BRITI SH COLUM BI A UTIL I T IE S COMMI SSIO N OR DER NUMBER G-167-10 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 VANCOUVER, BC V6Z 2N3 CANADA TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 web site: http://www.bcuc.com BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 IN THE MATTER OF the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473 and An Assessment Report No. 2 by the British Columbia Transmission Corporation and the Determination of Reliability Standards for Adoption in British Columbia BEFORE: A.A. Rhodes, Commissioner L.A. O’Hara, Commissioner November 10, 2010 O R D E R WHEREAS: A. Pursuant to section 125.2(2) of the Utilities Commission Act (the Act) the British Columbia Utilities Commission (the Commission) has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a “reliability standard,” as defined in the Act, is in the public interest and should be adopted in British Columbia; B. Ministerial Order No. MO39 dated February 22, 2009 made a Mandatory Reliability Standards Regulation (the Mandatory Reliability Standard Regulation) which prescribes the parties that are subject to reliability standards adopted under section 125.2(6) of the Act; C. In order to facilitate the Commission's consideration of reliability standards, the British Columbia Transmission Corporation (BCTC) as it then was, was required under section 125.2(3) of the Act to review each reliability standard and provide the Commission with a report assessing: (a) any adverse impact of the reliability standard on the reliability of electricity transmission in British Columbia if the reliability standard were adopted; (b) the suitability of the reliability standard for British Columbia; (c) the potential cost of the reliability standard if it were adopted; (d) any other matter prescribed by regulation or identified by order of the Commission; D. On February 23, 2010, BCTC filed a report (Assessment Report No. 2) pursuant to section 125.2(3) of the Act assessing one new reliability standard (BAL-004-WECC-01) and revisions to 22 existing reliability standards developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC). (The 22 existing reliability standards were adopted in BC June 4, 2009 by the Commission under Order No. G‐67‐09); . . . /2
BRITI SH COLUM BI A UTIL I T IE S COMMI SSIO N OR DER NUMBER G-167-10 2 E. Assessment Report No. 2 appended as Appendix B the NERC Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards (NERC Glossary of Terms), dated April 20, 2009, to replace the NERC Glossary of Terms dated February 12, 2008 that were adopted under Order G-67-09; F. Assessment Report No. 2 also appended as Appendix F-1 the NERC Functional Model Version 4 to replace NERC Functional Model Version 3 which was also adopted under Order G-67-09; G. BCTC concluded that the one new reliability standard and the revisions to the 22 existing reliability standards are suitable for adoption in British Columbia; H. Pursuant to section 125.2(5)(a) of the Act, the Commission posted Assessment Report No. 2 on its website at www.bcuc.com and, by Order G-36-10 dated March 4, 2010 directed BCTC to publish a Notice of Assessment Report No. 2 and Process for Public Comments, and established the Regulatory Timetable for comments; I. Comments were received from FortisBC noting agreement with BCTC’s assessment; J. On April 21, 2010 BCTC provided comments in response; K. The Commission received no other comments on the reliability standards assessed in Assessment Report No. 2; L. On July 5, 2010 the shares of BCTC were transferred to and vested in British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro), and BC Hydro became responsible for inter alia the obligations and liabilities of BCTC; M. By letter dated October 4, 2010, WECC recommended that the Commission not adopt Version 4 or any other version of the NERC Functional Model, as it is a technical document that is used as part of the NERC standards development process and it may contain definitions that conflict with existing definitions in the NERC Glossary of Terms; N. The Commission has reviewed and considered Assessment Report No. 2 and the