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Standards

One of the primary purposes of the RRC is to develop and enforce standards that apply to the entire Railbelt region. Members of the technical advisory council and additional subject matter experts use their knowledge of the unique challenges of the islanded Railbelt grid as well as stakeholder input to create specialized reliability, operating, security, and other standards for the grid.

(FAC) Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance (3)
  1. Upcoming

  2. Upcoming

  3. Upcoming

(BAL) Resource and Demand Balancing (6)
  1. Upcoming

  2. RCA Review

  3. Time Error Correction

    RRC-BAL-004

    Inactive

  4. RCA Review

  5. Inactive

  6. Upcoming

(CIP) Critical Infrastructure Protection (14)
  1. In Progress

  2. In Progress

  3. In Progress

  4. Upcoming

  5. In Progress

  6. Upcoming

  7. Upcoming

  8. Upcoming

  9. In Progress

  10. In Progress

  11. In Progress

  12. Upcoming

  13. Physical Security

    RRC-CIP-014

    In Progress

  14. Upcoming

(INT) Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (1)
  1. RCA Review

Interconnection Process (1)
  1. Interconnection Process

    RRC-Interconnection Process-001

    Upcoming

(PRC) Protection and Control (1)
  1. Upcoming

(RC) Reliability Coordinator (1)
  1. RCA Review

(RES) Reserve Policy (1)
  1. Reserve Scheduling

    RRC-RES-001

    Upcoming

(TPL) Transmission Planning (1)
  1. In Progress

(VAR) Voltage and Reactive (2)
  1. RCA Review

  2. RCA Review

Standards Currently Under Review by the Regulatory Commission of Alaska

In Progress Standard Developments

Personnel and Training

This standard minimizes the risk against compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the Bulk Electric System (BES) from individuals accessing BES Cyber Systems by requiring an appropriate level of personnel risk assessment, training, security awareness, and access management in support of protecting BES Cyber Systems.

Configuration Change Management and Vulnerability

This standard prevents and detects unauthorized changes to BES Cyber Systems by specifying configuration change management and vulnerability assessment requirements in support of protecting BES Cyber Systems from compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the Bulk Electric System (BES).

5 days days until working group meeting

Communications between Control Centers

This standard requires Registered Entities to implement one or more documented plan(s) to mitigate the risks posed by unauthorized disclosure and unauthorized modification of Real-time Assessment and Real-time monitoring data while being transmitted between any applicable Control Centers.

5 days days until working group meeting.

Physical Security

This standard identifies and protects Transmission stations and Transmission substations, and their associated primary control centers, that if rendered inoperable or damaged as a result of a physical attack could result in instability, uncontrolled separation, or Cascading within an Interconnection.

Transmission System Performance Requirements

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.

2017 Alaska Voluntary Consensus Standards

    1. Standards
    2. 2018 Consensus Standards

    Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Real and Reactive Power Capability and Synchronous Condenser Reactive Power Capability.