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One of the RRC’s primary purposes is to develop and enforce standards across the Railbelt region. Technical Advisory Council members and subject matter experts use their knowledge of the islanded Railbelt grid’s unique challenges—along with stakeholder input—to create specialized reliability, operating, security, and other standards.
Upcoming
RRC-FAC-001
Upcoming
RRC-FAC-002
Upcoming
RRC-BAL-002
Upcoming
RRC-BAL-003
RCA Review
RRC-BAL-004
Inactive
RRC-BAL-005
RCA Review
RRC-BAL-006
Inactive
Upcoming
RRC-CIP-002
In Progress
RRC-CIP-003
In Progress
RRC-CIP-004
In Progress
RRC-CIP-005
In Progress
RRC-CIP-006
In Progress
RRC-CIP-007
In Progress
RRC-CIP-008
In Progress
RRC-CIP-009
In Progress
In Progress
RRC-CIP-011
In Progress
RRC-CIP-012
In Progress
RRC-CIP-013
In Progress
RRC-CIP-014
In Progress
RRC-CIP-015
In Progress
RRC-INT-006
RCA Review
RRC-Interconnection Process-001
Upcoming
RRC-PRC-006
Upcoming
RRC-RC-001
Board Approved
RRC-RES-001
Upcoming
RRC-TPL-001
In Progress
RRC-VAR-001
Board Approved
Board Approved
These standards have completed the TAC development process and received Board approval. They have been filed with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and are awaiting approval before taking effect.
This standard ensures generators provide reactive support and voltage control, within generating Facility capabilities, in order to protect equipment and maintain reliable operation of the Interconnection.
This standard establishes requirements for Balancing Authority Automatic Generation Control (AGC) necessary to calculate Area Control Error (ACE) and to routinely deploy the Regulating Reserve.
This standard defines coordination between Balancing Authorities to prevent transfer between Balancing Areas exceeding established limits.
The RRC is actively developing these standards through working group meetings. Once a standard is finalized, it is submitted to the RRC Board of Directors for approval, then filed with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) for review. After the RCA approves it, the standard takes effect.
RRC Working Group dedicated to developing violation risk factors (VRFs) and violation severity levels (VSLs) for each requirement in each Standard.
This standard specifies 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.
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.
This standard manages electronic access to BES Cyber Systems by specifying a controlled Electronic Security Perimeter in support of protecting BES Cyber Systems against compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the BES.
This standard manages physical access to Bulk Electric System (BES) Cyber Systems by specifying a physical security plan in support of protecting BES Cyber Systems against compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the BES.
This standard manages system security by specifying select technical, operational, and procedural requirements in support of protecting BES Cyber Systems against compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the Bulk Electric System (BES).
This standard mitigates the risk to the reliable operation of the BES as the result of a Cyber Security Incident by specifying incident response requirements.
This standard recovers reliability functions performed by BES Cyber Systems by specifying recovery plan requirements in support of the continued stability, operability, and reliability of the BES.
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).
This standard prevents unauthorized access to BES Cyber System Information (BCSI) by specifying information protection requirements in support of protecting BES Cyber Systems against compromise that could lead to misoperation or instability in the Bulk Electric System (BES).
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.
This standard mitigates 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).
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.
This standard improves the probability of detecting anomalous or unauthorized network activity in order to facilitate improved response and recovery from an attack.
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.
In 2018, the Railbelt utilities voluntarily adopted a set of jointly developed reliability standards. While not the RRC’s official standards, these often serve as the foundation for RRC standards development.
The 2019 letter from Railbelt Utilities to the Regulatory Commission of Alaska on the confidential Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Voltage and Reactive Control.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Transmission Planning Performance Requirements.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Reserve Obligation and Allocation.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Steady-State and Dynamic System Model Validation.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Data for Power System Modeling and Analysis.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Total Transfer Capability.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Verification of Models and Data for Turbine/Governor and Load Control or Active Power/Frequency Control Functions.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Verification of Models and Data for Generator Excitation Control System or Plant Volt/Var Control Functions.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Real and Reactive Power Capability and Synchronous Condenser Reactive Power Capability.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Interchange Information.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Coordination of Plans for New Facilities.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Facility Connection Requirements.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis, Assessment, and Documentation.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Inadvertent Interchange.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Automatic Generation Control.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Time Error Correction.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Frequency Response and Bias.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Disturbance Control Performance.
Alaska Railbelt 2018 Consensus Standard: Real Power Balancing Control Performance.