Project 2024-03 Revisions to EOP-012-2

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Status
A 20-day formal comment period for draft one oEOP-012-3 Extreme Cold Weather Preparedness and Operations is open through 8 p.m. Eastern, Tuesday, November 5, 2024.​ 

Ballot pools are being formed through 8 p.m. Eastern, Monday, October 28, 2024.

​Initial ballots for the standard and implementation plan, as well as a non-binding poll of the associated Violation Risk Factors and Violation Severity Levels will be conducted October 31-November 5, 2024.​​​

Background
NERC developed the original version of the generator cold weather preparedness Reliability Standard, Reliability Standard EOP-012-1, in 2022 under Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, and Coordination. The purpose of this project was to address standards-related recommendations from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)/NERC/Regional Entity staff review of operations during the February 2021 Winter Storm Uri event.

NERC developed Reliability Standard EOP-012-2 in 2023-2024 to address Commission directives from the February 2023 order approving Reliability Standards EOP-012-1 and EOP-011-3. In the February 2023 Order, the Commission directed that NERC revise EOP-012-1 to clarify the applicability of the standard's requirements for generator cold weather preparedness, further define the circumstances under which a Generator Owner may declare that constraints preclude them from implementing one or more corrective actions to address freezing issues, and to shorten the implementation timeline so cold weather reliability risks would be addressed more quickly.

On June 27, 2024, FERC issued an order approving Reliability Standard EOP-012-2. While finding Reliability Standard EOP-012-2 represented an improvement over the prior version and addressed many of its concerns, FERC found the standard requires further improvement to address certain concerns remaining from its February 2023 order. FERC therefore directed NERC to revise the standard in five areas and to submit a revised standard within nine (9) months of the date of the order, or by March 27, 2025.  

Standard Affected: EOP-012-2

Purpose/Industry Need
The purpose of this project is to address the directives identified by FERC in its June 27, 2024 order approving Reliability Standard EOP-012-2 and directing further modifications. N. Am. Elec. Reliability Corp., 187 FERC ¶ 61,204 (2024), available here. In that order, FERC found that further improvements needed to be made to address ambiguous language and address other reliability gaps/implementation issues in the standard and related definitions to fully address issues first raised in the Commission's February 2023 Order approving EOP-012-1. FERC directed that NERC submit the modifications within 9 months of the date of the order, or by March 27, 2025.

Proposed Project Timeline 
The project timeline is listed below for industry awareness. This table will be updated with any changes as the project progresses.​​

Process Steps Dates
Notes
Drafting Team members seated
08/21/2024
Standards Committee (SC) August meeting
Standards Committee Executive Committee (SCEC) authorize revisions
09/05/2024
SCEC Special Call
SC approval of initial ballot
10/16/2024
SC October Meeting
Initial Ballot
10/17/24–11/05/24
20-day initial ballot and comment period per waiver approved at July SC meeting
First Additional Ballot
12/3/24–12/20/24
18-day additional ballot and comment period per waiver
Consideration of 321 Action
01/02/25–01/08/25
Based on additional ballot results, NERC staff will consider the comments received and if 321 action should be proposed to the NERC Board to meet the FERC deadline.
Second Additional Ballot
01/29/25–02/12/25
15-day additional ballot and comment period per waiver
Final Ballot
03/03/25–03/07/25
5-day final ballot per waiver
NERC Board Approval
TBD
Anticipated NERC Board approval in mid-March​
FERC Order Filing Deadline
03/27/25
 

 



Draft Actions Dates Results Consideration of Comments

Draft 1

EOP-012-3​

Clean | Redline

Implementation Plan​

 

Supporting Materials

Technical Rationale​

Unofficial Comment Form​

VRF/VSL Justifications​

Mapping Document

Generator Cold Weather CAP Extension and Constraint Process​​

Calculating Extreme Cold Weather Temperature​


Initial Ballot

Ballot Open Reminder​

Info

Vote
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10/31/24 - 11/05/24



Join Ballot Pools


10/17/24 - 10/28/24
​Comment Period

Info

Submit Comments​​​


​10/17/24 - 11/05/24

​​Standard Authorization Request
Clean | Redline​​​​

Approved by Standards Committee Executive Committee (SCEC) on September 6, 2024.
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Waiver​

Standards Committee accepted the waiver on July 17, 2024.

Standard Authorization Request

Supporting Materials

Unofficial Comment Form (Word)

Comment Period

Info

Submit Comments



7/18/24 – 8/16/24


Comments Received​


Drafting Team Nominations

Supporting Materials

Unofficial Nomination Form (Word)

Nomination Period

Info

Submit Nominations



7/18/24 – 8/1/24