Project 2015-09 Establish and Communicate System Operating Limits

Status
A 45-day formal comment period is open through 8 p.m. Eastern, Monday, August 3, 2020 for the following standards and implementation plan:

CIP-014-3 – Physical Security
FAC-003-5 – Transmission Vegetation Management
FAC-011-4 – System Operating Limits Methodology for the Operations Horizon
FAC-013-3 – Assessment of Transfer Capability for the Near-term Transmission Planning Horizon
FAC-014-3 – Establish and Communicate System Operating Limit
PRC-002-3 – Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements
PRC-023-5 – Transmission Relay Loadability
PRC-026-2 – Relay Performance During Stable Power Swings
TOP-001-6 – Transmission Operations
IRO-008-3 – Reliability Coordinator Operational Analyses and Real-time Assessments
Implementation Plan

Ballot pools are being formed through 8 p.m. Eastern, Monday, July 20, 2020. NERC staff made the decision to re-open the older, existing ballot pools to allow stakeholders to join if desired.

Ballots for the standards and implementation plan as well as non-binding polls of the associated Violation Risk Factors and Violation Severity Levels will be conducted July 24 – August 3, 2020.

Background
Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance (FAC) standards fulfill an important reliability objective for determining and communicating System Operating Limits (SOLs) used in the reliable planning and operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES). This project will revise requirements for determining and communicating these SOLs. Revisions are necessary to improve the requirements by eliminating overlap with approved Transmission Planning (TPL) requirements, enhancing consistency with Transmission Operations (TOP) and Interconnection Reliability Operations (IRO) standards, and addressing issues with determining and communicating SOLs and Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits (IROLs).

Standards Affected: CIP-014-2 – Physical Security | FAC-003-4 – Transmission Vegetation Management | FAC-010-3 - System Operating Limits Methodology for the Planning Horizon | FAC-011-3 - System Operating Limits Methodology for the Operations Horizon | FAC-013-2 – Assessment of Transfer Capability for the Near-term Transmission Planning Horizon | FAC-014-2 - Establish and Communicate System Operating Limit | PRC-002-2 – Disturbance Monitoring and Reporting Requirements | PRC-023-4 – Transmission Relay Loadability | PRC-026-1 – Relay Performance During Stable Power Swings | IRO-008-2 Reliability Coordinator Operational Analyses and Real-time Assessments | TOP-001-5 – Transmission Operations

Purpose/Industry Need

The project will revise the requirements for determining and communicating SOLs and IROLs to address the issues identified in Project 2015-03 Periodic Review of System Operating Limit Standards. The resulting standard(s) and definition(s) will benefit reliability by improving alignment with approved TPL and proposed TOP and IRO standards. The project may result in development of one or more proposed Reliability Standards and definitions.

Draft	Actions	Dates	Results	Consideration of Comments
Draft 3 FAC-011-4 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Draft 2 CIP-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-003-5 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-013-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted PRC-002-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted PRC-023-5 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted PRC-026-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Draft 1 IRO-008-3 Clean \| Redline to Approved TOP-001-6 Clean \| Redline to Approved Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Mapping Documents FAC-010-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-011-4 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted IRO-008-3 TOP-001-6 VRF/VSL Justifications FAC-011-4 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted IRO-008-3 TOP-001-6 Requirement Rationales FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 IRO-008-3 TOP-001-6 NERC SOL Whitepaper Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets (RSAWs) FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 IRO-008-3 TOP-001-6 Coming Soon	Initial / Additional Ballots and Non-binding Polls Updated Info Info Vote	07/24/20 - 08/03/20
	Comment Period Updated Info Info Submit Comments	06/19/20 - 08/03/20
	Join Ballot Pools	06/19/20 - 07/20/20
Draft 2 FAC-011-4 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-015-1 (Updated) Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Implementation Plan Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Draft 1 CIP-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved FAC-003-5 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved FAC-013-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved PRC-002-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved PRC-023-5 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved PRC-026-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved Proposed Definition of System Operating Limit Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Mapping Documents FAC-010-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-011-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-014-2 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Standards Impacted by Retirement of FAC-010-3 (Word) VRF/VSL Justifications FAC-011-4 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-015-1 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Requirement Rationales FAC-010-3 / FAC-015-1 SDT Rationale Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-011-4 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Posted FAC-015-1 (Updated) Clean \| Redline to Last Posted SOL Definition Impact NERC SOL Whitepaper Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets (RSAWs) FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 FAC-015-1 Coming Soon	Initial / Additional Ballots and Non-binding Polls Info Vote	10/08/18 - 10/17/18	Ballot Results FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 FAC-015-1 CIP-014-3 FAC-003-5 FAC-013-3 PRC-002-3 PRC-023-5 PRC-026-2 Implementation Plan System Operating Limit Definition Non-binding Poll Results FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 FAC-015-1 CIP-014-3 FAC-003-5 FAC-013-3 PRC-002-3 PRC-023-5 PRC-026-2
	Comment Period Info Submit Comments	08/24/18 - 10/17/18* (extended due to typographical errors)	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
	Join Ballot Pools	08/24/18 - 09/24/18
	Info Send RSAW feedback to: RSAWfeedback@nerc.net	Coming Soon
Draft 1 Retirement of FAC-010-3 FAC-011-4 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved FAC-014-3 Clean \| Redline to Last Approved FAC-015-1 Proposed Definition of System Voltage Limit Implementation Plan Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Mapping Documents FAC-010-3 FAC-011-3 FAC-014-2 VRF/VSL Justifications FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 FAC-015-1 Requirement Rationales FAC-010-3 / FAC-015-1 SDT Rationale FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 FAC-015-1 Standards Impacted by Retirement of FAC-010-3 Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets (RSAWs) FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 FAC-015-1	Initial Ballots and Non-binding Polls Updated Info Info Vote	11/03/17 – 11/13/17 The ballots were extended an additional day to reach quorum and closed November 14, 2017	Ballot Results FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 FAC-015-1 Implementation Plan System Voltage Limit Definition Non-binding Poll Results FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 FAC-015-1
	Comment Period Info Submit Comments	09/29/17 – 11/13/17	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
	Join Ballot Pools	09/29/17 – 10/30/17
	Info Send RSAW feedback to: RSAWfeedback@nerc.net	10/17/17 - 11/13/17
Definitions Proposed Definitions of System Operating Limit (SOL) and SOL Exceedance Supporting Materials Standard Authorization Request Clean \| Redline to Last Posted Unofficial Comment Form (Word) SOL / SOL Exceedance Rationale SOL/SOL Exceedance Standards Impacted	Comment Period Info Submit Comments	09/29/17 – 10/30/17	Comments Received	Consideration of Comments
Informal Comment Draft FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3 Supporting Documents FAC-011-4 Unofficial Comment Form (Word) FAC-014-3 Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Summary of Proposed Revisions	Comment Period Info Submit Comments	07/14/16 - 08/12/16	Comments Received FAC-011-4 FAC-014-3
Standard Authorization Request Supporting Materials Unofficial Comment Form (Word)	Comment Period Info Submit Comments	08/20/15 - 09/21/15	Comments Received
Drafting Team Nominations Supporting Materials Unofficial Nomination Form (Word)	Nomination Period Info Submit Nominations	08/20/15 - 09/02/15

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