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DC hydro m FOR GENERATIONS Janet Fraser Chief Regulatory Officer Phone: 604-623-4046 Fax: 6.04-623-4407 [email protected]

September 19, 2012

Dokie General Partnership Toba Montrose General Partnership Attention: Brandon Woudzia Attention: Brandon Woudzia [email protected] [email protected]

Attention: Paul Rapp Attention: Jay Sutton [email protected] [email protected]

Attention: Walter MacFarlane Attention: Tony Nott [email protected] [email protected]

Attention: Sophie Pilkington Attention: Stacie Crane [email protected] [email protected]

TransCanada Energy Sales Ltd. Catalyst Paper Attention: Gordon Bartels; Ron Adam Attention: Carlo Dal Monte [email protected] [email protected]

Attention: Bob Lindstrom [email protected]

FortisBC Energy Inc. lnnergex Renewable Energy Inc. Attention: Janice Barkey (formerly Cloudworks Energy Inc.) [email protected] Attention: John D. Miller

[email protected] Attention: Jaime Chiang [email protected]

Shell Energy North America Tembec CRS/LAP (Canada) Inc. and Shell Energy Attention: Alan Scalet North America (US), L.P [email protected] Attention: Paul Kerr [email protected] Attention: Chris Lague

[email protected] Attention: Robert Reilley robert.reilley@shell .com Attention: Elroy Switlishoff

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Dear Sir or Madam:

RE: British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC)

Powell River Energy Inc. Attention: Bryan Lacey Bryan. Lacey@brookfield renewable. com

Attention: Tracy Brason [email protected]

Attention: Walter DiCesare [email protected]

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Fortis BC Inc. Attention: Dennis Swanson

Curtis Klashinsky; Lavern Humphrey

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Powerex Attention: Jeff Lam [email protected]

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5 Compliance with BCUC Order No. R-54-12

As one of the entities who provided comments regarding the Mandatory Reliability Standards assessed in the above-noted report (Report), BC Hydro writes to advise you

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that the Report was filed with the BCUC on April 19, 2012 and Errata No. 1 to the Report was filed on May 3, 2012. Electronic copies of the Report and Errata No. 1 were provided to you at the time the documents were filed. For convenience of review, the Report and Errata No. 1 are attached in electronic format to this letter (Attachment 1).

Pursuant to Order No. R-54-12, the BCUC has established a regulatory process for review of the report and has directed BC Hydro to notify you of such. A copy of this order is attached for your information (Attachment 2). Please note that the date for submitting written comments to the BCUC and BC Hydro is October 19, 2012.

For further information, please contact Sandra Jones at 604-623-4315 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Yours sincerely,

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Enclosures (2)

Copy to: British Columbia Utilities Commission Attention: Erica Hamilton commission [email protected]

Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5

Compliance with BCUC Order No. R-54-12 Directive 5

Attachment 1

BC Hydro MRS Assessment Report No. 5 April 19, 2012

and Errata No. 1 – May 3, 2012

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, 333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver BC V6B 5R3

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Janet Fraser

Chief Regulatory Officer Phone: 604-623-4046 Fax: 604-623-4407 [email protected] May 3, 2012 Ms. Alanna Gillis Acting Commission Secretary British Columbia Utilities Commission Sixth Floor – 900 Howe Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N3 Dear Ms. Gillis: RE: British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC)

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5 Errata to Table 3

BC Hydro is writing to the BCUC to provide a correction to its MRS Assessment Report No. 5 (Report) dated April 2012 that was submitted to the BCUC on April 19, 2012. In the attached revised report pages, BC Hydro has corrected and clarified entries that were made within Table 3 of the Report. These relate to BC Hydro’s final assessment of the adverse impacts and suitability of standards assessed in the Report. The corrections and clarification are in response to comments provided to BC Hydro, with copy to the BCUC, from Shell Energy North America (Canada) Inc./Shell Energy North America (U.S.) L.P. (together Shell Energy) by email on April 20, 2012 following the filing and distribution of the Report. Specifically, Shell is concerned that its comments regarding the suitability of certain requirements contained in standards EOP-005-3a, TOP-005-2a and VAR-001-2 were not fully addressed in the Report. Although BC Hydro had considered stakeholders’ perspectives, including Shell’s in reaching its final assessment of these and all the other standards included in the Report, the details provided in Table 3 were not clear in this regard which have led to the revisions noted above.

