COMPLIANCE & RELIABILITY NEWSLETTER: NERC/ REGIONAL ENTITY/ ISO EDITION – US – Week of October 24-November 4, 2022
IMPORTANT ENERGY, COMPLIANCE, & RELIABILITY NEWS:
- U.S. natgas slides 2% to 3-month low on record output, lower LNG exports
- New ERCOT CEO wants to restore public But at what cost to consumers?
- Future Shock Is Here For The Electric Utility Industry
- PPA Prices Continue Rising as IRA Potential Looms
- ERCOT approves pilot allowing Tesla VPPs
- More interregional transmission could prevent East Coast blackouts, lower costs: NRDC report
- Can an ocean grid decongest offshore wind transmission?
- Interconnection Costs Have Risen Steeply in MISO: Berkeley Lab Report
- Getting to ‘net-zero’ emissions: How energy leaders envision countering climate change in the future
- Solar PPA prices soar again in Q3: Why? When will IRA impact the market?
- RTOs, Utilities Push Back on Interconnection Deadlines, Penalties
- Taylor Farms in San Juan Bautista leaving the power grid
- SDG&E completes 40MW BESS, starts work on 39MW of battery-enabled microgrids
- FERC Staff Report Offers Lessons Learned from CIP Reliability Audits
- And So It Goes – ERCOT, Texas Regulators, Permian Gas Supply, LNG And The Energy Transition
- TerraPower, Southern build facility to test next-gen reactor technology
- NYISO Sues FERC Over Participation of Aggregated Distributed Energy Resources in New York’s Wholesale Markets
- ISO New England warns of rolling blackouts this winter
- Sunrun completes successful residential virtual power plant in New England
- Record High Energy Prices Expected for New England — Reliance on Imported Gas Seen as Key
- NPPD’s Tony Eddleman Receives E-ISAC Electricity Security Service Award
- The Time Is Now: Stepping Up Cyber Security for the Energy Sector
- White House to unveil ambitious cybersecurity labeling effort modeled after Energy Star
- Primergy Solar Partners with CATL for $1.2 Billion Solar+ Storage Project in the US
- Securing the S. Electricity Grid from Cyberattacks
HELPFUL LINKS:
- EPE’s NEWS, Events, & Publications Repository
- NERC Lessons Learned
- Updated Registered Entity Self-Report and Mitigation Plan User Guide
- ERCOT Roadmap to Improving Grid Reliability
- NERC Reliability Guidelines
- NERC Compliance Guidance web page
- Compliance Monitoring & Enforcement Program One-Stop Shop
- Consistency Reporting Tool (EthicsPoint)
- Risk-Based Registration Initiative
- Reliability Standard Audit Worksheets
- Enforcement & Mitigation: Enforcement Actions
- Align Project (formerly CMEP Technology Project)
- NERC Training Site
- Texas RE Resource Hub
- NERC Webinar – Project 2020-03 – Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions Slide Deck & Recording
- FERC and ERO Enterprise Joint Report on Real-Time Assessments
- FERC and ERO Enterprise Webinar on Real-Time Assessments
- SERC Real-Time Assessment Training Module
- Project 2020-06 – Verifications of Models and Data for Generators Industry Webinar materials posted
- Utilizing Excess Capability of BPS-Connected Inverter-Based Resources for Frequency Support Informational Webinar materials posted
- P2800-Standard for Interconnection and Interoperability of Inverter-Based Resources Interconnecting with Associated Transmission Electric Power Systems – Timeline and Milestones
- CIP Risk Factor Changes Informal Webinar materials posted
UPCOMING NERC & REGIONAL ENTITY EVENTS
Upcoming NERC Events:
- 10/24/2022 – Industry Webinar | Project 2020-04 Modifications to CIP-012
- 10/25/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, & Coordination SDT Meeting
- 10/26/2022 – Modifications to BAL-003 Phase II Drafting Team Meeting
- 10/26/2022 – Board of Trustees Open Meeting
- 10/26/2022 – 10/27/2022 – System Protection and Controls Working Group (SPCWG) Meeting
