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Criterion Development

This section is maintained by the drafting team during the development of the document and will be removed on final disposition of the document.

Updates

Changes made to the document is response to Posting 34 were substantial. All changes can be seen on the redline version of the document posted at the WECC-0100 project page on the Posted for Comment accordion. An explanation of changes made can be found in the Posting 34 Response to Comments form located at the WECC-0100 project page on the Submit and Review Comments accordion.

Document Scope

This document is designed to address the substance of TPL-001-WECC-CRT-2.1 (TPL), Requirement WR3 and the requirements imposed by NERC TPL-001-4, Requirements R5 and R6. Standard Authorization Request (SAR) WECC-0100 also provides for review and disposition of Table W-1 associated with the WECC TPL. Table W-1 will not migrate to this document; rather, combined interactive language of WR1, WR2, and WR3 is designed to meet that intent.

Procedural Background

On September 5, 2012, the WECC Board of Directors (Board) adopted a recommendation by the Regional Criteria Work Group (RCWG) changing the designation of this document from a WECC Criterion (CRT) to a WECC Regional Business Practice (RBP). On June 24, 2014, the Board reversed that decision and designated this document as a CRT.

In further keeping with the September 5, 2012 recommendation, on November 28, 2012, a Standard Authorization Request (SAR) was submitted to evaluate whether this document should be drafted as a WECC Regional Reliability Standard (RRS).

On December 19, 2012, the WECC Standards Committee (WSC) accepted the SAR as drafted with specific approval to assign an evaluation team to review the subject matter and return a recommendation to the WSC as to whether the document should be redrafted as an RRS.

On June 26, 2013, the WSC approved the evaluation team’s recommendation to ballot the retirement of TPL-001-WECC-RBP-2.1, WR1, WR2, WR4 and WR5. If approved the retirement would become effective coincident with the Effective Date of NERC’s TPL-001-4, because the content of the WECC Requirements will be resident in the NERC TPL-001-4.

On August 8, 2013, the WSC assigned the original drafting team, augmenting the team during later weeks.

On October 8, 2013, a WECC Ballot Pool voted to retire TPL-(012 through 014)-WECC-RBP-2.1, WR1, WR2, WR4 and WR5 of the Effective Date of NERC TPL-001-4. (The Effective Date is projected for approximately January 1, 2016. It should be noted that the TPL has a staggered Effective Date.)

On November 1, 2013, the WECC-0100 Drafting Team (DT):

1.  Reported completion of the tasks assigned in the WECC-0100 Standard Authorization Request (SAR);

2.  Requested the WECC Standards Committee (WSC) deem the WECC-0100 SAR complete; and,

3.  Requested the WSC accept the DT’s recommendation to proceed with informal drafting in support of an iterative SAR tailored to the remedial needs of TPL-001-WECC-RBP-2.1, System Performance, WR3 as well as a more granular implementation plan of TPL-001-4, Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements Requirement R5 and R6.

The WSC agreed to expand the WECC-0100 drafting team to include the entire Reliability Subcommittee, and accept the drafting team’s recommendation that further drafting continue on remedial language for:

1.  TPL-001-WECC-RBP-2.1. WR3;

2.  Table W-1; and,

3.  TPL-001-4, Requirements R5 and R6.

On December 5, 2013, the Board approved the decision to retire portions of the WECC TPL upon the Effective Date of the NERC TPL.

During June 2014, the Planning Coordinating Committee (PCC) conducted a straw poll concluding the most appropriate document categorization for this document should be that of a WECC Regional Criterion.

On June 24, 2014, the Board changed the designation of this document from that of a RBP to that of CRT.