MRS Assessment Report No. 5 Compliance with BCUC Order No. R-54-12 Directive 5

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May 3, 2012 Ms. Alanna Gillis Acting Commission Secretary British Columbia Utilities Commission Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5 Errata to Table 3 Page 2 of 2

For further information, please contact Sandra Jones at 604-623-4315 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Yours sincerely,

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Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5 Errata No. 1 – May 3, 2012

From the Original MRS Assessment Report No. 5 dated April 19, 2012:

REMOVE INSERT

Pages 20 to 22 Pages 20 to 22 Revision 1 – May 2, 2012


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British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, 333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver BC V6B 5R3

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Janet Fraser

Chief Regulatory Officer Phone: 604-623-4046 Fax: 604-623-4407 [email protected] April 19, 2012 Ms. Alanna Gillis Acting Commission Secretary British Columbia Utilities Commission Sixth Floor – 900 Howe Street Vancouver, BC V6Z 2N3 Dear Ms. Gillis: RE: British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC)

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5

BC Hydro is writing to the BCUC to provide its MRS Assessment Report No. 5 (Report) dated March 2012, pursuant to section 125.2(3) of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA). BC Hydro is providing an electronic copy of the Report to parties involved in consultation for the purpose of preparing the Report. Overview of Report The Report covers the reporting period of December 1, 2010 to November 30, 2011 and presents the reliability impacts, suitability, and potential costs of adopting three new reliability standards, seven replacement reliability standards and 21 revised reliability standards (three of which were revised twice during the reporting period), for the bulk electric system in British Columbia (B.C.). BC Hydro has included a proposed process for the BCUC’s adoption of the standards assessed in the Report. Appendix D of the Report includes a draft order and a table summary of the new, replacement and revised standards that would be in force in B.C. if the BCUC adopts all of the standards assessed in the Report. The draft order also includes BC Hydro’s recommendations for effective dates of the new, replacement and revised standards. Additional Comments BC Hydro would like to take this opportunity to comment on the adoption without prior assessment by BC Hydro of the following provisions:

the NERC Glossary of Terms (August 4, 2011 version); and


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April 19, 2012 Ms. Alanna Gillis Acting Commission Secretary British Columbia Utilities Commission Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5 Page 2 of 3

the Compliance Provisions, as defined by the Rules of Procedure for Reliability Standards in British Columbia, that accompany each of the adopted British Columbia reliability standards.

BC Hydro has not assessed the reliability impacts, suitability, and potential cost of these provisions, or made recommendations regarding their approval. Additional detail with respect to each circumstance is provided below. NERC Glossary of Terms BC Hydro assessed the April 20, 2010 version of the NERC Glossary of Terms in Assessment Report No. 3. The BCUC subsequently adopted the August 4, 2011 version of the Glossary (which had not been assessed by BC Hydro), in Order No. G-162-11 dated September 1, 2011. BC Hydro subsequently reviewed the August 4, 2011 version of the Glossary and determined that, in this particular case, there were likely no material impacts to BC Hydro or other MRS registered entities in B.C. related to its adoption. However, BC Hydro is of the view that changes in Glossary terms have the potential to materially impact reliability, suitability and potential cost aspects of adopted standards. In addition, adoption of certain definitions (e.g., the revised definition of the bulk electric system that has been proposed by NERC), could create seams issues in B.C. (e.g., if the exclusion provisions of the NERC rules of procedure are not also incorporated). BC Hydro therefore respectfully requests that only versions of the Glossary that have been included in the assessment reports be considered for adoption. Compliance Provisions The analytical approach taken to evaluate reliability standards has not changed from that used in previous MRS assessment reports. In those reports, it was determined that the compliance-related provisions included in the NERC and WECC reliability standards were not applicable to the meaning of “reliability standards” defined in section 125.2 of the UCA. As a result, BC Hydro has never assessed the compliance-related provisions that accompany the reliability standards that are assessed in the MRS assessment reports. Accordingly, a strike-through of Section D – Compliance – for each standard included in the Report has been performed. The BCUC has endorsed this analytical approach by separately adopting the Compliance Provisions, as defined by the Rules of Procedure for Reliability Standards in B.C., that accompany each of the adopted B.C. reliability standards. However, on the WECC website, there is no strike-through of Section D – Compliance – for each standard that is posted. BC Hydro is concerned that the absence of strike-through could lead to the erroneous impression that the Compliance Provisions have been assessed by BC Hydro, when they have not. BC Hydro respectfully requests that to avoid any confusion, the BCUC clarify that the Compliance Provisions have not been assessed by BC Hydro by directing WECC to either:


