External Stakeholder Session
Authoritative Document Schedule
Documents – ISO Rules
Letter of
Notice
Stakeholder
Comments
AESO Replies
to Stakeholder
Comments
Notice of
Filing with
the
Commission
Proposed1 Effective Date
1. Proposed New Section 103.8, Timely
Information from Owner to Pool
Participant
December 3,
2013
January 17,
2014
February 4,
2014
February 24,
2014
March 14, 2014
(completed)
(completed)
2. Removal of OPP 523, Medicine Hat
Area Operations
January 16,
2014
January 31,
2014
February 18,
2014
March 10,
2014
March 28, 2014
November 21,
2013
(completed)
December 19,
2013
Q1 2014
Q1 2014
Item
No.
(completed)
3. Proposed Removal of:
OPP 515, South Area Operation,
OPP 517
Keephills/Ellerslie/Genesee (KEG)
Area Operation,
OPP 521, SOK – 240 Operation
1
October 22
2013
(completed)
(completed)
Proposed effective dates are subject to change at the discretion of the AESO.
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4. Proposed Amended and Removed
Definitions related to the proposed:
New Section 306.4, Outage
Scheduling (transmission and loads),
Letter of
Notice
Stakeholder
Comments
AESO Replies
to Stakeholder
Comments
Notice of
Filing with
the
Commission
Proposed1 Effective Date
March 28,
2013
April 29, 2013
To Be
Determined
To Be
Determined
To Be Determined
To Be
Determined
To Be
Determined
To Be Determined
To Be
Determined
To Be
Determined
To Be Determined
(completed)
(completed)
New Section 306.5, Outage
Scheduling (generators)
5. Proposed New Section 306.4,
Outage Scheduling (transmission
and loads) replacing:
March 28,
2013
April 29, 2013
(completed)
(completed)
OPP 601 Transmission Outage
Coordination,
OPP 602 Risk Assessment for
Transmission Maintenance Outages
and Commissioning Activities
6. Proposed New Section 306.5,
Outage Scheduling (generators)
(replacing existing Section 5, Energy
Market Scheduling (subsections 5.2
to 5.6))
March 28,
2013
April 29, 2013
(completed)
(completed)
Amendments to Existing:
Section 103.4, Power Pool Financial
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No.
Documents – ISO Rules
Letter of
Notice
Stakeholder
Comments
AESO Replies
to Stakeholder
Comments
Notice of
Filing with
the
Commission
Proposed1 Effective Date
June 18, 2013
August 9, 2013
(completed)
November
25, 2013
On hold
(completed)
October 3,
2013
(completed)
(completed)
Settlement,
Section 201.6, Pricing,
Section 202.2, Short Term Adequacy
and Supply Shortfall, and Section
203.1, Offers and Bids for Energy.
7. Proposed New Operating Reserves
Rules replacing:
OPP 401 Regulating Reserve
Service,
Objection
filed by
Enmax on
Dec 9, 2013
OPP 402 Supplemental and
Spinning Reserve Services,
OPP 403 External Spinning and
Supplemental Reserves From BC,
OPP 404 Ancillary Service
Dispatches and Directives and
Ancillary Services Technical
Requirements
8. Propose New, Amended and
Removed Definitions related to the
proposed New Operating Reserves
June 18, 2013
August 9, 2013
(completed)
(completed)
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October 3,
2013
November
25, 2013
(completed)
(completed)
On hold
External Stakeholder Session - January 24, 2014
Item
No.
Documents – ISO Rules
Letter of
Notice
Stakeholder
Comments
Rules
AESO Replies
to Stakeholder
Comments
Notice of
Filing with
the
Commission
Proposed1 Effective Date
No objections
received
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9. Residual Matters
1. AESO Metering Standard into new ISO rules
2. Existing Section 9.1 of the ISO rules, Transmission Facility Projects – On hold pending AUC plan on cost monitoring oversight and the soft cap
(industry workgroup commenced on November 29, 2012)
3 Phases: 1) Cost Estimating – expect to post Recommendation Paper by the end of April, 2013
2) Project Reporting
3) Project Procurement
3. Existing Section 9.3 of the ISO rules, Abbreviated Needs Identification Approval - on hold pending the outcome of the DOE review of the connection process
4. ISO OPP 804 Off-Nominal Frequency Load Shedding and Restoration (includes Policy Changes)
5. ISO OPP 1304 Disturbance Reporting
6. New Communications Technical Requirements Rules
7. New Substations Technical Requirements Rules
8. New Battery Technical Requirements Rules
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43.
