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Railbelt Reliability Council (RRC)

Standards

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.

RRC Standards

The list below includes all standards the RRC currently anticipates developing or has already developed. Each standard falls into one of the following status categories:

  • Upcoming means the standard is anticipated to be developed by the Technical Advisory Council (TAC) and will have a related working group established.
  • In Progress means that the standard is actively being developed by the TAC and has a related working group established.
  • Board Approved means that the standard has been approved by the RRC Board of Directors (Board), but has not yet been filed with the RCA
  • RCA Review means that the standard has been adopted by the RRC Board and filed with the RCA for approval, but have not yet been approved by the RCA.
  • Pending Enforceability means that the standard has been approved by the RCA, but is not yet enforceable.
  • Enforceable means that the standard currently enforceable by the RRC.
Sanction Guidelines (1)

  1. Sanction Guidelines

    In Progress

(FAC) Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance (3)

  1. Facilities Process Standard

    Upcoming

  2. Facility Interconnection Requirements

    RRC-FAC-001

    Upcoming

  3. Facility Interconnection Studies

    RRC-FAC-002

    Upcoming

(BAL) Resource and Demand Balancing (4)

  1. Disturbance Control Performance

    RRC-BAL-002

    Upcoming

  2. Frequency Response and Bias

    RRC-BAL-003-1

    Pending Enforceability

  3. Automatic Generation Control

    RRC-BAL-005-1

    Board Approved

  4. Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis, Assessment and Documentation

    RRC-BAL-502

    Upcoming

(CIP) Critical Infrastructure Protection (14)

  1. BES Cyber System Categorization

    RRC-CIP-002-1

    Board Approved

  2. Security Management Controls

    RRC-CIP-003-1

    Board Approved

  3. Personnel & Training

    RRC-CIP-004-1

    Board Approved

  4. Electronic Security Perimeters

    RRC-CIP-005-1

    Board Approved

  5. Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems

    RRC-CIP-006-1

    Board Approved

  6. System Security Management

    RRC-CIP-007-1

    Board Approved

  7. Incident Reporting and Response Planning

    RRC-CIP-008-1

    Board Approved

  8. Recovery Plans for BES Cyber Systems

    RRC-CIP-009-1

    Board Approved

  9. Configuration Change Management and Vulnerability Assessments

    RRC-CIP-010-1

    Board Approved

  10. Information Protection

    RRC-CIP-011-1

    Board Approved

  11. Communications between Control Centers

    RRC-CIP-012-1

    Board Approved

  12. Supply Chain Risk Management

    RRC-CIP-013-1

    Board Approved

  13. Physical Security

    RRC-CIP-014-1

    Board Approved

  14. Internal Network Security Monitoring

    RRC-CIP-015-1

    Board Approved

(INT) Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (1)

  1. Evaluation of Interchange Transactions

    RRC-INT-006-1

    Pending Enforceability

Interconnection Process (1)

  1. Interconnection Process

    RRC-Interconnection Process-001

    Upcoming

(PRC) Protection and Control (1)

  1. Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding

    RRC-PRC-006

    Upcoming

(RC) Reliability Coordinator (1)

  1. Reliability Coordinator

    RRC-RC-001 - Reliability Coordinator

    Board Approved

(RES) Reserve Policy (1)

  1. Reserve Scheduling

    RRC-RES-001

    Upcoming

(TPL) Transmission Planning (2)

  1. Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements

    RRC-TPL-001

    In Progress

  2. Transmission Planning

    RRC-TPL-002

    In Progress

(VAR) Voltage and Reactive (2)

  1. Voltage and Reactive Control

    RRC-VAR-001-1

    Pending Enforceability

  2. Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules

    RRC-VAR-002-1

    Pending Enforceability

Standards Subject to Future Enforcement

These standard have been approved by the RCA, but are not yet enforceable.

(BAL) Resource and Demand Balancing (1)

  1. Frequency Response and Bias

    RRC-BAL-003-1

    Pending Enforceability

(INT) Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (1)

  1. Evaluation of Interchange Transactions

    RRC-INT-006-1

    Pending Enforceability

(VAR) Voltage and Reactive (2)

  1. Voltage and Reactive Control

    RRC-VAR-001-1

    Pending Enforceability

  2. Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules

    RRC-VAR-002-1

    Pending Enforceability

Standards Pending Regulatory Filing

These standards have been adopted by the Board, but have not yet been filed with the RCA.

(BAL) Resource and Demand Balancing (1)

  1. Automatic Generation Control

    RRC-BAL-005-1

    Board Approved

(CIP) Critical Infrastructure Protection (14)

  1. BES Cyber System Categorization

    RRC-CIP-002-1

    Board Approved

  2. Security Management Controls

    RRC-CIP-003-1

    Board Approved

  3. Personnel & Training

    RRC-CIP-004-1

    Board Approved

  4. Electronic Security Perimeters

    RRC-CIP-005-1

    Board Approved

  5. Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems

    RRC-CIP-006-1

    Board Approved

  6. System Security Management

    RRC-CIP-007-1

    Board Approved

  7. Incident Reporting and Response Planning

    RRC-CIP-008-1

    Board Approved

  8. Recovery Plans for BES Cyber Systems

    RRC-CIP-009-1

    Board Approved

  9. Configuration Change Management and Vulnerability Assessments

    RRC-CIP-010-1

    Board Approved

  10. Information Protection

    RRC-CIP-011-1

    Board Approved

  11. Communications between Control Centers

    RRC-CIP-012-1

    Board Approved

  12. Supply Chain Risk Management

    RRC-CIP-013-1

    Board Approved

  13. Physical Security

    RRC-CIP-014-1

    Board Approved

  14. Internal Network Security Monitoring

    RRC-CIP-015-1

    Board Approved

(RC) Reliability Coordinator (1)

  1. Reliability Coordinator

    RRC-RC-001 - Reliability Coordinator

    Board Approved

Standard Developments In Progress

These standards are currently being developed by the TAC and has a related working group established.

Sanction Guidelines

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.

View & Comment on Sanction Guidelines

Transmission System Planning 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.

View & Comment on Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements

Transmission Planning

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.

View & Comment on Transmission Planning

Upcoming Standard Developments

These standards are anticipated to be developed by the TAC and will have a related working group established.

(FAC) Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance (3)

  1. Facilities Process Standard

    Upcoming

  2. Facility Interconnection Requirements

    RRC-FAC-001

    Upcoming

  3. Facility Interconnection Studies

    RRC-FAC-002

    Upcoming

(BAL) Resource and Demand Balancing (2)

  1. Disturbance Control Performance

    RRC-BAL-002

    Upcoming

  2. Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis, Assessment and Documentation

    RRC-BAL-502

    Upcoming

Interconnection Process (1)

  1. Interconnection Process

    RRC-Interconnection Process-001

    Upcoming

(PRC) Protection and Control (1)

  1. Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding

    RRC-PRC-006

    Upcoming

(RES) Reserve Policy (1)

  1. Reserve Scheduling

    RRC-RES-001

    Upcoming

AK Railbelt Voluntary Consensus Standards

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.

  12. AKMOD-025

    1. Standards
    2. Alaska Consensus Standards

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