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April 19, 2012 Ms. Alanna Gillis Acting Commission Secretary British Columbia Utilities Commission Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5 Page 3 of 3

(1) retain the strike-through of the Compliance Provisions in respect of the standards that have been assessed and adopted in B.C.; or

(2) include an explanation on the WECC website that the compliance-related provisions found in Section D – Compliance that accompany each standard have not been assessed by BC Hydro.

For further information, please contact Sandra Jones at 604-623-4315 or by e-mail at [email protected]. Yours sincerely,

Janet Fraser Chief Regulatory Officer ch/ma Enclosure (1) Copy to: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected];

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Purpose of Report ..................................................................................... 1 1.2 Summary ................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Contents of the Report .............................................................................. 4 1.4 Proposed Process ..................................................................................... 5

2 Standards Assessment Process used in the Report .......................................... 6 2.1 Identification of Standards for Review and Inclusion in MRS

Assessment Report No. 5 ......................................................................... 6 2.2 Consultation .............................................................................................. 7

3 Assessment of Individual Standards .................................................................. 9 3.1 Analytical Approach to Assessment of Reliability Impact, Suitability

and Cost of Adoption ............................................................................... 10 3.1.1 Analytical Approach in Assessing Adverse Reliability

Impacts ..................................................................................... 10 3.1.2 Analytical Approach for the Suitability Assessment .................. 11 3.1.3 Analytical Approach for the Cost Assessment .......................... 11

3.2 Initial Screening of the Standards for Adverse Reliability Impacts and Suitability ................................................................................................. 12

3.3 Summary of Final Assessment of the Standards Assessed in the Report ..................................................................................................... 19

4 NERC Glossary of Terms and NERC Functional Model ................................... 22 5 Future Assessment Reports ............................................................................. 23 6 Conclusions ...................................................................................................... 24

List of Tables

Table 1 B.C. MRS Program Registered Entity List .......................................... 8 Table 2 Initial Screening for Adverse Reliability Impact and Suitability ......... 13 Table 3 Final Assessment Summary ............................................................. 20


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List of Appendices

Appendix A-1 List of Standards to be Assessed, FERC Approval and Effective Date Appendix A-2 NERC and WECC Standards Assessed by BC Hydro Appendix B NERC Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards, Updated

December 13, 2011 Appendix C Consultation Materials Appendix D Draft Order


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1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose of Report

Pursuant to the requirements of section 125.2(3) of the Utilities Commission Act (the

UCA), British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) provides this

Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) Assessment Report No. 5 (the Report) to the

British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) regarding the reliability impacts,

suitability, and potential costs of adopting three new standards, seven replacement

standards and 21 revised reliability standards, for the bulk electric system in British

Columbia (B.C.).

The three new reliability standards assessed in the Report are North American

Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) standards that relate to interconnection

reliability operations and coordination.

The seven replacement reliability standards assessed in the Report consist of one

NERC standard, and six Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)

standards developed for the Western Interconnection. The seven replacement

standards entirely supersede eight BCUC approved reliability standards adopted in

B.C. by Order No. G-67-09. Specifically, one of the six WECC standards

supersedes two BCUC approved standards; and the NERC replacement standard

supersedes one BCUC approved standard in its entirety, and certain requirements

of another BCUC approved standard, both on a staged basis.

The 21 revised reliability standards, three of which have been revised twice during

the Assessment Period, are revisions to 21 BCUC approved reliability standards

adopted in B.C. by Orders No. G-67-09, G-167-10 and G-162-11. The final

versions of the 21 revised standards assessed in the Report entirely supersede

21 existing BCUC approved standards. The revisions contained in the interim

versions of the three twice revised standards are entirely contained within the final

versions of the standards. For these standards, BC Hydro has reviewed the overall


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revision to the approved reliability standards and has not assessed the interim

versions separately.

All 31 standards assessed in the Report have been approved by the United States

(U.S.) Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and became enforceable in the

U.S. during the period covered by this Report – December 1, 2010 to November 30,

2011 (the Assessment Period).