reliability standards assessed in it as well as the comments received and determines that the standards assessed in BCTC’s Assessment Report No. 2 are in the public interest and should be adopted in British Columbia to maintain or achieve consistency with other jurisdictions that have adopted the reliability standards, subject to the terms of this Order; O. The Commission considers that the NERC Glossary of Terms dated April 20, 2009 should be adopted and that the adoption of the NERC Functional Model Version 3 should be rescinded; P. The Commission considers that it is appropriate to provide an effective date for entities to come into compliance with the reliability standards to be adopted in this Order; . . . /3
BRITI SH COLUM BI A UTIL I T IE S COMMI SSIO N OR DER NUMBER G-167-10 3 NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 125.6 of the Act, the Commission orders as follows: 1. The Commission adopts, subject to Directive 8 that follows, BAL‐004‐WECC‐01, to be effective as of January 1, 2011 (the Effective Date). 2. The 22 existing reliability standards listed in the table found in Attachment A to this Order, under the heading, “Rescinded Standard,” are rescinded as of the Effective Date. 3. The Commission adopts, subject to Directive 8 that follows, the 22 revised standards listed in the table found in Attachment A under the heading “Adopted Revised Standard,” to be effective as of the Effective Date. 4. The Commission adopts the NERC Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards, dated April 20, 2010, which defines terms employed in the reliability standards, and which is posted to the WECC and NERC website, to be effective as of the Effective Date. 5. The Commission declines to adopt the NERC Functional Model, Version 4, and rescinds the adoption of NERC Functional Model, Version 3, previously ordered in item 3 of Order G-67-09, effective as of the date of this Order, and confirms that the NERC Functional Model is of no force and effect in British Columbia. 6. The Commission directs that individual requirements within reliability standards that incorporate by reference reliability standards that have not been adopted by the Commission are of no force or effect. 7. The Commission adopts the Compliance Provisions, as defined in the Rules of Procedure for Reliability Standards in British Columbia, that accompany each of the adopted British Columba reliability standards, in the form directed by the Commission to be posted on the WECC website, as amended from time to time. 8. As a result of this Order and Order G‐67‐09, the standards listed in the table found in Attachment B to this Order are the reliability standards adopted in BC as of the Effective Date. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this day of 10 th November 2010. BY ORDER Original signed by: A. A. Rhodes Commissioner Attachment Orders/G-167-10_BCTC-MRS Reliability-Assessment Report No. 2
Revised Standards Rescinded Standard Adopted Revised Standard BAL‐001‐0a BAL‐001‐01a BAL‐003‐0a BAL‐003‐0.1b BAL‐005‐0b BAL‐005‐0.1b BAL‐006‐1 BAL‐006‐1.1 COM‐001‐1 COM‐001‐1.1 EOP‐002‐2 EOP‐002‐2.1 FAC‐010‐1 FAC‐010‐2 FAC‐011‐1 FAC‐011‐2 FAC‐014‐1 FAC‐014‐2 IRO‐001‐1 IRO‐001‐1.1 IRO‐005‐1 IRO‐005‐2 IRO‐006‐3 IRO‐006‐4 MOD‐006‐0 MOD‐006‐0.1 MOD‐016‐1 MOD‐016‐1.1 MOD‐017‐0 MOD‐017‐0.1 MOD‐019‐0 MOD‐019‐0.1 NUC‐001‐1 NUC‐001‐2 PRC‐016‐0 PRC‐016‐0.1 TOP‐004‐1 TOP‐004‐2 TOP‐005‐1 TOP‐005‐1.1 TPL‐001‐0 TPL‐001‐0.1 VAR‐002‐la VAR‐002‐1.1a APPENDIX A to Order G-167-10 Page 1 of 1 Standard Name Real Power Balancing Control Performance Frequency Response and Bias Automatic Generation Control Inadvertent Interchange Telecommunications Capacity and Energy Emergencies System Operating Limits Methodology for the Planning Horizon System Operating Limits Methodology for the Operations Horizon Establish and Communicate System Operating Limits Reliability Coordination Responsibilities and Authorities Reliability Coordination – Current Day Operations Reliability Coordination – Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) Procedure for the Use of Capacity Benefit Margin Value Documentation of Data Reporting Requirements for Actual and Forecast Demand, Net Energy for Load, and Controllable Demand‐Side Management Aggregated Actual and Forecast Demands and Net Energy for Load Reporting of Interruptible Demands and Direct Control Load Management Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination Special Protection System Misoperations Transmission Operations Operational Reliability Information System Performance Under Normal (No Contingency) Conditions (Category A) Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules
