UNOFFICIAL ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Montreal, October 16, 2015
By email
To:
All Registered Entities
Subject: Partial decision D-2015-168 rendered in file R-3699-2009 Phase 2
Sir, Madam,
The Régie de l’énergie (the Régie) hereby informs you that it has rendered the partial
decision D-2015-168 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’approbation du Guide des sanctions et l’entrée en vigueur des
normes de fiabilité de la phase 1. This decision is available on the Régie's website at the
following link: http://www.regie-energie.qc.ca/audiences/decisions/D-2015-168.pdf.
In this decision, the Régie sets January 1, 2016 as the effective date for 16 standards. The
enclosed Appendix lists the standards and the applicable functions. In light of the
applicable functions of these standards, entities other than the Direction – Contrôle de
mouvements d’énergie d’Hydro Québec TransÉnergie (HQCMÉ) will be subject to
Reliability Standards for the first time. The Régie also sets November 1, 2015 as
HQCMÉ’s filing date for the final versions of these standards.
The Régie intends to publish by November 6, 2015 the final versions of the standards
effective on January 1, 2016, on its website on the Reliability Standard page
(http://www.regie-energie.qc.ca/en/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransportElectricite/Normes
FiabiliteUlterieure.html).
The Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) is currently developing the 2016
Implementation Plan for the Québec Reliability Standards Compliance Monitoring and
Enforcement Program. The Régie intends to approve and publish this plan for 2016 in
November of this year.
The Régie proposes an information session for registered entities to present the mandatory
Reliability Standards regime and the 2016 Implementation Plan on December 10, 2015
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. This session will take place at the Régie's head office in
Montréal. NPCC representatives will be present and simultaneous translation will be
available. It will also be possible to call-in to listen to the session, without simultaneous
translation however.
The Régie will allow entities to submit their questions prior to this information session so
that they can be addressed during the session. The Régie will also hold a follow-up
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conference call on December 17, 2015 to address questions that may not have been
answered in the information session.
The Régie requests registered entities which will be subject to Reliability Standards
on January 1, 2016 to indicate to the Régie, by email to secretariat-pscaq@regieenergie.q.ca, by November 13, 2015, the names and number of representatives that
will attend the information session in person on December 10, 2015.
Entities have until October 30, 2015 to comment on the upcoming events and on the
intended calendar.
In summary, here is the intended calendar:
October 30, 2015
Deadline for submission of comments on the
upcoming events and on the intended calendar.
November 1, 2015
Filing, by the Reliability Coordinator of the final
versions of the Reliability Standards in effect on
January 1, 2016.
November 6, 2015
Publication of the final versions on the Reliability
Standards
page
of
the
Régie's
website
(http://www.regieenergie.qc.ca/en/audiences/NormesFiabiliteTransport
Electricite/NormesFiabiliteUlterieure.html).
November 13, 2015
Deadline for submission of the names and the
number of people attending the information session.
November 20, 2015
Publication of the NPCC 2016 Implementation Plan.
December 7, 2015
Deadline for submission of preliminary questions for
the information session.
December 10, 2015
Information session from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
December 17, 2015
Follow-up conference call.
The Régie has also updated its website to reflect the setting of the January 1, 2016 effective
date for 16 standards and, at the same time, took the opportunity to update the list of the
ongoing regulatory files.
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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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Appendix: RELIABILITY STANDARDS PUT INTO EFFECT IN DECISION D-2015-168 AND
APPLICABLE FUNCTIONS
Function2
Number1
BA DP GO GOP IA LSE PA PSE RC RP TO TOP TP TSP
BAL-004-0
X
X
BAL-005-0.2b X
X
COM-002-2
X
X
EOP-002-3.1
X
X
X
X
X
FAC-010-2.1
X
X
X
FAC-011-2
X
FAC-014-2
X
X
IRO-002-2
X
IRO-003-2
X
IRO-004-2
X
IRO-006-5
X
X
X
X
X
X
MOD-016-1.1
X
MOD-020-0
X
PRC-001-1
X
TOP-001-1a
X
TOP-003-1
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
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BAL - Resource and Demand Balancing; COM - Communications; EOP - Emergency Preparedness and Operations; FAC
- Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance; IRO - Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination ; MOD Modeling, Data, and Analysis; PRC - Personnel Performance, Training, and Qualifications ; TOP - Transmission
Operations.
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BA - Balancing Authority; DP - Distribution Provider; GO - Generator Owner; GOP - Generator Operator; IA Interchange Authority; LSE - Load-Serving Entity; PA - Planning Authority; PSE - Purchasing-Selling Entity; RC Reliability Coordinator; RP - Resource Planner; TO - Transmission Owner; TOP - Transmission Operator; TP Transmission Planner; TSP - Transmission Service Provider.