PRC-016-0.1 Special Protection System Misoperations

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Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet for British Columbia

PRC-016-0.1 — Special Protection System Misoperations

Reliability Standard Effective Date for BC: January 1, 2011

This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.

Registered Entity: [Name & ACRO]

WECC ID: WCRXXXXX

Compliance Assessment Date: [Audit start date – audit end date]

Compliance Monitoring Method: [Audit Type]

Applicable Function(s): TO, GO, DP

Names of Auditors:

Findings Table:

Req. / Finding / Summary & Documentation / Functions Monitored
R1. / DP, GO, TO
R2. / DP, GO, TO
R3 / DP, GO, TO
Req. / Recommendations
Req. / Areas of Concern

Subject Matter Experts

Identify Subject Matter Expert(s) responsible for this Reliability Standard. (Insert additional rows if necessary)

Registered Entity Response (Required):

SME Name / Title / Organization / Requirement(s)

R1 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R1. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an SPS shall analyze its SPS operations and maintain a record of all misoperations in accordance with the Regional SPS review procedure specified in Reliability Standard PRC-012-0_R1.

Registered Entity Response (Required):

Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):

Registered Entity to provide the following:
File Name, File Extension, Document Title, Revision, Date, Page(s), Section, Section Title, Description

Question: Describe your process for analyzing Special Protection System operations. Describe the process for documenting all Special Protection System misoperations in accordance with WECC Reliability Standard PRC-012-0.

Question: Have you experienced any operations or misoperations of SPS during the audit period? If yes, provide description of the event(s).

Compliance Assessment Approach

This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.

Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Review the evidence provided by the entity to verify that the entity analyzed all operations. on its Special Protection System/Remedial Action Schemes.
Review the evidence provided by the entity to verify that the entity has maintained a record of all misoperations in accordance with Regional Special Protection System review procedures specified in Reliability Standard PRC-012-0 R1.

Compliance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R2 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R2. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an SPS shall take corrective actions to avoid future misoperations.

Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement

Registered Entity Response (Required):

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):

Registered Entity to provide the following:
File Name, File Extension, Document Title, Revision, Date, Page(s), Section, Section Title, Description

Question: After completing an investigation, describe the process your company would employ to develop a corrective action plan to prevent future Special Protection System misoperations.

Compliance Assessment Approach

This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.

Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Review the evidence provided by the entity to verify the entity has taken corrective action to prevent future misoperations on its Special Protection System/Remedial Action Schemes.

Compliance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R3 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R3. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an SPS shall provide documentation of the misoperation analyses and the corrective action plans to its Regional Reliability Organization and WECC on request (within 90 calendar days).

Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement

Registered Entity Response (Required):

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):

Registered Entity to provide the following:
File Name, File Extension, Document Title, Revision, Date, Page(s), Section, Section Title, Description

Compliance Assessment Approach

This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.

Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if WECC or the Regional Reliability Organization/Regional Entity requested the analysis and/or corrective action plan.
Determine if the entity supplied the requested documentation within 90 calendar days.
Note to Auditor: If the provided information was incomplete, the entity may be in violation of R1 and/or R2.

Compliance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

Supplemental Information

Other The list of questions above is not all inclusive of evidence required to show compliance with the Reliability Standard. Provide additional informationhere, as necessary that demonstrates compliance with this Reliability Standard.

RSAW Revision History

Revision Date / Comments
October 2, 2015 / RSAW content & format.