Québec Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Québec Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet (QRSAW)
IRO-003-2 — Reliability Coordination – Wide-Area View
Registered Entity: (Must be completed by NPCC)
Régie Identification Number: (Must be completed by NPCC)
Applicable Function(s): Reliability Coordinator – RC
Auditors:
Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Registered Entity: _____________________
Régie Registration Number: ______________________
Compliance Assessment Date: _____________
QRSAW Version: QRSAW_IRO-003-2_v1EN
Revision Date: February 2016
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Disclaimer
This Québec Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet (QRSAW) was developed to facilitate NPCC’s assessment
of a registered entity’s compliance with this Reliability Standard and its appendix specific to Quebec (the
Appendix). This QRSAW contains all of the same substantive questions and issues as the NERC RSAW used in
the United States. QRSAW language is written to specific versions of each Reliability Standard and its
Appendix. Entities using this QRSAW should choose the version of the QRSAW applicable to the Reliability
Standard being assessed. While the information included in this QRSAW provides some of the methodology
that NPCC has elected to use to assess compliance with the requirements of the Reliability Standard, this
document should not be treated as a substitute for the Reliability Standard or viewed as additional Reliability
Standard requirements. In all cases, the Regional Entity should rely on the language contained in the Reliability
Standard itself, and not on the language contained in this QRSAW, to determine compliance with the Reliability
Standard. The Reliability Standards can be found on the Régie’s website at http://www.regieenergie.qc.ca/en/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransportElectricite/NormesFiabilite.html. Additionally, Reliability
Standards are updated frequently, and this QRSAW may not necessarily be updated with the same frequency.
Therefore, it is imperative that entities treat this QRSAW as a reference document only, and not as a substitute
or replacement for the Reliability Standard. It is the responsibility of the registered entity to verify its
compliance with the latest version of the Reliability Standards, approved by the applicable governmental
authority,
relevant
to
its
registration
status
(http://www.regieenergie.qc.ca/en/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransportElectricite/RegistreEntites.html).
This QRSAW provides a non-exclusive list, for informational purposes only, of examples of the types of
evidence a registered entity may produce or may be asked to produce to demonstrate compliance with the
Reliability Standard. A registered entity’s evidence submitted as per the examples contained within this
QRSAW does not necessarily constitute compliance with the applicable Reliability Standard, and NPCC
reserves the right to request additional evidence from the registered entity that is not included in this QRSAW.
Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Registered Entity: _____________________
Régie Registration Number: ______________________
Compliance Assessment Date: _____________
QRSAW Version: QRSAW_IRO-003-2_v1EN
Revision Date: February 2016
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Subject Matter Experts
Identify your company’s subject matter expert(s) responsible for this Reliability Standard.
Response: (Registered Entity Response Required)
SME Name
Title
Organization
Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Registered Entity: _____________________
Régie Registration Number: ______________________
Compliance Assessment Date: _____________
QRSAW Version: QRSAW_IRO-003-2_v1EN
Revision Date: February 2016
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Requirement
Québec Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Reliability Standard Language
IRO-003-2 — Reliability Coordination – Wide-Area View
Purpose: The Reliability Coordinator must have a wide-area view of its own Reliability Coordinator Area and
that of neighboring Reliability Coordinators.
Applicability
Reliability Coordinator
Reliability Standard effective date in Québec: January 1, 2016
Requirements:
R1.
Each Reliability Coordinator shall monitor all Bulk Electric System facilities, which may include subtransmission information, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and adjacent Reliability Coordinator
Areas, as necessary to ensure that, at any time, regardless of prior planned or unplanned events, the
Reliability Coordinator is able to determine any potential System Operating Limit and Interconnection
Reliability Operating Limit violations within its Reliability Coordinator Area.
Québec Appendix
Specific provisions applicable to requirement R1:
 Replace the term "Bulk Electric System" by the term "Main Transmission System" (RTP).
 The Reliability Coordinator is not required to perform the monitoring specified in requirement R1 for
generation facilities that are mainly used to supply industrial loads. However, it shall perform that
monitoring at the connection points of the system of the entities owning generation facilities for
industrial use.
Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement: (Registered Entity
Response Required)
Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Registered Entity: _____________________
Régie Registration Number: ______________________
Compliance Assessment Date: _____________
QRSAW Version: QRSAW_IRO-003-2_v1EN
Revision Date: February 2016
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R1 Supporting Evidence and Documentation
Response: (Registered Entity Response Required)
-
Provide the following:
Document Title and/or File Name, Page & Section, Date & Version
Title
Date
Version
Audit Team: Additional Evidence Reviewed:
This section must be completed by NPCC.
Compliance Assessment Approach Specific to IRO-003-2 R1
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Determine if the Reliability Coordinator monitored all Bulk Electric System facilities including the subtransmission information, within its Reliability Coordinator Area and adjacent Reliability Coordinator
Areas, so that it can determine any potential System Operating Limit and Interconnection Reliability
Operating Limit violation within its Reliability Coordinator Area.
Auditors detailed notes:
R2.
Each Reliability Coordinator shall know the current status of all critical facilities whose failure,
degradation or disconnection could result in an SOL or IROL violation. Reliability Coordinators shall
also know the status of any facilities that may be required to assist area restoration objectives.
Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement: (Registered Entity
Response Required)
Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Registered Entity: _____________________
Régie Registration Number: ______________________
Compliance Assessment Date: _____________
QRSAW Version: QRSAW_IRO-003-2_v1EN
Revision Date: February 2016
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R2 Supporting Evidence and Documentation
Response: (Registered Entity Response Required)
-
Provide the following:
Document Title and/or File Name, Page & Section, Date & Version
Title
Date
Version
Audit Team: Additional Evidence Reviewed:
This section must be completed by NPCC.
Compliance Assessment Approach Specific to IRO-003-2 R2
-
Determine if the Reliability Coordinator knows the current status of all critical facilities whose
failure, degradation or disconnection could result in an SOL or IROL violation.
-
Determine if the Reliability Coordinator knows the status of any facilities that may be required to
assist area restoration objectives.
Auditors detailed notes:
Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Registered Entity: _____________________
Régie Registration Number: ______________________
Compliance Assessment Date: _____________
QRSAW Version: QRSAW_IRO-003-2_v1EN
Revision Date: February 2016
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Supplemental Information
Other - The list of questions above is not necessarily all the evidence required to show compliance with the
Reliability Standard. Provide additional information here, as necessary that demonstrates compliance with this
Reliability Standard.
Entity Response: (Registered Entity Response)
Compliance Findings Summary
(to be filled out by auditor)
Req. NF PNC OEA NA
Statement
1
2
NF-No Finding; PNC-potential non-compliance; OEA-Open Enforcement Action; NA-Not applicable
Revision History
Version
1
Date
February 2016
Reviewers
Initial Document
Revision Description
Document Created from NERC RSAW
Compliance Questionnaire and Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet
Registered Entity: _____________________
Régie Registration Number: ______________________
Compliance Assessment Date: _____________
QRSAW Version: QRSAW_IRO-003-2_v1EN
Revision Date: February 2016
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