- 10/27/2022 – Project 2021-07 Extreme Cold Weather Grid Operations, Preparedness, & Coordination SDT Meeting
- 10/27/2022 – Project 2017-01 – Modifications to BAL-003 Phase II Drafting Team Meeting
- 10/31/2022 – 11/01/2022 – System Planning Impacts from DERs Working Group (SPIDERWG) Meeting
- 11/01/2022 – Compliance Committee (CC) Closed Meeting
- 11/01/2022 – Technology and Security Committee (TSC) Closed Meeting
- 11/02/2022 – 11/03/2022 – Real Time Operating Subcommittee Meeting
- 11/02/2022 – 11/03/2022 – 2022 EPRI-NERC-NATF Planning and Modeling Virtual Seminar
- 09/19/2022 – 11/03/2022 – Comment Period Open for Two Draft Supply Chain Security Guidelines | Comments
- 10/31/2022 – 11/09/2022 – Project 2021-04 – Modifications to PRC-002 | Draft 2 | Ballot
- 09/26/2022 – 11/09/2022 – Project 2021-04 – Modifications to PRC-002 | Draft 2 | Comments
- 09/29/2022 – 11/11/2022 – Draft Supply Chain Security Guides on Open Source Software Provenance | Comments
- 09/29/2022 – 11/14/2022 – Project 2021-01 – Modifications to MOD-025 and PRC-019 | Draft 1| Comments
- 11/04/2022 – 11/14/2022 – Project 2021-01 – Modifications to MOD-025 and PRC-019 | Draft 1| Ballot
- 11/07/2022 – 11/09/2022 – Project 2020-04 – Modifications to CIP-012 | Draft 3 | Ballot
- 09/29/2022 – 11/15/2022 – Project 2021-05 – Modifications to PRC-023 | Join Ballot Pools
- 10/03/2022 – 11/16/2022 – Project 2020-04 – Modifications to CIP-012 | Draft 3 | Comments
- 10/04/2022 – 11/18/2022 – Reliability Guideline: Bulk Power System Reliability Perspectives on the Adoption of IEEE 1547-2018 | Comments
- 10/10/2022 – 12/02/2022 – Project 2021-05 – Modifications to PRC-023| Ballot | Comments
Other NERC News:
- PRC-024-2 Gaps Whitepaper
- Project 2016-02 Modifications to CIP Standards | Virtualization Additional Ballot and Non-binding Poll Results
- Nomination Period Open for Exam Working Group – Nominations
- Standards Commenting and Balloting System Login Platform Update (ERO Portal) Coming October 19, 2022
- Updated CIP-014-3 R1 Practice Guide
- Inverter-Based Resource Strategy Document
- Inverter-Based Resources Quick Reference Guide
- Modification to CIP Standards Webinar
- GridSecCon 2022 – October 18–19, 2022 | Register
- Project 2020-03 Supply Chain Low Impact Revisions Industry Webinar – Slide Presentation – Recording
- NERC Rules of Procedure Updated
- Recommendations for Simulation Improvement and Techniques Related to DER Planning White Paper
- Panhandle Wind Disturbance: Joint NERC and Texas RE Staff Report
- Surveys Open for Reliability/Security Guidelines
- Aggregated Cold Weather Preparations Report Posted
- FERC Issuances
REGIONAL ENTITY EVENTS:
Upcoming MRO Events:
- MRO 2024 Strategic Plan
- 10/26/2022 – NERC Standards Review Forum (NSRF) Weekly Web Meeting
- 10/27/2022 – MRO Finance and Audit Committee 4Q Closed Meeting
- 11/01/2022 – MRO GPC 4Q Meeting
- 11/02/2022 – MRO Security Advisory Council Threat Forum Q4 Closed Meeting
Upcoming NPCC Events:
- NPCC Security Bulletin – CISA Releases RedEye: Red Team Campaign Visualization and Reporting Tool
- 11/09/2022 – Fall 2022 Hybrid Compliance & Reliability Conference
Upcoming RF Events:
Upcoming SERC Events:
- 10/24/2022 – 10/28/2022 – SERC Sponsored Physical Security Professional (PSP) Class
Upcoming Texas RE Events:
- 10/27/2022 – Fall Standards, Security, and Reliability Workshop
- 11/08/2022 – Talk with Texas RE: CIP-008
Upcoming WECC Events:
- 10/24/2022 – PCMS – Production Cost Modeling Subcommittee Meeting
- 10/25/2022 – WECC-0149 Table Revision Process Drafting Team
- 10/25/2022 – WREGIS New Software Platform Customer Training
- 10/25/2022 – 10/26/2022 – Reliability & Security Workshop
- 10/26/2022 – PCDS – Production Cost Data Subcommittee
- 10/26/2022 – WREGIS New Software Platform QRE Training
- 10/26/2022 – PTF – Path task Force