The Draft Order attached to the Report as Appendix D identifies the 31 standards that

would be in force in B.C., should the BCUC adopt the three new standards,

seven replacement standards, and final versions of the 21 revised standards assessed

in the Report.

The Draft Order also includes a table that lists: the three new standards; the seven

replacement standards; the final versions of the 21 revised standards; the interim

versions of the three twice-revised standards; and the 29 BCUC approved standards

being superseded by the replacement or revised standards assessed in the Report. In

addition, in order to provide registered entities sufficient time to adjust business

processes to achieve and maintain compliance, the table includes recommended

effective dates for each of the 31 standards assessed in the Report.

NERC and WECC are continuously developing new and revised standards. Pursuant to

section 125.2(3) of the UCA, BC Hydro has an ongoing obligation to report on NERC

and WECC reliability standards once they are adopted by FERC and become

enforceable in the U.S. As outlined in the previous MRS Assessment Reports, any

NERC or WECC standard adopted by FERC and becoming enforceable in the U.S.

within an annual assessment period of December 1 to November 30 of the following

year will be reported on by BC Hydro in its annual MRS Assessment Report.

1.2 Summary

Using the same methodology that was employed in previous MRS Assessment Reports,

BC Hydro has concluded that the standards assessed in the Report will preserve or


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enhance the reliability of the bulk electric system in B.C., and thus are in the public

interest and are suitable for adoption in B.C.

BC Hydro has assessed its estimated incremental one-time and ongoing annual costs

of achieving and maintaining compliance with the adoption of the 31 reliability standards

assessed in the Report as mandatory in B.C.

Consistent with the approach taken in previous MRS Assessment Reports, BC Hydro

has sought input from B.C. MRS registered entities regarding their estimated

incremental one-time and annual ongoing costs associated with achieving and

maintaining compliance with the 31 standards assessed in the Report, provided that the

registered entities were not otherwise subject to equivalent requirements by virtue of

pre-existing reliability obligations.1

A complete list of the registered entities with whom BC Hydro consulted is provided in

Table 1, section 2.2 of the Report. A detailed breakdown of the estimated incremental

one-time and ongoing costs reported by BC Hydro and the registered entities is

provided in Table 3, section 3.3 of the Report. Registered entities’ responses are

reproduced in full in Appendix C.

On the basis of BC Hydro’s own assessment and the responses received from those

registered entities providing cost estimates, BC Hydro estimates that the cumulative

cost for B.C. registered entities to achieve and maintain compliance with the

31 reliability standards assessed in the Report will be in the order of $1,634,000 with

respect to one-time costs, and $95,000 in costs on an annual ongoing basis:

BC Hydro reported estimated incremental one-time costs of $1,000 and minimal

annual ongoing costs;

1 BC Hydro has adopted the assumption used in previous MRS Assessment Reports; namely that costs associated

with achieving compliance with requirements currently in place in B.C. ought to be excluded, as they are attributable to an existing compliance gap as opposed to adopting the NERC and WECC standards as mandatory in B.C.


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Catalyst Paper Corporation (Catalyst) (Crofton, Elk Falls, Port Alberni, and Powell

River Divisions) reported estimated incremental one-time costs of up to $1,060,000

depending on the extent to which Critical Cyber Asset (CCA) reliability standards

are applicable to Catalyst, and $70,000 annual ongoing costs;

FortisBC reported estimated incremental one-time costs of $570,000 and $25,000

annual ongoing costs; and

Powell River Energy Inc. (PREI) reported estimated incremental one-time costs of

$3,000 and $0 annual ongoing costs.

While not insignificant, BC Hydro is of the view that these expenditures are necessary,

given that the major portion of the costs incurred relate to identifying CCAs associated

with the Critical Assets that support the reliable operation of the bulk electric system.

BC Hydro recommends the adoption of the standards assessed in this report.

1.3 Contents of the Report

The Report is organized as follows:

Section 2 explains BC Hydro’s standards assessment process, including its consultation

with stakeholders.

Section 3 summarizes BC Hydro’s analytical approach to assessing reliability standards

and the results of that assessment in the case of the 31 standards considered.

Section 4 describes how BC Hydro will proceed with the assessment of future reliability

standards.

