Attendance
Participant Name / Company Name / Attendance StatusAndrew Burmaster / Brookfield Renewable Power / Present (on the phone)
Ben Li / IESO / Present
Cristian Dragnea / MACD / Present (on the phone)
Dave Kwan / OPG / Present (on the phone)
David Barrett / IESO / Present
David Kiguel / Observer / Present
David Ramkalawan / OPG / Present
Esia Giaouris / Hydro One / Present
Helen Lainis / IESO / Present
Ioan Agavriloai / IESO / Present
James Cook / Great Lakes Power (Transmission) / Present (on the phone)
Jay Jayaraman / Enbridge / Present
Jennifer Jayapalan / Portlands Energy Centre / Present (on the phone)
Jian Zhang / Transalta / Present (on the phone)
John Falsey / St. Clair Power, L.P. / Present (on the phone)
Jon Veldhuizen / Northland Power Inc. / Present
Karen Demos / NextEra / Present
Khaqan Khan / IESO / Present
Laurie Reid / Ontario Energy Board / Present
Luis Zaragoza / Pattern Energy / Present (on the phone)
Mike Yealland / MYCON Inc. / Present
Norm Dang / IESO / Present
Paul Malozewski / Hydro One / Present
Paul Whitehead / Bruce Power / Present
Ralph Kothe / Bruce Power / Present
Ron J. Falsetti / AESI / Present
Samin Salam / IESO / Present (on the phone)
Scott Berry / IESO / Present
Shahid khan / Northland Power Inc. / Present (on the phone)
Soon Chua / Portlands Energy Centre / Present (on the phone)
Vlad Stanisic / TransCanada / Present
Scribe: Adnan Jabbar, : Please report any corrections, additions or deletions to scribe.
All meeting materials are available on the IESO’s RSSC webpage at:
References:
IESO MACD page:
IESO Reliability Standards Compliance page:
NERC Standards page:
NPCC Regional Standards/Criteria page:
FERC Electric page:
Action Item Summary as of the 31stMeeting# / Date / Action / Status
1 / Apr 29, 2015 / IESO (A. Jabbar) to get clarity from NPCC on the Quarterly Mis-operation reporting of system elements (whether BES or BPS elements). / Completed
2 / Sept14, 2015 / OEB (L.Reid) to provide clarity on the Ontario Energy Board Reliability Standards Review Process. / Completed
- Welcome and Introductions
The thirty-firstRSSC meeting commenced at 9:30 a.m. with brief introductions by each participant.
- Administrative Issues
a)The agenda for the meeting was reviewed and no new agenda items were added
b)The minutes of the last (thirtieth) RSSCmeeting were reviewed (page by page). No major concerns were raised. Motions to adopt the meeting minutes as final were made by K. Khan and R. Kothe
c)Updates on the open action item were provided as follows:
- Action item 1: IESO (A. Jabbar) to get clarity from NPCC on the Quarterly Mis-operation reporting of system elements (whether BES or BPS elements).
This action item has been completed. There were no comments or questions from members.
d)RSSC Roster updates:A. Jabbar confirmed that some updates were made to the RSSC roster list that are now reflected in version 52(excel spreadsheet). The list was circulated amongst the committee members by email prior to the face-to-face meeting.
- CIP Version 5 status update
NERC initiated a program in 2014 to help the industry transition directly from the currently enforceable CIP Version 3 standards to CIP Version 5. The goal of the transition program was to improve industry’s understanding of the technical security requirements for CIP Version 5, as well as the expectations for compliance and enforcement. The CIP Version 5 transition program will be in place through the implementation period of the CIP V5 standards and beyond.
N. Dang provided members with an update, as he sits in the CIP Forum to discuss the actual CIP standards and how they could be interpreted. N. Dang informed members that in February 2015 NERC had filed a petition with FERC for the approval of proposed Critical Infrastructure Protection ("CIP") Reliability Standards CIP-003-6, CIP-004-6, CIP-006-6, CIP-007-6, CIP-009-6, CIP-010-2, and CIP-012. In July 2015 FERC responded with a NOPR to approve and address the directives in Order No. 791 by: (1) eliminating the “identify, assess, and correct” language in 17 of the CIP version 5 Standard requirements; (2) providing enhanced security controls for Low Impact assets; (3) providing controls to address the risks posed by transient electronic devices (e.g., thumb drives and laptop computers); and (4) addressing in an equally effective and efficient manner the need for a NERC Glossary definition for the term “communication networks.”
N. Dang mentioned that the next face-to-face CIP V5 meeting is to take place on October 01, 2015 in Clarkson (IESO) and since there have been a lot of activities in the CIP transitional area, especially in parts that have been identified as BES; any CIP related updates or information, can be accessed through NER’C CIP V5 webpage.