Standards in Force in BC as of effective Date (Standards shaded in orange are the standard assessed in BCTC’s Assessment Report No. 2.) Standard Standard Name BAL‐001‐01a Real Power Balancing Control Performance BAL‐002‐0 Disturbance Control Performance BAL‐003‐0.1b Frequency Response and Bias BAL‐004‐0 Time Error Correction BAL‐004‐WECC‐01 Automatic Time Error Correction BAL‐005‐0.1b Automatic Generation Control BAL‐006‐1.1 Inadvertent Interchange BAL‐STD‐002‐0 Operating Reserves CIP‐001‐1 Sabotage Reporting CIP‐002‐1 Cyber Security – Critical Cyber Asset Identification CIP‐003‐1 Cyber Security – Security Management Controls CIP‐004‐1 Cyber Security – Personnel & Training CIP‐005‐1 Cyber Security – Electronic Security Perimeter(s) CIP‐006‐1 Cyber Security – Physical Security of Critical Cyber Assets CIP‐007‐1 Cyber Security – System Security Management CIP‐008‐1 Cyber Security – Incident Reporting and Response Planning CIP‐009‐1 Cyber Security – Recovery Plans for Critical Cyber Assets COM‐001‐1.1 Telecommunications COM‐002‐2 Communication and Coordination EOP‐001‐0 Emergency Operations Planning EOP‐002‐2.1 Capacity and Energy Emergencies EOP‐003‐1 Load Shedding Plans EOP‐004‐1 Disturbance Reporting EOP‐005‐1 System Restoration Plans EOP‐006‐1 Reliability Coordination – System Restoration EOP‐008‐0 Plans for Loss of Control Center Functionality APPENDIX B to Order G-167-10 Page 1 of 5 Order Approving G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G-167-10 G167-10 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G167-10 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09
Standard Standard Name EOP‐009‐0 Documentation of Blackstart Generating Unit Test Results FAC‐001‐0 Facility Connector Requirements FAC‐002‐0 Coordination of Plans For New Generation, Transmission, and End‐User FAC‐003‐1 Transmission Vegetation Management Program FAC‐008‐1 Facility Ratings Methodology FAC‐009‐1 Establish and Communicate Facility Ratings FAC‐010‐2 System Operating Limits Methodology for the Planning Horizon FAC‐011‐2 System Operating Limits Methodology for the Operations Horizon FAC‐013‐1 Establish and Communicate Transfer Capability FAC‐014‐2 Establish and Communicate System Operating Limits INT‐001‐3 Interchange Information INT‐003‐2 Interchange Transaction Implementation INT‐004‐2 Dynamic Interchange Transaction Modifications INT‐005‐2 Interchange Authority Distributes Arranged Interchange INT‐006‐2 Response to Interchange Authority INT‐007‐1 Interchange Confirmation INT‐008‐2 Interchange Authority Distributes Status INT‐009‐1 Implementation of Interchange INT‐010‐1 Interchange Coordination Exemptions IRO‐001‐1.1 Reliability Coordination Responsibilities and Authorities IRO‐002‐1 Reliability Coordination – Facilities IRO‐003‐2 Reliability Coordination – Wide Area View IRO‐004‐1 Reliability Coordination – Operations Planning IRO‐005‐2 Reliability Coordination – Current Day Operations IRO‐006‐4 Reliability Coordination – Transmission Loading Relief (TLR) APPENDIX B to Order G-167-10 Page 2 of 5 Order Approving G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G-167-10
