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Railbelt Reliability Council (RRC)
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Working Groups

Standard Developments

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. The below listed working groups are actively meeting to develop standards.

Definition of Standard Terms Working Group

This Working Group will review the terms used in the reliability standards to date and recommend definitions.

  1. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. John Bell

    Manager

    Senior Staff Engineer

Interconnection Standards & Processes 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.

  1. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.

RRC-TPL-001 & TPL-002 Working Group

This Technical Advisory Council Working Group is developing the following standard: RRC-TPL-001: Transmission System Performance Requirements and RRC-TPL-002: Transmission Planning

  1. Meeting Materials
  2. More TPL-001 Development Information
  3. More TPL-002 Development Information

Current Members

  1. David Burlingame

    Manager

    Principal, Electric Power Systems Inc.

Sanction Guidelines Working Group

RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing Sanction Guidelines that the RRC will follow when determining monetary and non-monetary penalties, while retaining the discretion to take into account the facts surrounding each violation and using professional judgment to deviate from the recommended ranges for each factor as appropriate in order to achieve monetary and/or non-monetary penalties that bear a reasonable relationship to the seriousness of the violation.

  1. Meeting Materials
  2. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. David Hilt

    Manager

    Founder, Grid Reliability Consulting, LLC

VRF/VSL Tables Working Group

RRC TAC Working Group dedicated to developing violation risk factors (VRFs) and violation severity levels (VSLs) for each requirement in each standard.

  1. Meeting Materials

Current Members

  1. Haider Naveed

    Manager

    Senior NERC Compliance Specialist, Electric Power Engineers

Rule Developments

Creating or modifying new Rules requires a public process you are encouraged to engage in. Public members can join meetings for any Rule developments that are in progress or submit comments related to any Rules. The below listed working groups are actively meeting to develop/modify Rules.

ER3 and ER4 Review Working Group

This Working Group will review the Documents Retention and Access Rule (ER3 and the Confidential Documents and Access Rule (ER4) and recommend revision to streamline implementation of these rule in support of product development.

  1. Meeting Materials
  2. More Development Information

Current Members

  1. Bayunt Ollek

    Manager

    Chief Administrative Officer

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Plan Developments

One of the primary purposes of the RRC is to maintain an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for the Railbelt. Members of the Technical Advisory Council and additional subject matter experts use their experience to use forecasted conditions on a 20 year horizon and plan for resources such as generation, transmission, and other system assets. Currently, the RRC's first IRP is being prepared for but there is not yet a working group established.