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Matters open for public comment will be listed below. All other open matters may be included in active notices. If you don’t see a particular matter, visit the RCA’s website or contact us with questions.
ER14 provides a framework for impacted stakeholders and members of the public to submit comments and complaints to the RRC for consideration and due handling. ER14 became effective on May 17, 2024.
The RRC, is initiating the development of business process documents to support its Compliance, Monitoring, and Enforcement Program (ER2). This effort follows the approval of initial Reliability Standards by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) and prepares for their enforcement implementation period. These supporting documents will provide clear procedures for compliance and enforcement, ensuring that Registered Entities meet all requirements under ER2. While not all documents will require RCA filing or Board approval, this process ensures readiness and transparency for those that do. Public participation opportunities and updates will be available throughout the development process.
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This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the RRC Interconnection Process, Reliability Standards: RRC-FAC-001 Facility Interconnection Requirements and RRC-FAC-002 Facility Interconnection Studies, and Interconnection Agreements.
On May 6, 2024, the RRC Board of Directors (Board) issued a Directive to the CTO to develop reliability standards. In response to this directive, standards have been developed and many of those standards have been approved by the Board. Standards are written to include many defined terms; however, these terms have not yet been recommended for Board approval to file with the RCA. A Working Group will be established to develop definition of terms used in reliability standards.
The IRP Definitions document will provide a glossary of terms applicable to the IRP process and will also set the considerations for the meaning of “greatest value” which has statutory significance to the IRP development.
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The IRP Objectives will offer a brief overview of the IRP’s assumptions related to the IRP’s base case, establish base case assumptions, and establish the scenarios and sensitivities to be studied.
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The RRC, as the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO), shall determine and may levy monetary and non-monetary penalties against a Registered Entity, as owners, operators, and users of the Bulk Power System for violations of the RRC Reliability Standards.
On October 10, 2022, the RRC filed its 2023 budget with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) as Matter No. EB1-9001. The RCA opened Docket No. E-22-002 to investigate the RRC's filing.
This docket was closed on November 17, 2023, via RCA Order no. E-22-002(9)/E-23-001(12).
This page is dedicated to the development of the 2026 RRC budget. The budget determines the following year’s surcharge after subtracting the balance of the RRC's balancing account.
On September 30, 2024, the RRC Board of Directors issued a Directive to initiate a review of the Documents Retention and Access Rule (ER3) and the Confidential Documents and Access Rule (ER4). In response to this directive, the Chief Administrative Officer will establish a Work Group to review these rules and other relevant organizational documents and develop recommended revisions for Board action and subsequent filing with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.
On November 17, 2023, the RRC filed its 2024 initial proposed budget, surcharge, and tariff update with the the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) as Matter No. TE2-9001. On March 8, 2024, the RRC filed a revised 2024 proposed budget, surcharge, and tariff update with the RCA as Matter No. TE5-9001. The RCA opened Docket No. E-23-002 to investigate RRC’s initial and revised filings.
This docket was closed on June 14, 2024, via RCA Order no. E-23-002(5).
On November 15, 2024, the RRC filed its 2025 proposed budget, surcharge, and tariff update with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) as Matter No. TE7-9001.
On December 20, 2024, the RCA issued Letter Order No. L2400404, approving the RRC's surcharge update, effective January 1, 2025.
ER6 and ER7 were amended, through a working group process, to address inefficiencies regarding the timeline for distributing meeting materials. The revisions became effective on December 27, 2024, which repealed ER6 and changed ER7 into the Public Notice and Meetings Rule.
The RRC's active Tariff as approved by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA).
This standard ensures the Balancing Authority or Reserve Sharing Group balances resources and demand and returns the Balancing Authority's or Reserve Sharing Group's Area Control Error to defined values (subject to applicable limits) following a Reportable Balancing Contingency Event.
Purpose: To require sufficient Frequency Response from the Balancing Authority (BA) to maintain Interconnection Frequency within predefined bounds by arresting frequency deviations and supporting frequency until the frequency is restored to its scheduled value. To provide consistent methods for measuring Frequency Response and determining the Frequency Bias Setting.
Approved Standard RRC-BAL-003-1 Development Documents
Purpose:
This standard establishes requirements for Balancing Authority Automatic Generation Control (AGC) necessary to calculate Area Control Error (ACE) and to routinely deploy the Regulating and Contingency Reserve.
This standard defines a process for monitoring Balancing Authorities to ensure that, over the long term, Balancing Authority Areas do not excessively depend on other Balancing Authority Areas in the Interconnection for meeting their demand or Interchange obligations.
This standard defines a process to transfer control between all Balancing Authorities from tie-line bias to constant frequency control and for all Balancing Authorities to actively participate in frequency restoration following a Reportable Disturbance.