APPENDIX B to Order G-167-10 Page 3 of 5 Standard Standard Name Order Approving IRO‐014‐1 Procedures, Processes, or Plans to Support Coordination G‐67‐09 Between Reliability Coordinators IRO‐015‐1 Notification and Information Exchange Between Reliability G‐67‐09 Coordinators IRO‐016‐1 Coordination of Real‐time Activities Between Reliability G‐67‐09 Coordinators IRO‐STD‐006‐0 Qualified Path Unscheduled Flow Relief G‐67‐09 MOD‐006‐0.1 Procedure for the Use of Capacity Benefit Margin Value G-167-10 MOD‐007‐0 Documentation of the Use of Capacity Benefit Margin G‐67‐09 MOO‐010‐0 Steady‐State Data for Modeling and Simulation of the G‐67‐09 Interconnected Transmission System MOD‐012‐0 Dynamics Data for Modeling and Simulation of the G‐67‐09 Interconnected Transmission System MOD‐016‐1.1 Documentation of Data Reporting Requirements for Actual and G-167-10 Forecast Demand, Net Energy for Load, and Controllable Demand‐Side Management MOD‐017‐0.1 Aggregated Actual and Forecast Demands and Net Energy for G-167-10 Load MOD‐018‐0 Treatment of Non member Demand Data and How Uncertainties G‐67‐09 are Addressed in the Forecasts of Demand and Net Energy for Load MOD‐019‐0.1 Reporting of Interruptible Demands and Direct Control Load G-167-10 Management MOD‐020‐0 Providing Interruptible Demands and Direct Control Load G‐67‐09 Management Data to System Operators and Reliability Coordinators MOD‐021‐0 Documentation of the Accounting Methodology for the Effects G‐67‐09 of Controllable Demand‐Side Management in Demand and Energy Forecasts NUC‐001‐2 Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination G-167-10 PER‐001‐0 Operating Personnel Responsibility and Authority G‐67‐09 PER‐002‐0 Operating Personnel Training G‐67‐09 PER‐003‐0 Operating Personnel Credentials G‐67‐09 PER‐004‐1 Reliability Coordination – Staffing G‐67‐09
APPENDIX B to Order G-167-10 Page 4 of 5 Standard Standard Name Order Approving PRC‐001‐1 System Protection Coordination G‐67‐09 PRC‐004‐1 Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation G‐67‐09 Protection System Misoperations PRC‐005‐1 Transmission and Generation Protection System Maintenance G‐67‐09 and Testing PRC‐007‐0 Assuring Consistency of Entity Underfrequency Load Shedding G‐67‐09 Programs with Regional Reliability Organization’s Underfrequency Load Shedding Program Requirements PRC‐008‐0 Implementation and Documentation of Underfrequency Load G‐67‐09 Shedding Equipment Maintenance Program PRC‐009‐0 Analysis and Documentation of Underfrequence Load Shedding G‐67‐09 Performance Following and Underfrequency Event PRC‐010‐0 Technical Assessment of the Design and Effectiveness of G‐67‐09 Undervoltage Load Shedding Program PRC‐011‐0 Undervoltage Load Shedding System Maintenance and Testing G‐67‐09 PRC‐015‐0 Special Protection System Data and Documentation G‐67‐09 PRC‐016‐0.1 Special Protection System Misoperations G-167-10 PRC‐017‐0 Special Protection System Maintenance and Testing G‐67‐09 PRC‐018‐1 Disturbance Monitoring Equipment Installation and Data G‐67‐09 Reporting PRC‐021‐1 Under Voltage Load Shedding Program Data G‐67‐09 PRC‐022‐1 Under‐Voltage Load Shedding Program Performance G‐67‐09 PRC‐STD‐001‐1 Certification of Protective Relay Applications and Settings G‐67‐09 PRC‐STD‐003‐1 Protective Relay and Remedial Action Scheme Misoperation G‐67‐09 PRC‐STD‐005‐l Transmission Maintenance G‐67‐09 TOP‐001‐1 Reliability Responsibilities and Authorities G‐67‐09 TOP‐002‐2 Normal Operations Planning G‐67‐09 TOP‐003‐0 Planned Outage Coordination G‐67‐09 TOP‐004‐2 Transmission Operations G-167-10
Standard Standard Name TOP‐005‐1.1 Operational Reliability Information TOP‐006‐1 Monitoring System Conditions TOP‐007‐0 Reporting System Operating Unit (SOL) and Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) Violations -TOP‐008‐1 Response to Transmission Unit Violations TOP‐STD‐007‐0 Operating Transfer Capability TPL‐001‐0.1 System Performance Under Normal (No Contingency) Conditions (Category A) TPL‐002‐0 System Performance Following Loss of a Single Bulk Electric System Element (Category B) TPL‐003‐0 System Performance Following Loss of Two or More Bulk Electric System Element (Category C) TPL‐004‐0 System Performance Following Extreme Events Resulting in the Loss of Two or More Bulk Electric System Element (Category D) VAR‐001‐1 Voltage and Reactive Control VAR‐002‐1.1a Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules VAR‐STD‐002a‐1 Automatic Voltage Regulators VAR‐STD‐002b‐1 Power System Stabilizer APPENDIX B to Order G-167-10 Page 5 of 5 Order Approving G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09 G-167-10 G‐67‐09 G‐67‐09
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