 Implementation Plan VAR-002-2b(X) VAR-002-4 Supporting Documents Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Coordination Plan and Explanation of Version Numbers SAR	Additional Ballots Updated Info>> Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	10/7/14 – 10/16/14	Summary>> Ballot Results VAR-002-4>> VAR-002-2b(X)>>
	Comment Period Info>> (Closed)	8/27/14 – 10/16/14	Comments Received>>
Draft 1 Standard PRC-004-2.1a(X) Clean \| Redline to PRC-004-2.1a PRC-004-3(X) Clean \| Redline to PRC-004-3 Implementation Plans PRC-004-2.1a(X) PRC-004-3(X) Supporting Documents Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Coordination Plan and Explanation of Version Numbers SAR Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets (RSAW) PRC-004-2.1a PRC-004-3 PRC-005-1.1b	Initial Ballots Updated Info>> Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	8/15/14 – 8/26/14	Summary>> Ballot Results PRC-004-2.1a(X)>> PRC-004-3(X)>>
	Comment Period Info>> (Closed)	7/10/14 – 8/26/14	Comments Received>>	Consideration of Comments>>
	Join Ballot Pools>> (Closed) Please note: As a convenience to stakeholders, if you have previously joined the ballot pool for VAR-002-2b(X), no action is needed - you have automatically been entered into both the PRC-004-2.1a(X) and PRC-004-3(X) ballot pools. If you have been automatically entered and do not wish to participate, please contact Wendy Muller prior to July 16, 2014 to have your name removed.	7/10/14 - 7/16/14
Draft 1 Standards PRC-005-2(X) Clean \| Redline to PRC-005-2 PRC-005-3(X) Clean \| Redline to PRC-005-3 PRC-005-X(X) Clean \| Redline to last posted PRC-005-X VAR-002-2b(X) Clean \| Redline to VAR-002-2b VAR-002-4 Clean \| Redline to VAR-002-3 Implementation Plans PRC-005-2(X) PRC-005-3(X) PRC-005-X(X) VAR-002-2b(X) VAR-002-4 Supporting Documents Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Coordination Plan and Explanation of Version Numbers SAR Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets (RSAW) VAR-002-2b VAR-002-3	Initial Ballots Updated Info>> Info>> Vote>> (Closed)	7/18/14 – 7/29/14	Summary>> Ballot Results: PRC-005-2(X)>> PRC-005-3(X)>> PRC-005-X(X)>> VAR-002-2b(X)>> VAR-002-4>>
	Formal Comment Period Info>> (Closed)	6/12/14 – 7/29/14	Comments Received>>	Consideration of Comments>>
	Join Ballot Pool Info>> Join>> (Closed) Please note: these ballot pool join periods have been extended to 8 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 in order to keep the closing dates for Project 2014-01 the same.	6/12/14 – 7/16/14
White Paper Appendix A – List of all NERC standards applicable to GOs/GOPs Appendix B – NERC standards recommended for consideration to clarify applicability for dispersed generation Unofficial Comment Form	Informal Comment Period Info>>	04/17/14 - 05/05/14	Comments Received>>	Consideration of Comments>>
SAR Supporting Documents: Unofficial Comment Form (Word)	Comment Period	re

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