Completed Actions / Date
1.  SAR Filed. / November 28, 2012
2.  Review Team files Preliminary Recommendation. / June 20, 2013
3.  WSC approves ballot to retire WR1, WR2, WR4 and WR5. / June 26, 2013
4.  Notice of Joint Session to discuss retirement. / August 2, 2013
5.  Ballot Pool opens asking for retirement of WR1, WR2, WR4 and WR5. / August 5, 2013
6.  WSC approves Drafting Team. / August 8, 2013
7.  Ballot Pool closed asking for retirement of WR1, WR2, WR4 and WR5. / September 3, 2013
8.  Joint Session to discuss retirement. / September 5, 2013
9.  Ballot opens asking for retirement of WR1, WR2, WR4 and WR5. / September 16, 2013
10.  Drafting Team – First Meeting – Orientation. / September 26, 2013
11.  Ballot closed asking for retirement of WR1, WR2, WR4 and WR5. Retirement approved. / October 8, 2013
12.  Posting 1 -– Open 45-day / October 15, 2014
13.  Posting 1 – Closed / December 1, 2014
14.  Posting 1 – Response to Comments Posted / February 4, 2015
15. Posting 2 – Open 30-day / February 4, 2015
16. Posting 2 – Closed / March 6, 2015
17. Posting 2 – Response to Comments Posted / March 17, 2015
18. Posting 3 – Open 30-day / July 24, 2015
19. Posting 3 - Closed / August 24, 2015
20. Posting 3 – Response to Comments Posted / October 16, 2015
21.  Posting 4 – Open / October 27, 2015
22.  Posting 4 – Closed / November 30, 2015
23.  Posting 4 – Respond to Comments / December 3, 2015
24.  Posting 5 – Open / December 18, 2015
25.  Posting 5 - Closed / January 18, 2016
26.  Posting 5 – Respond to Comments / January 19 and 21, 2015
Anticipated Actions / Date
27.  Version 46 Posted – Open 30-Day Comment Period / October 27, 2015
28.  Version 46 Posted – Closed / November 30, 2015
29.  DT meets for final Comments / Forward to WSC / December 3, 2015
30.  WSC Meets / January 28, 2016
31.  Open Ballot Pool
32.  Joint Session – Notice
33.  Close Ballot Pool
34.  Joint Session
35.  Open Ballot
36.  Ballot Closed
37.  WSC Meets
38.  Notice to WECC Board of Directors
39.  Board

Implementation Plan

Approvals Required

TPL-001-WECC-CRT-3, Transmission System Planning Performance

A WECC Criterion

Prerequisite Approvals

·  WECC Ballot Pool

·  WECC Standards Committee

·  WECC Board of Directors

Applicable Entities

Planning Coordinator

Transmission Planner

Conforming Changes to Other Standards

None required.

Effective Date

The Effective Date is the later of January 1, 2016 or the Effective Date of TPL-001-4, Transmission System Planning Performance, Requirements R2-R6 and R8, subject to required approvals.

Justification

The effective date is targeted to coincide with the effective date of TPL-001-4, Transmission System Planning Performance.

Consideration of Early Compliance

The DT foresees no reliability-related issues if an entity chooses to implement the document early; however, entities should continue to adhere to approved WECC Criteria until they are retired.

Retirements

This document will replace TPL-001-WECC-CRT-“2” that is to be retired as of the Effective Date of this project.


New or Modified Term(s) Used in the WECC Glossary for WECC Criteria and Naming Conventions (WECC Glossary).

This section includes all new or modified terms used in the proposed criterion that will be included in the WECC Glossary upon applicable approval. The new or revised terms listed below will be presented for approval with the proposed document. Upon WECC Board of Director (Board) adoption, this section will be removed and the approved terms will be moved to the WECC Glossary.

Term(s): None proposed

A.  Introduction

1.  Title: Transmission System Planning Performance

2.  Number: TPL-001-WECC-CRT-3

Purpose: To facilitate coordinated near-term and long-term transmission planning within the Interconnection of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), and to facilitate the exchange of the associated planning information for normal and abnormal conditions.

This document applies to all transmission planning studies conducted within the Interconnection of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC).

This is a planning criterion. This document does not designate the entity responsible for system remediation.[1]

3.  Applicability:

4.1.  3.1 Functional Entities:

4.1.1.  3.1. Planning Coordinator

4.1.2.  3.2. Transmission Planner

4.2.  3.2 Facilities:

4.2.1.  3.2.1 This document applies to Bulk Electric System (BES) Facilities.

4.2.2.  Each of the3.2.2 The following buses isare specifically excluded from this WECC Criterion:

4.2.2.1.  3.2.2.1 Non-BES buses.

4.2.2.2.  3.2.2.2 Line side series capacitor buses

4.2.2.3.  3.2.2.3 Line side series reactor buses

4.2.2.4.  3.2.2.4 Dedicated shunt capacitor buses

4.2.2.5.  3.2.2.5 Dedicated shunt reactor buses

4.2.2.6.  3.2.2.6 Metering buses, fictitious buses, or other buses that model point of interconnection solely for measuring electrical quantities; and,

4.2.2.7.  3.2.2.7 Other buses specifically excluded by each Planning Coordinator or Transmission Planner internal to their system.