The Appendices to the Report are as follows:

Appendix A-1 List of Standards Assessed, FERC Approval and Effective Date

Appendix A-2 NERC and WECC Standards Assessed by BC Hydro

Appendix B NERC Glossary of Terms used in Reliability Standards, Updated

December 13, 2011


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Appendix C Consultation Materials

Appendix D Draft Order

1.4 Proposed Process

This is the fifth MRS Assessment Report to be submitted to the BCUC. The BCUC is

obligated by section 125.2(5) of the UCA to make the Report publicly available and to

consider any comments it receives in respect of the Report.

BC Hydro would shortly thereafter respond to any comments. The BCUC would then

determine whether all the issues raised in the comment process had been dealt with to

its satisfaction. If so, no further process would be required. If not, then a written process

could be established to deal with any outstanding issues. Upon completion of the

process, the BCUC would determine whether the standards assessed in the Report

should be adopted in B.C.

With respect to the approval for adoption in B.C. of the replacement standards and final

versions of the revised standards, in order to avoid duplication BC Hydro suggests that

the BCUC approved standards being superseded by replacement or revised standards

be ordered to remain in effect until superseded on the recommended effective dates by

the corresponding replacement standard or final version of the revised standard

assessed in the Report.

The following is suggested specifically with respect to the adoption of replacement

standard PER-005-1 and revised standard PER-004-2:

PER-005-1: BCUC approved standard PER-002-0, and BCUC approved standard

PER-004-1 Requirements 2, 3 and 4, be ordered to remain in effect until

superseded in stages by replacement standard PER-005-1.

PER-004-2: BCUC approved standard PER-004-1 Requirements 1 and 5 be

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With respect to the three revised standards with interim versions, BC Hydro proposes

that an appropriate process to follow in these circumstances would be for the BCUC to

adopt and simultaneously order that the interim versions of these standards shall not

become effective, being superseded by the final versions of these revised standards.

This process is essentially the same as that which was followed for the eight

twice-revised CIP standards covered by MRS Assessment Report No. 3.

2 Standards Assessment Process used in the Report

2.1 Identification of Standards for Review and Inclusion in MRS Assessment Report No. 5

There is often a lapse in time between the date upon which a NERC or WECC standard

is approved by FERC and the effective date upon which the standard becomes

mandatory and enforceable under U.S. law. BC Hydro is required under the MRS

Regulation to report on a reliability standard within one year of the date the reliability

standard is “adopted by the regulatory body [i.e., FERC] with jurisdiction over the

standard-making body that established the regulatory standard”. The approach that was

taken in previous MRS Assessment Reports and will be used for this Report is to

interpret “adopted” in the MRS Regulation as meaning those standards that are FERC

approved, mandatory and enforceable under U.S. law during the Assessment Period.

In this Report, BC Hydro is assessing a total of 31 reliability standards that became

enforceable in the U.S. during the Assessment Period: three new standards, seven

replacement standards, and 21 revised standards. With respect to the interim versions

of the three twice revised standards, BC Hydro is recommending in the Draft Order

(refer to Appendix D) that the interim versions be adopted but not become effective,

being superseded by the final version of the standards (which are asterisked in

Attachment A to Appendix D).

A list of all of the standards assessed in the Report (including the interim versions of the

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the FERC Order approving them, along with the date of the Order; and the effective

date on which the standard became enforceable in the U.S.

Appendix A-2 includes a summary of the NERC version history for the standards that

are assessed in this Report, and for the interim versions of the three twice revised

standards, as well as clean and black-lined copies of the new, replacement and revised

standards. The black-lined copies of the three twice-revised standards include the

changes contained in both the interim versions and final versions of these standards.

For this Report, BC Hydro has designated the cut-off date for the Assessment Period as

November 30, 2011. This cut-off is required to allow time for BC Hydro to assess the

standards identified in the Report and consult with stakeholders regarding any impacts

to them in achieving compliance with those standards. This same approach was used in

previous MRS Assessment Reports.

2.2 Consultation

BC Hydro consulted with the registered entities listed below in Table 1. These

registered entities include independent power producers (IPPs), industrial generators,

transmission voltage customers, marketers and municipal distribution utilities, based on

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Table 1 B.C. MRS Program Registered Entity List

Bear Mountain Wind Limited Partnership Powerex Corp.

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Prince George Pulp & Paper Mill

Cariboo Pulp & Paper Company Rio Tinto Alcan

Catalyst Paper ‐ Crofton Division Shell Energy North America (Canada) Inc.