This standard states is to establish common criteria for each BA for a planning methodology based on the single largest unit contingency and an appropriate reserve margin or reserve criteria. The analysis, assessment, and documentation of Resource Adequacy, shall include Planning Reserve Margins for meeting system load both real and reactive within the Railbelt System.
To establish common criteria, based on “one day in ten year” loss of Load expectation principles, for the analysis, assessment, and documentation of Resource Adequacy for Load in the ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RF) region
Purpose: To identify and categorize BES Cyber Systems (BCS) and their associated BES Cyber Assets (BCA) for the application of cyber security requirements commensurate with the adverse impact that loss, compromise, or misuse of those BCS could have on the reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES). Identification and categorization of BCS that support appropriate protection against compromises that could result in instability, uncontrolled separations, or Cascading within the BES.
Purpose: To specify consistent and sustainable security management controls that establish responsibility and accountability to protect Bulk Electric Systems (BES) Cyber Systems (BCS) against compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the Railbelt Region BES.
Purpose: To specify consistent and sustainable security management controls that establish responsibility and accountability to protect Bulk Electric Systems (BES) Cyber Systems (BCS) against compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the Railbelt Region BES.
Purpose: To protect BES Cyber Systems (BCS) against compromise by permitting only known and controlled communication to reduce the likelihood of misoperation or instability in the Bulk Electric System (BES).
Purpose: To manage physical access to the Bulk Electric System (Cyber Systems (BCS) by specifying a physical security plan in support of protecting BCS compromise that could result in instability, uncontrolled separations, or Cascading within the BES.
Purpose: To manage system security by specifying select technical, operational, and procedural requirements in support of protecting BES Cyber Systems (BCS) against compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the Bulk Electric System (BES).
Purpose: To mitigate the risk to the reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES) as the result of a Cyber Security Incident by specifying incident response requirements.
Purpose: To recover reliability functions performed by BES Cyber Systems (BCS) by specifying recovery plan requirements in support of the continued stability, operability, and reliability of the Bulk Electric System (BES).
Purpose: To prevent and detect unauthorized changes to Bulk Electric System Cyber Systems (BCS) by specifying configuration change management and vulnerability assessment requirements in support of protecting BCS from compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the Bulk Electric System (BES).
Purpose: To prevent unauthorized access to BES Cyber System Information (BCSI) by specifying information protection requirements in support of protecting BES Cyber Systems (BCS) against compromise that could result in instability, uncontrolled separations, or Cascading within the Railbelt Region BES.
Purpose: To protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Real-time Assessment and Real-time monitoring data transmitted between Control Centers.
Purpose: To mitigate cyber security risks to the reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System (BES) by implementing security controls for supply chain risk management of BES Cyber Systems (BCS).
Purpose: To identify and protect Transmission Facilities, and their associated primary control centers, that if rendered inoperable or damaged as a result of a physical attack could result in instability, uncontrolled separations, or cascading outages within the Bulk Electric System (BES).
Purpose: To improve the probability of detecting anomalous or unauthorized network activity in order to facilitate improved response and recovery from an attack.
To avoid adverse impacts on the reliability of the Bulk Electric System, Transmission Owners and applicable Generator Owners must document and make Facility interconnection requirements available so that entities seeking to interconnect will have the necessary information.
To study the impact of interconnecting new or changed Facilities on the Bulk Electric System.
Purpose: To ensure that responsible entities conduct a reliability assessment of each Arranged Interchange before it is implemented.
This Standard details the resource or load interconnection process for the Railbelt region.
This standard establishes design and documentation requirements for automatic underfrequency load shedding (UFLS) programs to arrest declining frequency, assist recovery of frequency following underfrequency events, and provide last resort system preservation measures.
Purpose: The purpose of this framework is to define the organization structure, accountabilities and authorities, and establish the principles and processes to sustain reliable operation of the electric grid with the Railbelt Region.
This standard governs Load Balancing Authority (LBA) reserve allocation requirements and allocation of reserves.
This standard establishes Transmission system planning performance requirements within the planning horizon to develop a System that will operate reliably over a broad spectrum of conditions and following a wide range of probable Contingencies applicable to the portions of the Bulk Electrical System (BES) used to supply power to or from major load and generation centers.
This standard develops Transmission Plans for a Bulk Electric System (BES) that will operate reliably in the most cost-effective manner over a broad spectrum of conditions and following a wide range of probable Contingencies applicable to the BES used to supply power to or from major load and generation centers.
Purpose: To ensure that voltage levels, reactive flows, and reactive resources are monitored, controlled, and maintained within limits in real time to protect equipment and the reliable operation of the Interconnection.
Purpose: To ensure generators provide reactive and voltage control necessary to ensure voltage levels, reactive flows, and reactive resources are maintained within applicable Facility Ratings to protect equipment and the reliable operation of the Interconnection.
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