Documents – Alberta Reliability
Standards
Stakeholder
Consultation
Letter
Stakeholder
Comments
AESO Replies
to Stakeholder
Comments
Target for
Notice of
Filing with
the
Commission
Effective Date
Package with Administrative
Changes - Changes for all 34
Alberta Reliability Standards in
effect:
April 30, 2013
May 16, 2013
(completed)
To Be
Determined
To Be Determined
(completed)
August 15,
2013







(completed)
Defined terms from italics to
bold
Titles of documents in italics
rather than quotations
Removing the statement that
incorporates ISO rules
definitions by reference
Removing the procedures
section of the template which
has never been used
Removing the guidelines
section of the template which
has never been used
Removing the appendix section
if it has never been used
Writing out acronyms
Minor language changes for
consistency – singular rather than
plural, issuing a directive rather than
directing a market participant
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Documents – Alberta Reliability
Standards
Stakeholder
Consultation
Letter
Stakeholder
Comments
AESO Replies
to Stakeholder
Comments
Target for
Notice of
Filing with
the
Commission
Effective Date
44.
Package of Definitions for Adoption
April 30, 2013
May 16, 2013
(completed)
(completed)
To Be
Determined
To Be Determined

August 15,
2013
50 definitions incorporated by
reference from ISO rules
(completed)
Seeking to adopt these 50
definitions in the Alberta Reliability
Standards domain
46.
47.
Proposed Amendments to PRC007-AB-0 Assuring Consistency with
Regional Under frequency Load
Shedding Program Requirements
August 8,
2013
Proposed New CIP v5-related
reliability standards:
December 12
2013
(completed)
CIP-002-A-5 – BES Cyber System
Categorization
(completed)
September 10,
2013
(completed)
NA
NA
Withdrawn in US as of September 2013 and replaced with PRC-006
February 7,
2014
Q2 2014
Q2 2014
Proposed CIP ARSs, except for requirement R2 of CIP-003-AB-5,
become effective on the first day of the calendar quarter (January 1,
April 1, July 1 or October 1) that follows eight (8) full calendar
quarters after approval by the AUC. Requirement R2 of CIP-003-AB5 becomes effective on the first day of the calendar quarter (January
1, April 1, July 1 or October 1) that follows twelve (12) full calendar
quarters after approval by the AUC.
CIP-003-AB-5 – Security
Management Controls
CIP-004-AB-5 – Personnel and
Training
CIP-005-AB-5 – Electronic Security
Perimeters
CIP-006-AB-5 – Physical Security of
BES Cyber Systems
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Item
No.
Documents – Alberta Reliability
Standards
Stakeholder
Consultation
Letter
Stakeholder
Comments
AESO Replies
to Stakeholder
Comments
Target for
Notice of
Filing with
the
Commission
Effective Date
December 12,
2013
(completed)
February 7,
2014
Q2 2014
Q2 2014
The proposed CIP ARS Terms and Definitions is proposed to become
effective on the first day of the calendar quarter (January 1, April 1,
July 1 or October 1,) that follows approval by the AUC
CIP-007-AB-5 – Systems Security
management
CIP-008-AB-5 – Incident Reporting
and Response Planning
CIP-009-AB-5 – Recovery Plans for
BES Cyber Systems
CIP-010-AB-1 – Configuration
Change Management and
Vulnerability Assessments
CIP-011-AB-1 – Information
Protection
CIP-PLAN-AB-1 - Implementation
Plan for Version 5 CIP Security
Standards
48.
CIP v5-related Definitions
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