4.  Effective Date: The Effective Date is the later of January 1, 2016 or the Effective Date of TPL-001-4, Transmission System Planning Performance, Requirements R2-R6 and R8, subject to approvals.

B.  Requirements and Measures

Rationale Blocks will be relocated to the Guidance section when the project is complete.

Rationale for Requirement WR1:
This is a planning criterion.
WR 1 addresses NERC TPL R5 and R6.
WR1 is designed to state the base planning criteria the system must meet – unless an individual entity or group of entities has different criteria. WECC Requirements WR2 and WR3 allow for entities to have different criteria.
Neither WR2 nor WR3 changes the WR1 default; rather, WR2 and WR3 allow for deviation from the WR1 default. WR2 allows for a more stringent approach without changing the WR1 default. A more stringent approach may be used in accordance with WR2 so long as all the affected parties agree. Similarly, WR3 allows deviation from the default with the additional protection that when used, other Transmission Planners and Planning Coordinators are allowed to use the same criteria on that part of the system for the same category of planning events (e.g., P1 and P2).
In the context of Requirement WR1, the word “nominal” carries its common definition and could be, for example, either the base voltage or the operating voltage as established in the entity’s Planning Assessment. This means that nominal may have a varying definition or use from one entity to the next. If an entity does not specify what is nominal, the default use of the term nominal defaults to the kilo-volt class that is specified in the WECC Base Case, with the exception of the 500 kilo-vote class, in which case the default nominal would be specified as 525 kilo-volt.
Requirement WR1.1.2 refers to the post automatic equipment adjustment effect prior to manual adjustment.

WR1. Each Transmission Planner and Planning Coordinator shall use the following default base planning criteria, unless otherwise specified in accordance with Requirements WR2 and WR3:

1.1.  Steady-state voltages at all applicable Bulk-Electric System (BES) buses shall stay within each of the following limits:

1.1.1 95 percent to 105 percent of nominal for P0[2] event (system normal pre-contingency event powerflow);

1.1.2 90 percent to 110 percent of nominal for P1-P7[3] events (post-contingency event powerflow).

Rationale for Requirement WR1.2:
For purposes of this document, a BES bus that is serving load is the bus with direct transformation from BES-level voltage to distribution-level voltage that serves load.
In developing Subsection 1WR1.2, the drafting team was aware that eight percent is not the only practical percentage for use. Historically, stakeholders reported successfully using percentages between five and ten whereas others reported being under a regulatory mandate to use eight percent. To accommodate both positions the team selected the eight percent.
By default, only automatic post-contingency actions occurring in the studied timeframe are considered when calculating voltage deviation. This would include, among other things, capacitor or reactor switching. For purposes of WR1.2, automatic generally means a programmed response not manually initiated. The intent of the language is that the action be performed within 30 seconds, regardless of how the action is performed.
If the action is completed in more than 30 seconds, regardless of how the action is performed (manual completion versus computerized completion) these should NOT be included in the calculations, even if driven by automatic controls as in the example presented.
For P1 there is no high voltage deviation requirement. For P2-P7, there is no low or high voltage deviation requirement. It is implied that P2 through P7 events don’t require a voltage deviation beyond meeting the requirements in WR1.1.2.
For purposes of this document, a BES bus that is serving load is the bus with direct transformation from BES-level voltage to distribution-level voltage that serves load.
The following illustrations apply to WR1.3 and WR1.4, and not WR1.2.
The following diagrams are offered for illustrative purposes. They are not designed to depict all possible variablesvoltage trajectories.






1.2.  Post-Contingency steady-state voltage deviation at each applicable BES bus serving load shall not exceed 8% for P1 events.

1.3.  Following fault clearing, the voltage shall recover to 80% of the pre-contingency voltage within 20 seconds of the initiating event for all P1 through P7 events, for each applicable BES bus serving load.

1.4 Following fault clearing and voltage recovery above 80%, voltage at each applicable BES bus serving load shall notneither dip below 70% of pre-contingency voltage for more than 30 cycles ornor remain below 80% of pre-contingency voltage for more than two seconds, for all P1 through P7 events.