- 10/27/2022 – OAWG – Oscillations Analysis Work Group
- 10/27/2022 – WREGIS New Software Platform Customer Training
- 10/27/2022 – LDESAG – Long-Duration Energy Storage Assessment Advisory Group
- 10/31/2022 – HRCC – Human Resources Compensation Committee Closed
- 11/01/2022 – Grid Fundamentals
- 11/01/2022 – UFLSWG – Underfrequency Load Shedding Work Group
- 11/02/2022 – Grid Fundamentals
- 11/02/2022 – EPAS – Event and Performance Analysis Subcommittee Closed
- 11/02/2022 – Resource Adequacy Series: Resource Adequacy and Western Heat Domes
- 11/02/2022 – MAC – Member Advisory Committee
- 11/04/2022 – JGC – Joint Guidance Committee
UPCOMING ISO/PUC EVENTS
Upcoming California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Events:
- 10/24/2022 – Web Conference: Fall 2022 Release – Market Simulation
- 10/25/2022 – Teleconference: WEIM Governing Body Executive Session
- 10/25/2022 – Web Conference: Technical User Group
- 10/25/2022 – Web Conference: BPM Change Management Proposed Revision Request Review
- 10/25/2022 – Web Conference: WEIM Governing Body General Session Meeting
- 10/26/2022 – Teleconference: Department of Market Monitoring Oversight Committee Executive Session
- 10/26/2022 – Teleconference: ISO Board of Governors Executive Session
- 10/26/2022 – Teleconference: Joint WEIM Governing Body and ISO Board of Governors Executive Session
- 10/26/2022 – Web Conference: Joint WEIM Governing Body and Board of Governors
- 10/26/2022 – Deadline: Comments due – Assembly Concurrent Resolution 188
- 10/26/2022 – Teleconference: Joint WEIM Governing Body and ISO Board of Governors Executive Session
- 10/27/2022 – Teleconference: Audit Committee Executive Session
- 10/27/2022 – Web Conference: ISO Board of Governors Executive Session
- 10/27/2022 – Web Conference: ISO Board of Governors General Session
- 10/27/2022 – Web Conference: Fall 2022 Release – Market Simulation
- 10/28/2022 – Web Conference: Transmission Development Forum
- 11/01/2022 – Web Conference: 2024 Local Capacity Requirements Study Criteria, Methodology, and Assumptions
Recent Documents (October):
Upcoming Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ISO) Events:
- 10/24/2022 – Large Flexible Loads Task Force (LFLTF) Meeting
- 10/25/2022 – Winter Weatherization Workshop for Generation Resources
- 10/25/2022 – Winter Weatherization Workshop for Transmission Service Providers
- 10/26/2022 – Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting
- 10/27/2022 – Operations Working Group (OWG) Meeting by WebEx Only
- 10/27/2022 – Texas SET and Market Coordination Team (MCT) Joint Meeting by WebEx Only
- 10/27/2022 – Texas SET Working Group Change Control Call WebEx
- 10/28/2022 – Supply Analysis Working Group (SAWG) Meeting by WebEx Only
- 10/28/2022 – Performance, Disturbance, Compliance Working Group (PDCWG) Meeting
- 11/01/2022 – Retail Metering Subcommittee (RMS) Meeting
- 11/01/2022 – Lubbock Retail Integration Task Force (LRITF) Meeting
- 11/02/2022 – Steady State Working Group (SSWG) Meeting
- 11/03/2022 – PUCT Meeting
- 11/04/2022 – Critical Infrastructure Protection Working Group (CIPWG) Meeting
Active Nodal Protocol Revision Requests
- NPRR956 – Designation of Providers of Transmission Additions
- NPRR981 – Day-Ahead Market Price Correction Process
- NPRR1058 – Resource Offer Modernization for Real-Time Co-Optimization
- NPRR1067 – Market Entry Qualifications, Continued Participation Requirements, and Credit Risk Assessment
- NPRR1070 – Planning Criteria for GTC Exit Solutions
- NPRR1084 – Improvements to Reporting of Resource Outages and Derates
- NPRR1088 – Applying Forward Adjustment Factors to Forward Market Positions and Un-applying Forward Adjustment Factors to Prior Market Positions
- NPRR1089 – Requiring Highest-Ranking Representative, Official, or Officer of a Resource Entity to Execute Weatherization and Natural Gas Declarations
