1. Steve Rueckert – Director of Standards
Standards Update
Steve Rueckert – Director of Standards
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

2. WECC Standards Committee (WSC) Sector Representation Openings
Two-year Term
Four Sector Openings
Sector 3 (Marketer-Broker) – Tanner Brier
Sector 4 (Distribution) – Warren Rust
Sector 6 (End-Use) – Caitlin Liotiris
Sector 7 (State-Provincial) – David Walker
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

3. WECC-0101 – Generator Validation Conversion
Proposed WECC Regional Variance to NERC MOD-026 and MOD-027
Lower threshold for applicability
Testing and validation timing aligned with the current WECC Generator Testing Policy
Technical assessment conducted
Ballot Pool forming 8/18 – 9/3
Ballot Window 9/16 – 10/8
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

4. WECC-0107 – PSS Design and Performance
Initially identified by the Regional Criteria Work Group as a potential standards project
Modifications to recently approved VAR-501-WECC-2
Simplify
Incorporate WECC PSS tuning guidelines and the WECC Policy Statement on Power System Stabilizers
Posted for Comment July 7, – August 6, 2015
Next drafting team meeting is September 1, 2015
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

5. WECC-0108 – WIT Checkout Confirmation
Purpose of INT-021-WECC-CRT is to define the checkout process of applicable BAs using the WIT
Update and align with current NERC standards
Ballot Window July 23, - August 7, 2015
100% weighted approval
Will be presented to the Board for approval at the September Board meeting
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

6. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
WECC-0111 – TOP-007-WECC-1a
Project to retire the standard
Result of efforts by the Path Operator Task Force (POTF)
Ballot Pool forming 8/18 – 9/3
Ballot Window 9/16 – 10/8
Posted by NERC for a 45-day comment period through September 28, 2015
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

7. WECC-0113 – Retire WECC Regional Variances in NERC FAC-010 and FAC-011
Existing Variances identify additional outages that must be considered when developing SOL Methodology
The WECC Reliability Subcommittee believes these can be retired
New TPL and other NERC Standards
Justification posted for a 45-day comment period July 24 – September 8
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

8. WECC -0113 Retire WECC Regional Variances in NERC FAC-010 and FAC-011
NERC is conducting a periodic review of several FAC Standards including FAC-010 and FAC-011
Desire is to have any WECC revisions completed prior to completion of NERC activity
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

9. WECC-0114 BAL-002-WECC-2 Request for Interpretation
Requirement R1 includes language identifying allowable types of Contingency Reserve
Requirement R2 requires one half of the Contingency Reserve to be Operating Reserve – Spinning
Request for clarification on the definition of “Operating Reserve – Spinning” in R2
Operating Reserve – Spinning is a NERC defined term
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

10. WECC-0114 BAL-002-WECC-2 Request for Interpretation
Proposed interpretation confirms that the allowable types of types of Contingency Reserve identified in R1 are included in the NERC Term Operating Reserve – Spinning
Ballot Window July 23, – August 7, 2015
100% Weighted Sector Approval
Currently posted at NERC for a 45-day comment period through September 17
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

11. WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2
SAR suggests that BAL-002-WECC-2, R2 is redundant with NERC BAL-003-1, R1
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

12. WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2
BAL-002-WECC-2, R2 requires that at least half of the Contingency Reserve required by Requirement R1 be Operating Reserve – Spinning.
That is immediately and automatically responsive to frequency deviations
capable of fully responding within ten minutes
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

13. WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2
BAL-003-1, R3 in part reads “Each Frequency Response Sharing Group (FRSG) or Balancing Authority that is not a member of a FRSG shall achieve an annual Frequency Response Measure (FRM) that is equal to or more negative than its Frequency Response Obligation (FRO) to ensure that sufficient Frequency Response is provided …
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

14. WECC-0115 Retire BAL-002-WECC-2, Requirement R2
BAL-002-WECC-2, R2 specifies the quantity of contingency reserves that must be frequency responsive
BAL specifies a specific Frequency Response Measure
The SAR suggests these are the same, but some have argued that they are not
BAL-003 and the associated Frequency Response are characteristics of the first few seconds of a disturbance and are based on available on-line spinning reserve, the associated inertia of the in use generation and the existing frequency dependent load.
BAL-002 and BAL-002-WECC are needed for the period after system frequency response to use contingency reserves to restore ACE within 15 minutes.
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

15. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
NERC Phase 1 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls
BAL Contingency Reserves
Addresses NWPP request for interpretation related to contingencies greater than MSSC
Most recent ballot (7th) passed
75.92% quorum
69/26% weighted approval
Western Electricity Coordinating Council