- Alignment of Transmission System Code (TSC) and NERC Standards
L. Reid presented updates on the alignment of Transmission System Code (TSC) and NERC Standards. She mentioned that when the TSC was originally drafted and approved,NERC standards were not mandatory.The model for reliability in Ontario at that time involved adopting language from the NERC Standards in to the TSC; which subsequently were made mandatory under legislation and the Market Rules. However, due to the continued evolution of reliability standards, certain portions of the TSC no longer align with the NERC Reliability Standards. OEB has since initiated a task to revise the TSC and have assigned it to the ministry operations committee (OEB internal committee) for oversight. L. Reid mentioned that the OEB has already initiated a thorough review of the TSC and have identified sections that duplicate language from the NERC Reliability Standards. The next steps are to identify and remove repetitions from the TSC.
There were numerous questions and discussions prompted by the participants related to the alignment of TSC and NERC Standards. In addition to the deliberations several RSSC members had also requested for more information on the OEB’s Reliability Standards review process. L. Reid had agreed to provide a memo to explain the OEB’s statutory authority for review and the process it has developed to exercise that authority (Action Item 2).
- PRC-005-2 Transition
H. Lainis presented updates on the newly Identified BES assets that require compliance with NERC standards as of July 1, 2016. She mentioned that Standards like PRC-005-2 have associated phased-in implementation/compliance dates that go beyond the mandated compliance date of July 1, 2016 so it is unreasonable for market participants to be immediately compliant with PRC-005-2. Therefore, compliance with PRC-005-2 for all newly identified BES elements will be based on the NERC Implementation Plan for PRC-005-2; which means that the legacy standards (PRC-005-1, PRC-008-0, PRC-011-0, and PRC-017-0) will be in effect throughout the phased implementation of PRC-005-2.
She then highlighted NERC’s implementation plan for PRC-005-2 which takes in to account:
•The maintenance activities established under PRC-005-2 (may not be presently performed by some entities).
•The unrealistic intervals for entities to be immediately compliant with new activities.
•The use of the current implementation plan to become compliant with PRC-005-2.
Lastly H. Lainisshared an example on a BES equipment to highlight the implementation periods for PRC-005-2.
- NERC Lessons Learned
S. Berry presented updates on the NERC Lessons Learned. He mentioned that the principal goal of the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) is to promote the reliability of the bulk power system in North America. This goal is directly supported by evaluating bulk power system events, undertaking appropriate levels of analysis to determine the causes of the events, promptly assuring tracking of corrective actions to prevent recurrence, and providing lessons learned to the industry. S. Berry briefly talked about the lessons learned posted since the last RSSC meeting:
Operations Lessons
•Real-Time Contingency Analysis Failure due to a Modeling Error (BA, RC, TOP, TO)
•Generator Distributed Control System Impact on Automatic Voltage Regulators (RC, GO, GOP, TOP)
•Pre-Contingent Load Shed Event (BA, RC, TOP, DP, LSE)
•EMS Recovery Strategy (RC, BA, TO, TOP)
CIP Version 5 Transition Program Lessons
•Identifying BES Cyber Assets
•Communications to BES Cyber Systems and BES Cyber Assets: provide guidance when connecting a BES Cyber System or BES Cyber Asset to a communication network external to the BES Cyber System or BES Cyber Asset.
- Standards Enforcement Dates Update
A. Jabbar presented updates on the NERC standards that have now been approved by FERC since the last RSSC meeting in April 2015 and their determined Ontario enforcement dates:
•PRC-004-3 (Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction) – Enforceable on Jul. 1, 2016will respectively supersede: PRC-004-2.1a, and PRC-003-1
•CIP-014-2 (Physical Security Directives) – Enforceable on Oct. 2, 2015will respectively supersede CIP-014-1
•PRC-001-1.1 (ii) (System Protection Coordination) – Enforceable on Jul. 16, 2015will respectively supersede PRC-001-1.1a, and PRC-001-1.1 (i)
•PRC-004-2.1(i)a (Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation Protection System Misoperations) – Enforceable on Jun. 14, 2015will respectively supersede PRC-004-2.1a
•PRC-004-4 (Protection System Misoperation Identification and Correction) – Enforceable on Jul. 1, 2016will respectively supersede PRC-004-3
•PRC-005-2(i) (Protection System Maintenance) – Enforceable on Jun. 14, 2015will respectively supersede PRC-005-2
•PRC-005-3(i) (Protection System and Automatic Reclosing Maintenance) – Enforceable on Apr. 1, 2016will respectively supersede PRC-005-2(i) and PRC-005-3
•PRC-019-2 (Coordination of Generating Unit or Plant Capabilities, Voltage Regulating Controls, and Protection) – Enforceable on Jul. 1, 2016will respectively supersede PRC-019-1
•PRC-024-2 (Generator Frequency and Voltage Protective Relay Settings) – Enforceable on Jul. 1, 2016will respectively supersede PRC-024-1
•VAR-002-4 (Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules) – Enforceable on Jun. 14, 2015will respectively supersede VAR-002-3
He informed members that all relevant Enforcement and Retirement dates are covered in version 6.0 of the “Milestones in Reliability Standard Development and Lifecycle” spreadsheet (available on the IESO public page). Participants were also encouraged to refer to the implementation plan (for each respective standard), which consists of supplementary details regarding the enforcement dates of requirements and sub-requirements.