- NPRR1118 – Clarifications to the OSA Process
- NPRR1126 – Default Uplift Allocation Enhancement
- NPRR1127 – Clarification of ERCOT Hotline Uses
- NPRR1128 – Allow FFR Procurement up to FFR Limit Without Proration
- NPRR1138 – Communication of Capability and Status of Online IRRs at 0 MW Output
- NPRR1139 – Adjustments to Capacity Shortfall Ratio Share for IRRs
- NPRR1140 – Recovering Fuel Costs for Generation Above LSL During RUC-Committed Hours
- NPRR1141 – Require Notary Public for NCI and Notice of Change of Banking Information Forms
- NPRR1143 – Provide ERCOT Flexibility to Determine When ESRs May Charge During an EEA Level 3
- NPRR1144 – Station Service Backup Power Metering
- NPRR1145 – Use of State Estimator-Calculated ERCOT-Wide TLFs in Lieu of Seasonal Base Case ERCOT-Wide TLFs for Settlement
- NPRR1146 – Credit Changes to Appropriately Reflect TAO Exposure
- NPRR1147 – Update and Improve Notification and Evaluation Processes Associated with Reliability Must-Run (RMR)
- NPRR1148 – Language Cleanup Related to ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS)
- NPRR1149 – Implementation of Systematic Ancillary Service Failed Quantity Charge
- NPRR1150 – Related to NOGRR230, WAN Participant Security
- NPRR1151 – Protocol Revision Subcommittee Meeting Requirement
- NPRR1152 – Remove Requirements to Submit Emergency Operations Plans, Weatherization Plans, and Declarations of Summer/Winter Weather Preparedness
Active Nodal Operating Guide Revision Requests
- NOGRR215 – Limit Use of Remedial Action Schemes
- NOGRR226 – Revision to 5% Transmission Operator (TO) Load Shedding Relay Set Point
- NOGRR230 – WAN Participant Security
- NOGRR241 – Related to NPRR1127, Clarification of ERCOT Hotline Uses
- NOGRR242 – Update POIB References
- NOGRR243 – Implementation of Seasonal Load Shed Tables
- NOGRR244 – Alignment Changes for December 1, 2022, Nodal Operating Guide – NPRR1127
Active Planning Guide Revision Requests
- PGRR073 – Related to NPRR956, Designation of Providers of Transmission Addition
Active Other Binding Documents Revision Requests
- OBDRR041 – Updates to Requirements for Aggregate Load Participation in the ERCOT Markets
- OBDRR043 – Related to NPRR1148, Language Cleanup Related to ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS)
Upcoming Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) Meetings
- 11/03/2022 – Open Meeting
Upcoming Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) Events:
- 10/24/2022 – TPL-001-5 Agreement Task Team (TPLATT) – Closed
- 10/24/2022 – MISO DER Affected System Proposals Due
- 10/25/2022 – Formula Rater Protocols – Annual Regional Cost Sharing Meeting
- 10/26/2022 – Advisory Committee (AC) Meeting
- 10/26/2022 – ERIS DFAX Reduction Proposal (PAC-2022-3) Due
- 10/27/2022 – Office Hours: Resource Adequacy (RA Tier 2) Hours, Schedule 53, SAC
- 10/27/2022 – Stakeholder Governance Guide Workshop
- 10/28/2022 – MISO SPP IPSAC
- 10/28/2022 – BPM-015 GIP Timeline Updates Due
- 10/28/2022 – MISO SPP IPSAC
- 11/01/2022 – Audit and Finance Committee of the BOD
- 11/01/2022 – System Planning Committee of the BOD
- 11/01/2022 – NERC FAC-011 Std Change Impacts – SOL Limits Task Team
- 11/02/2022 – RFP Informational Meeting #2- Hiple to IN/MI State Border 345 kV Project
- 11/03/2022 – System Restoration and Reliability Training Working Group (SRRTWG)
- 11/03/2022 – Organization of MISO States (OMS) Executive Committee
- 11/04/2022 – Transmission Owners Compliance Task Team (TOCTT)
Recent Documents & Helpful Resources:
- Training Resources
- Notifications
- 2022-10-11 Docket ER22-1640-001 – MISO submitted responses to the Commission’s August 12 letter requesting additional information regarding MISO’s April 14, 2022 Order No. 2222 Compliance Filing.