Catalyst Paper ‐ Elk Falls Division Shell Energy North America (US) L.P.

Catalyst Paper ‐ Port Alberni Division Teck Metals Ltd

Catalyst Paper ‐ Powell River Division Tembec CRS - Skookumchuk

Cloudworks Energy Inc. Tembec LAP – Chetwynd

Clowhom Power L.P. Terasen Gas Inc.

Dokie General Partnership Dowland Industrial Works Ltd.

Domtar Kamloops Toba Montrose General Partnership

FortisBC Inc. Tolko Industries Limited

FortisBC Energy Inc. TransAlta Energy Marketing Corp

Intercontinental Pulp Mill TransCanada Energy Sales Ltd.

Northwood Pulp Mill V.I. Power Limited Partnership

Powell River Energy Inc. Zeballos Lake Hydro Limited Partnership

Each registered entity on the list was sent a letter and a survey form on

January 18, 2012 (refer to Appendix C). Entities were asked to complete and return the

survey form to BC Hydro by February 10, 2012. The entities were asked to provide

information for each standard as follows:

(a) Develop and describe a list of incremental activities required to reach compliance.

(b) For each incremental activity, assign incremental estimated costs and state the

assumptions used in developing this estimate. Only consider the following costs:

Activities where a one‐time capital cost will incur (e.g., for the purchase of new

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Activities where a one‐time cost will incur for external assistance (e.g.,

consulting services) to reach compliance; and

Activities where there are exceptional ongoing annual costs associated with

compliance (e.g., compliance would require the hiring of additional staff or

similar resources).

(c) Include an assessment of the amount of time reasonably required to come into

compliance with the standard once adopted by the BCUC.

Including BC Hydro, a total of 32 registered entities were contacted, and 15 responses

were received. Catalyst Paper Corporation’s Crofton, Elk Falls, Port Alberni, and Powell

River Divisions provided a single consolidated survey response, as did Shell Energy

North America (Canada) Inc. and Shell Energy North America (U.S.) LP. Powerex

Corp.’s response has been consolidated with BC Hydro’s comments. Registered

entities’ responses are attached in full in Appendix C.

3 Assessment of Individual Standards

As noted previously, the three new, seven replacement and 21 revised standards, are

provided in Appendix A-2.2 BC Hydro has assessed these reliability standards against

the criteria stipulated by legislation in B.C. (section 125.2(3) of the UCA).

Section 3.1 summarizes BC Hydro’s approach to addressing these criteria. Section 3.2

provides a description of each standard that is assessed and an explanation of the

reliability and suitability issues along with BC Hydro’s conclusions. Section 3.3

addresses the cost assessment and summarizes BC Hydro’s final assessment of all the

standards considered in the Report.

2 Appendix A-2 also includes the interim versions of the three twice-revised standards, which have not been

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3.1 Analytical Approach to Assessment of Reliability Impact, Suitability and Cost of Adoption

The analytical approach taken to evaluate reliability standards identified in the Report

against the legislated assessment criteria has not changed from that used in previous

MRS Assessment Reports. In those reports, it was determined that the

compliance-related provisions included in the NERC and WECC reliability standards are

not applicable to the meaning of “reliability standards” defined in section 125.2 of the

UCA. As a result, BC Hydro did not assess the compliance-related provisions

associated with the NERC reliability standards that are being assessed in the Report.

Accordingly, a strike-through of Section D – Compliance – for each standard included in

Appendix A-2 has been performed.

In addition, BC Hydro is of the opinion that the effective dates stated in the standards

included in the NERC and WECC reliability standards are likewise not applicable.

Accordingly, a strike-through of Section A.5 – Effective Date – for each standard

included in Appendix A-2 has been performed.

3.1.1 Analytical Approach in Assessing Adverse Reliability Impacts

BC Hydro has used the same approach in assessing adverse reliability impacts that

was used in prior MRS Assessment Reports. This approach relies on a determination

that those NERC and WECC standards that have either (i) performance requirements

that are not currently employed in B.C., or (ii) requirements as stringent as, or more

stringent, than requirements or practices currently employed in B.C. that will, by

definition, have neutral or positive impacts on the reliability of the bulk electric system in

B.C. Consequently, BC Hydro’s approach is to identify performance requirements

associated with new, or revisions to, NERC and WECC reliability standards that are less

stringent than the existing reliability standards already adopted in B.C., or practices

otherwise mandated in utility tariffs or Business Practices approved or endorsed by the

BCUC.


