Project QC-2012-01
Consultation on Proposed Reliability
Standards and Supporting Documents
Information Session with Entities Concerned
January 11 and 16, 2013
COORDONNATEUR
DE LA FIABILITÉ
Direction – Contrôle des mouvements d'énergie
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Outline
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Objectives of session
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Québec regulatory framework
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Status on reliability standards
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Consultation process
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Project QC-2012-01
– Proposed supporting documents
– Proposed reliability standards
– Preliminary assessment of relevance and impacts of proposed
standards
– Feedback
– Next steps
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Questions and discussion
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Objectives of session
– Status report on reliability standards in Québec
– Explain the first round of consultation
– Present the next steps
The following will not be covered:
• Issues related to the file now before the Régie de l'énergie
• Technical aspects of the proposed reliability standards
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Québec regulatory framework
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The Régie de l'énergie is responsible for:
– designating the Reliability Coordinator for Québec
– adopting the reliability standards filed by the
Reliability Coordinator
– approving the register of entities subject to the
reliability standards adopted by the Régie de
l'énergie
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Québec regulatory framework
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(cont.)
History:
– In 2007, the Régie de l'énergie designated the Direction –
Contrôle des mouvements d'énergie as Reliability
Coordinator for Québec
– In 2008 and 2009, the Reliability Coordinator informed the
entities potentially subject to the standards that reliability
standards would be filed with the Régie de l'énergie
– In June 2009, the Reliability Coordinator filed the following
with the Régie de l'énergie (docket R-3699-2009)
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95 NERC reliability standards for adoption
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A register identifying 55 entities subject to the standards for
approval
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Supporting documents
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Status on reliability standards
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Docket R-3699-2009:
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Follow-up on decisions D-2011-068 and D-2012-091
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Adoption of 12 standards on July 25, 2012 (FAC and CIP)
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Schedule established by the Régie de l'énergie in its procedural
letter (PDF-In French Only) of December 6, 2012
(PDF-In French
Only)
Implemented by the Régie de l'énergie:
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Québec Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (QCMEP)
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Québec Rules of Procedure (QROP) for Compliance Services, with
NPCC and NERC
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Upcoming agreement between the Régie de l'énergie, NERC and
NPCC
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To be approved by the Gouvernement du Québec on recommendation
by the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
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Status on reliability standards
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(cont.)
On approval of the QCMEP and the QROPs,
– the Reliability Coordinator will have 30 days to file an
updated Sanction Guide that takes these documents into
account (docket R-3699-2009, phase 2);
– a hearing will be held 21 days later.
Cf. Decision D-2011-139
(PDF - In French Only)
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Consultation process
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Consultation process prior to filing of reliability
standards
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Approved by the Régie de l'énergie in Decision
D-2011-139 (PDF - In French only)
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Makes for a fuller assessment of the monetary impact
of standards proposed by the Reliability Coordinator
(D-2011-068, para. 110)
Cf. Decision D-2011-139
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Project QC-2012-01
Proposed New Standards and Supporting
Documents
COORDONNATEUR
DE LA FIABILITÉ
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Direction – Contrôle des mouvements d'énergie
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Proposed supporting documents
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Register of Entities Subject to Reliability Standards:
New entities added
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Glossary of Terms and Acronyms: Updated to include
changes made by NERC
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Recommended Implementation Dates
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Violation Risk Factors: Updated to include the proposed
standards
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Proposed reliability standards
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Reliability standards: 16 reliability standards, 4 of
them updates and 12 new, have been proposed along
with Appendix QC-PRC-018.
– Each standard is accompanied by a preliminary
assessment of its relevance and its impact
– The three main factors examined in the preliminary
assessment of each proposed standard are applicability,
implementation and compliance monitoring
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Preliminary assessment of proposed
standards
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List of standards and their impact in terms of
implementation, maintaining the standard and
compliance monitoring:
Standards
EOP-003-2
FAC-008-3
FAC-013-2
IRO-008-1
IRO-009-1
IRO-010-1a
MOD-001-1a
MOD-008-1
MOD-028-1
MOD-029-1a
MOD-030-2
PER-004-2
PER-005-1
PRC-002-NPCC-01
PRC-006-1
PRC-018-1 (ann.QC)
PRC-023-2
Implementation
Low
Moderate
Moderate
Low
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Low
Moderate
Important
Moderate
High
Low
Maintaining
Low
Low
Moderate
Low
Low
Low
Low
Moderate
Low
Low
Low
Low
Important
Moderate
Moderate
High
Low
Monitoring
Low
Moderate
Low
Low
Low
Low
Moderate
Low
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Low
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
Moderate
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Feedback
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Two forms are available:
– Standards and supplementary documents
– Evaluation of the impacts of proposed standards
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The following information must be clearly indicated:
– Name of person submitting the comments
– Name of entity represented
– Document and section to which the comment applies
– Impact the proposed standard will have on the entity
(human, material and financial resources) (be as specific as
possible)
Send feedback to: fiabilite@hydro.qc.ca
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Next steps
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Study of feedback
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Publication of responses to feedback
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Technical meeting (to explain the responses and
technical aspects of the standards)
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Incorporation of accepted comments into standards
and supporting documents
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Filing with the Régie de l'énergie for adoption of
standards
The filing will take place after the standards now being
studied by the Régie de l'énergie have been adopted
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Questions and discussion
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