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One of the RRC’s primary purposes is to develop and enforce standards across the Railbelt region. Technical Advisory Council (TAC) 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.
The TAC is leading the development of these standards, supported by an established working group.
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.
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.
This Standard details the resource or load interconnection process for the Railbelt region.
| Status | Status Color | Status Description |
|---|---|---|
| Upcoming | The standard is anticipated to be developed by the Technical Advisory Council (TAC) and will have a working group established. | |
| In Progress | The standard is under active development by the TAC and has a related working group established. | |
| Board Approved | The standard has been approved by the RRC Board, but has not yet been filed with the RCA. | |
| RCA Review | 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 Enforceablility | The standard has been approved by the RCA but is not yet enforceable. | |
| Enforceable | The standard is enforceable by the RRC. | |
| Inactive | The standard is no longer active or enforceable. |
| Standard Name | Standard Description | Status Color | Status | Enforcement Date | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRC-BAL-001 | Real Power Balancing Control Performance | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-bal-001-1 | |
| RRC-BAL-002 | Disturbance Control Performance | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-bal-002 | |
| RRC-BAL-003-1 | Frequency Response and Bias | Pending Enforcement | 6/26/2027 | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-bal-003-1 | |
| RRC-BAL-005-1 | Automatic Generation Control | Board Approved | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-bal-005-1 | |
| RRC-BAL-502 | Planning Resource Adequacy Analysis, Assessment and Documentation | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-bal-502-2 | |
| RRC-CIP-002-1 | BES Cyber System Categorization | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-002-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-003-1 | Security Management Controls | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-003-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-004-1 | Personnel & Training | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-004-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-005-1 | Electronic Security Perimeters | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-005-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-006-1 | Physical Security of BES Cyber Systems | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-006-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-007-1 | System Security Management | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-007-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-008-1 | Incident Reporting and Response Planning | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-008-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-009-1 | Recovery Plans for BES Cyber Systems | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-009-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-010-1 | Configuration Change Management and Vulnerability Assessments | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-010-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-011-1 | Information Protection | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-011-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-012-1 | Communications between Control Centers | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-012-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-013-1 | Supply Chain Risk Management | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-013-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-014-1 | Physical Security | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-014-1 | |
| RRC-CIP-015-1 | Internal Network Security Monitoring | Filed with the RCA | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-cip-015-1 | |
| RRC-FAC-001 | Facility Interconnection Requirements | In-Progress | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-fac-001-1 | |
| RRC-FAC-002 | Facility Interconnection Studies | In-Progress | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-fac-002-2 | |
| RRC-INT-006-1 | Evaluation of Interchange Transactions | Pending Enforceability | 6/26/2027 | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-int-006-1 | |
| RRC-MOD-025 | Verification and Data Reporting of Generator Real and Reactive Power Capability and Synchronous Condenser Reactive Power Capability. | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-mod-025 | |
| RRC-MOD-026 | Verification of Models and Data for Generator Excitation Control System or Plant Volt/Var Control Functions | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-mod-026 | |
| RRC-MOD-027 | Verification of Models and Data for Turbine/Governor and Load Control or Active Power/Frequency Control Functions | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-mod-027 | |
| RRC-MOD-028 | Total Transfer Capability | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-mod-028 | |
| RRC-MOD-032 | Data for Power System Modeling and Analysis | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-mod-032 | |
| RRC-MOD-033 | Steady-State and Dynamic System Model Validation | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-mod-033 | |
| RRC-PRC-006 | Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-prc-006 | |
| RRC-RC-001-01 | Reliability Coordinator | Board Approved | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-rc-001-reliability-coordinator | |
| RRC-RES-001 | Reserve Obligation and Allocation | Upcoming | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-res-001 | |
| RRC-TPL-001-01 | Transmission System Planning Performance Requirements | Board Approved | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-tpl-001 | |
| RRC-TPL-002-01 | Transmission Planning | Board Approved | Not Available | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-tpl-002 | |
| RRC-VAR-001-1 | Voltage and Reactive Control | Pending Enforceability | 6/26/2027 | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-var-001-1 | |
| RRC-VAR-002-1 | Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Voltage Schedules | Pending Enforceability | 6/26/2027 | https://www.akrrc.org/matters/rrc-var-002-1 |
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.