UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Montreal, February 1, 2016
By email
To:
All registered entities
Subject: Decisions rendered in files R-3952-2015 and R-3699-2009 Phase 2
2016 calendar of events supporting monitoring and enforcements of
Reliability Standards
“Frequently asked questions” published on the website of the Régie de
l’énergie
Sir, Madam,
The Régie de l’énergie (the Régie) hereby wishes to inform you of some developments as
well as of the 2016 calendar of events in the mandatory regime of Reliability Standards.
The Régie informs you that it has rendered the following decisions:
 interlocutory decision D-2015-213 in file R-3952-2015 - Demande relative à la
méthodologie d’identification des éléments du réseau de transport principal.
In this decision the Régie approves changes to the Registry of entities subject to
Reliability Standards (the Registry); in particular the addition of a new Appendix G
specifying the ten facilities for which Reliability Standards are not applicable.
For more information, you may consult, at the following links on our website:
o decision D-2015-213:
http://publicsde.regie-energie.qc.ca/projets/346/DocPrj/R-3952-2015-A-0004Dec-Dec-2015_12_21.pdf;
o the updated Registry:
http://www.regieenergie.qc.ca/en/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransportElectricite/RegistreR3.pdf.
 decision D-2016-011 in file R-3699-2009 Phase 2 - Demande d’Hydro-Québec par
sa direction Contrôle des mouvements d’énergie dans ses fonctions de coordonnateur
de la fiabilité au Québec visant l’adoption du Guide des sanctions et l’entrée en
vigueur des normes de fiabilité de la phase 1.
In this decision the Régie adopts the French version of the Sanctions Guide for the
Enforcement of the Reliability Standards in effect in Québec (the Guide). However,
the Guide will be effective 120 days after the adoption of its English version.
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Moreover, the Régie requested that the Coordinator indicate a deadline for the
translation of the Guide in English.
In the same decision, the Régie sets April 1, 2016 as the effective date for two
standards that were already adopted. Hence, at that date, the number of the effective
standards will be 33.
For more information, you may consult, at the following links on our website:
o decision D-2016-011:
http://www.regie-energie.qc.ca/audiences/decisions/D-2016-011.pdf;
o the French version of the Guide:
http://www.regieenergie.qc.ca/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransportElectricite/GuideSanctions_26j
anv16.pdf;
o the list of standards effective at a future date:
http://www.regieenergie.qc.ca/en/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransportElectricite/NormesFiabilite
Ulterieure.html .
Also, the Régie has set the following 2016 calendar of events supporting monitoring and
enforcements of Reliability Standards:
March 17, 2016,
10:00-11:00
Webinar in French1 on the steps to follow when a
registered entity files a Self-Report and the follow-up on
this filing.
June 2016
Posting for comments of a draft version of the Régie’s
policies related to the Monitoring and Enforcement of
Reliability Standards.
September 2016
Webinar to present :
- new software platform, or data repository;
- Spot Check and Self-Certification processes.
December 2016
Presentation of the 2017 Québec Implementation Plan.
Entities may submit comments or suggestions on the calendar by February 11, 2016 at
the latest.
Finally, the Régie has published the “Frequently Asked Questions” which also includes the
questions submitted by representatives of the registered entities in 2015. This document is
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The Régie will provide documents in English and field English questions.
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now available at the following link on our website: http://www.regieenergie.qc.ca/en/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransportElectricite/index.html.
Moreover, updates of various web pages have been made on the reliability website to
publish documents filed in connexion with the decisions rendered. You may consult the list
of modifications on the « What’s New? » web page:
http://www.regieenergie.qc.ca/en/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransportElectricite/QuoiNeuf.html.
For any further information, please contact the Régie by phone or by email:
The Secretary
Régie de l’énergie
800, rue du Square Victoria, bureau 2.55
Montréal (Québec) H4Z 1A2
Téléphone : 514 873-2452 ou sans frais 1 888-873-2452
Courriel : secretariat-PSCAQ@regie-energie.qc.ca
Yours truly,
Véronique Dubois, lawyer
Secretary of the Régie de l’énergie
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