Upcoming Independent System Operator – New England (ISONE) Events:
- 10/26/2022 – NEPOOL Transmission Committee Meeting
- 10/27/2022 – NEPOOL Emerging Technologies Working Group Meeting
- 11/01/2022 – Intermediate Wholesale Electricity Markets (WEM 201)
- 11/01/2022 – Open Meeting of the ISO New England Board of Directors
- 11/02/2022 – Intermediate Wholesale Electricity Markets (WEM 201)
- 11/02/2022 – NEPOOL Participants Committee Meeting
- 11/03/2022 – Intermediate Wholesale Electricity Markets (WEM 201)
Recent Documents & Helpful Resources:
Upcoming New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) Events:
- 10/24/2022 – Operating Committee (OC)
- 10/24/2022 – Electric System Planning Working Group (ESPWG) Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee
- 10/25/2022 – 2021-2040 System & Resource Outlook Public Information Session
- 10/25/2022 – Electric System Planning Working Group (ESPWG)
- 10/26/2022 – Management Committee (MC)
- 10/27/2022 – Installed Capacity/Market Issues Working Group/ Price-Responsive Load Working Group (ICAP/MIWG/PRLWG)
- 10/28/2022 – Budget & Priorities Working Group (BPWG)
- 11/01/2022 – Transmission planning Advisory Committee (TPAC)
- 11/02/2022 – System Protection Advisory Subcommittee (SPAS)
- 11/02/2022 – New York State Reliability Council (NYSRC-ICS)
- 11/03/2022 – Installed Capacity/Market Issues Working Group/ Price-Responsive Load Working Group (ICAP/MIWG/PRLWG)
- 11/04/2022 – Load Forecasting Task Force (LFTF)
Recent Documents & Helpful Resources:
- MANUALS, TECHNICAL BULLETINS & GUIDES
- CORPORATE & PLANNING REPORTS
- REGULATORY RESOURCES
- TARIFFS, FERC FILINGS & ORDERS
- RELIABILITY COMPLIANCE
Upcoming PJM Events:
- 10/24/2022 – Markets & Reliability Committee (MRC)
- 10/24/2022 – 10/26/2022 – 2022 Annual Meeting – Part 2
- 10/25/2022 – General Session
- 10/26/2022 – Members Committee (MC)
- 10/27/2022 – Load Analysis Subcommittee (LAS)
- 10/28/2022 – System Operations Subcommittee (SOS)
- 10/28/2022 – Stakeholder Process Forum
- 10/31/2022 – Resource Adequacy Senior Task Force
- 10/31/2022 – Independent State Agencies Committee
- 11/01/2022 – Planning Committee
- 11/01/2022 – Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee
- 11/02/2022 – Market Implementation Committee
- 11/03/2022 – Operating Committee
- 11/04/2022 – Clean Attribute Procurement Senior Task Force
- 11/04/2022 – Transmission Expansion Advisory Committee
Recent Documents & Helpful Resources:
Upcoming Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Events:
- 10/24/2022 – Regional State Committee Business Meeting and Quarterly Joint Stakeholder Meeting
- 10/25/2022 – Board of Directors and Members Committee Meeting and Annual Meeting of Members
- 10/25/2022 – Transmission Service User Forum Net Conference
- 10/26/2022 – Consolidate Planning Process Task Force (CPPTF) Meeting
- 10/26/2022 – Generation Interconnection User Forum Net Conference
- 10/27/2022 – Western Markets Working Group Net Conference
- 10/28/2022 – MISO-SPP IPSAC Net Conference
- 10/31/2022 – 11/01/2022 – Transmission Working Group Net Conference
- 11/01/2022 – WEIS Resource Adequacy Task Force Net Conference
- 11/01/2022 – Markets + Development Update Webinar
- 11/02/2022 – Project Cost Working Group Net Conference
- 11/02/2022 – Economic Studies Working Group Net Conference
- 11/03/2022 – Economic Studies Working Group Net Conference
- 11/03/2022 – Operating Reliability Working Group Net Conference
- 11/04/2022 – GI Manual Task Force Net Conference
Recent Documents & Helpful Resources:
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