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3.1.2 Analytical Approach for the Suitability Assessment

The Report uses the same criteria to assess the suitability of new, replacement and

revised reliability standards that were developed for the previous MRS Assessment

Reports. The two criteria used for this analysis are set out below:

(a) "Administrative suitability" means that the requirements in the standard are fit and

appropriate for implementation in light of the policy and regulatory framework in

B.C. The requirements can be implemented without requiring the ongoing

involvement of NERC, the U.S. Government, or other extra‐jurisdictional entities in

such a manner as would impair the operation and enforcement of the requirement

in B.C. If one or more of the requirements in the standard incorporate by reference

reliability standards not yet adopted in other jurisdictions, the remaining

requirements in the standard can still be implemented presently in B.C. without

giving effect to the particular requirement(s) containing the cross reference.

(b) "Technical suitability" means that the requirements in the standard are fit and

appropriate for implementation in B.C., taking into consideration the unique

geographical, structural, design, and functional aspects of the B.C. bulk electric

system and the assets that support the reliable operation of this system.

3.1.3 Analytical Approach for the Cost Assessment

BC Hydro’s approach to assess the potential costs of the new, replacement and revised

reliability standards in the Report is consistent with the approach used to assess

standards in previous MRS Assessment Reports. The objective is to provide an

estimate of the costs of adopting NERC and WECC reliability standards in B.C.

sufficient to inform the BCUC’s public interest assessment. Accordingly, only the costs

that B.C. entities will potentially incur in order to achieve full compliance with the

standards were assessed. Any costs associated with B.C. entities attaining compliance

with pre-existing reliability requirements in B.C. were excluded.


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3.2 Initial Screening of the Standards for Adverse Reliability Impacts and Suitability

In terms of the assessment of the standards against the reliability and suitability criteria,

BC Hydro first performed an initial screening of the three new standards, seven

replacement standards, 21 revised standards, and the interim versions of the three

twice-revised standards, against the criteria described in section 3.1 to identify issues

for further examination. This initial screening does not purport to be BC Hydro’s

eventual assessment of the new, replacement and revised standards.

The results of BC Hydro’s initial screening of the standards for potential issues

regarding adverse reliability impacts and suitability are summarized below in Table 2,

which includes:

the “Standard” column, which identifies all 31 standards assessed in the Report

and the interim versions of the three twice-revised standards;

the “Adverse Impact” column, which identifies potential issues relating to adverse

reliability impact (of which there were none reported); and

the “Changed from BCUC Approved Standard” column, which identifies potential

suitability issues related to the replacement or revised standards superseding

approved BCUC standards.


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Table 2 Initial Screening for Adverse Reliability Impact and Suitability

Standard Adverse Impact

Suitability Issues

Requires NERC Approval/ Participation

Requires Provisions of Information to NERC or WECC

Refers to Standard not yet FERC Approved

Other Suitability Issues

Changed from BCUC Approved

Standard To NERC To WECC

BAL-006-2 No No No No No No Yes

CIP-001-1a 1 No No No No No No Yes

CIP-001-2a No No No No No No Yes

CIP-005-3a No No No No No No Yes

EOP-002-3 No No No No No No Yes

FAC-002-1 No No No No No No Yes

FAC-501-WECC-1 No No No No No No Yes1

INT-003-3 No No No No No No Yes

IRO-002-2 No No No No No No Yes


IRO-005-2a 1 No No No No No No Yes

IRO-005-3a No No No No No No Yes


IRO-006-WECC-1 No No No No No No Yes2

IRO-008-1 No No No No No No No

IRO-009-1 No No No No No No No

IRO-010-1a No No No No No No No

MOD-021-1 No No No No No No Yes

PER-004-2 No No No No No No Yes

PER-005-1 No No No No No No Yes3

PRC-004-1a No No No No Yes4

(PRC-003-1)