- Ontario Reliability Compliance Program Updates
A. Jabbar presented the updates to the 2015 Ontario Reliability Compliance Program. At a high-level he underlined some of the upcoming Self-certifications:
•Emergency Preparedness/Restoration planning – Form 1608/1609; applicable to those market participants identified by the IESO as Restoration Participantsto be issued Dec 01 2015
Lastly, A. Jabbar (as an awareness piece) mentioned that a request for 2015 Q3 of Protection System Operation/Misoperation reporting was issued on April 1st 2015, and is due on Nov 2nd2015.
- Current NERC/NPCC/FERC Activities
9a) Update on Reliability Standards under Development and Coming into Effect in Ontario
H. Lainis presented updates on the current NERC/NPCC/FERC activities. She talked about the OEB process and mentioned that the IESO is responsible for communicating any new or amended reliability standards and criteria to market participants that may be subject to the Ontario Energy Board's (OEB) review. She mentioned that there were no other significant details or updates in addition to what was already covered in Item 7 (Standards Enforcement Dates Update).
9b) Update on NERC Standards Committee Activities
B. Lipresented updates on the NERC Standards Committee Activities. He mentioned that there had been one face to face meeting and five conference calls since the Apr 2015 RSSC meeting. He also highlighted some of the major issues:
•Standards postings increased; where most projects are initiated to address directives and for periodic reviews.
•Developing revisions to the Standard Processes Manual, Section 11, and its resource document on posting and approving documents referenced by standards
•Proposing revisions to forma ‘effective date’ language used in Reliability Standards’ implementation plans
•SC Officers election to be held at its September 23rd meeting to fill Segment 4 and Segment 7 roles.
B. Li talked briefly about two sub-committees that report to the standards committee; one being the Process Sub-committee (SCPS), which focuses on maintaining the documents that support the standards development process. He mentioned that the SCPS Subcommittee:
•Developed a process for consensus building and SAR development, which is in the informal stage. This is prior to the official launch of a standard development project to enhance effectiveness and formality of standards development. The current status is stalemate.
•May revisit Quality review process under new NERC leadership
•Initiated new project to develop cost/benefits for standard projects
•Is collecting users’ views on the new Standards Balloting System (SBS)
The other subcommittee B. Li briefly talked about was the Project Management and Oversight Subcommittee (PMOS), which works with NERC staff to support industry subject matter experts (SMEs) in all aspects of standard development. He mentioned that the PMOS Subcommittee Continues to provide oversight on standard development projects.
9c) NERC Standards Development
On the next item, B. Li shared numerous updates on Reliability Standards recently posted for Comment/Ballot, a select few of which are highlighted below:
•Physical Security Standard CIP-014-2, where FERC approved the CIP-014-1 standard, but directed NERC to revise the standard to remove the word “widespread”. The IESO assessed that this removal had no material impacts on the standard’s intent or applicable entities’ obligations.
•Proposed revisions to PRC-005 where applicability expanded to include Supervisory relay(s) andVoltage sensing devices associated with the supervisory relay(s).
•Phase 3 Remedial Action Scheme (RAS) - PRC-012-2 intended to address all aspects of Remedial Action Schemes (RAS) and Special Protection Systems (SPS) contained in the RAS/SPS-related Reliability Standards: PRC-012-1, PRC-013-1, PRC-014-1, PRC-015-1, and PRC-016-1; and to replace fill-in-the-blank requirements
•System Protection Coordination - PRC-027 and TOP-009balloted several times to improve alignment with previous versions of the standards
9d) NPCC Standards/Criteria Development
Lastly B. Li presented an overview of the proposed revisions to NPCC Directories 1, 4 and 8.He mentioned that the IESO supports the proposed revisions and that at present has no major concerns. Any or all changes to Directories #1, 4 and 8 are intended to add clarity without any material impacts on the current criteria.
- Other Items - Feedback on Ontario Risk-Based CMEP
Towards the end of the meeting C. Dragneashared some information regarding feedback on Ontario Risk-Based CMEP. He mentioned that the feedback he had received was in favour of the Risk Based Approach framework which is very similar to the ORCP with regards to monitoring and enforcement. He shared some preliminary details on the 2016 ORCP schedule and asked the RSSC participants to think about any other elements in addition to NERC’s RB-CMEP that should be adopted by MACD to enhance the CMEP in Ontario.
- Next Meeting
The 32ndRSSC meeting (Q4 for 2015) is scheduled for WednesdayDecember 16, 2015 at 120 Adelaide Street West (downtown Toronto).
No further items were brought up and the meeting ended at 02:30 PM. Motion to adjourn was made by J. Jayaraman and P. Malozewski.
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