On January 19, 2021, FERC accepted the NERC proposed approach for evaluating Reliability Guidelines. This evaluation process takes places under the leadership of the Reliability and Security Technical Committee (“RSTC”) and includes:
  • industry survey on effectiveness of Reliability Guidelines;
  • triennial review with a recommendation to NERC on the effectiveness of a Reliability Guideline and/or whether risks warrant additional measures; and
  • NERC’s determination whether additional action might be appropriate to address potential risks to reliability in light of the RSTC’s recommendation and all other data within NERC’s possession pertaining to the relevant issue.

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* 1. Has your organization found the recommendations to be effective in reducing BPS reliability risk?

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* 2. What changes have been made or are planned in support of implementing the recommendations?

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* 3. In what state(s) or province(s) is your footprint?

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* 4.
For each authority governing interconnection requirements (AGIR) in your footprint that adopted 1547-2018, in part or in whole, for DERs:
(This entity is defined in IEEE 1547 as “A cognizant and responsible entity that defines, codifies, communicates, administers, and enforces the policies and procedures for allowing electrical interconnection of DER to the Area EPS. This may be a regulatory agency, public utility commission, municipality, cooperative board of directors, etc. The degree of AGIR involvement will vary in scope of application and level of enforcement across jurisdictional boundaries. This authority may be delegated by the cognizant and responsible entity to the Area EPS operator or bulk power system operator.”)
  • Who is the AGIR? Please provide all AGIRs for your footprint if there are multiple.
  • What IEEE 1547-2018 performance category (i.e., Category I, Category II, or Category III) was selected for the Interconnection Requirements for DERs?
  • Was the IEEE standard adopted by general reference, specific reference, or new language mirroring key clauses in the AGIR’s adoption?

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* 5. For each AGIR in your footprint that has not adopted 1547-2018, in part or in whole, for DERs:
  • Please list the AGIRs in this category.
  • Have you independently incorporated any 1547-2018 requirements into interconnection requirements under your jurisdiction? Please explain the technical requirements you have independently incorporated.
  • Have you reached out to the AGIR to raise awareness of the reliability benefits of adopting 1547-2018?

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