No Yes

PRC-005-1a No No No No No No Yes

PRC-004-WECC-1 No No No No No No Yes2

TOP-001-1a No No No No No No Yes

TOP-002-2b No No No No No No Yes

TOP-003-1 No No No No No No Yes

TOP-005-1.1a 1 No No No No Yes4 No Yes


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Suitability Issues

Requires NERC Approval/ Participation

Requires Provisions of Information to NERC or WECC

Refers to Standard not yet FERC Approved

Other Suitability Issues

Changed from BCUC Approved

Standard To NERC To WECC

(PRC-012-0)

TOP-005-2a No No No No Yes4

(PRC-012-0) No

Yes

TOP-006-2 No No No No No No Yes

TOP-007-WECC-1 No No No No No No Yes2

TPL-002-0b No No No No No No Yes

VAR-001-2 No No No No No No Yes

VAR-002-WECC-1 No No No No No No Yes2

VAR-501-WECC-1 No No No No No No Yes2

1. Indicates an interim version. 2. Indicates a replacement standard. 3. Standard PER-005-1 supersedes BCUC Approved Standard PER-002-0 in its entirety and Requirements 2, 3

and 4 of BCUC Approved Standard PER-004-1. 4. Individual Requirements within standards that incorporate by reference standards, that have not been assessed

by BC Hydro and adopted by the BCUC, should be of no force or effect.

Described in more detail below are the new, replacement and revised standards

assessed in the Report.

New Standards:

The new Standard IRO-008-1 - Reliability Coordinator Operational Analyses and

Real-time Assessments - deals with the prevention of instability, uncontrolled

separation, or cascading outages that adversely impact the reliability of the

interconnection by ensuring that the bulk electric system is assessed during the

operations horizon.

The new Standard IRO-009-1 - Reliability Coordinator Actions to Operate Within

Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits (IROL) - deals with the prevention of

instability, uncontrolled separation, or cascading outages that adversely impact the

reliability of the interconnection by ensuring prompt action to prevent or mitigate

instances of exceeding interconnection reliability operating limits.


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The new Standard IRO-010-1a - Reliability Coordinator Data Specification and

Collection - deals with the prevention of instability, uncontrolled separation, or

cascading outages that adversely impact the reliability of the interconnection by

ensuring the reliability coordinator has the data it needs to monitor and assess the

operation of its reliability coordinator area.

Replacement Standards:

The replacement standard PER-005-1 - System Personnel Training - deals with

ensuring that System Operators performing real-time, reliability-related tasks on

the North American bulk electric system are competent to perform those reliability-

related tasks. It supersedes, on a staged basis, Requirements 2, 3 and 4 of BCUC

approved standard PER-004-1 (which deals with Reliability Coordination Staffing)3;

and BCUC approved standard PER-002-0 (which deals with Operating Personnel

Credentials) in its entirety, as follows:

PER-005-1 Requirements 1 and 2 supersede:

PER-004-1 Requirements 3 and 4; and

PER-002-0 Requirements 1, 2 and 3.

PER-005-1 Requirement 3 supersedes:

PER-004-1 Requirement 2; and

PER-002-0 Requirement 4

The replacement standard FAC-501-WECC-1 - Transmission Maintenance -

supersedes BCUC approved standard PRC-STD-005-1 and deals with

maintenance and inspection planning and documentation for major WECC transfer

paths in the bulk electric system.

The replacement standard IRO-006-WECC-1 - Qualified Transfer Path

Unscheduled Flow (USF) Relief - supersedes BCUC approved standard IRO-STD-

3 PER-004-1 Requirements 1 and 5 are superseded by PER-004-2.


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006-0 and deals with the mitigation of transmission overloads due to unscheduled

line flow on qualified transfer paths.

The replacement standard PRC-004-WECC-1 - Protection System and Remedial

Action Scheme Misoperation - supersedes two BCUC approved standards –

PRC-STD-001-1 and PRC-STD-003-1 – and deals with the analysis and mitigation

of misoperations and remedial action schemes for transmission and generation

protection systems.

The replacement standard TOP-007-WECC-1 - System Operating Limits -

supersedes BCUC approved standard TOP-STD-007-0 and deals with time limits

for when actual flows on Major WECC transfer paths exceed system operating

limits.

The replacement standard VAR-002-WECC-1 - Automatic Voltage Regulators

(AVR) - supersedes BCUC approved standard VAR-STD-002a-1 and deals with

ensuring that automatic voltage regulators on synchronous generators and

condensers are kept in service and controlling voltage.

The replacement standard VAR-501-WECC-1 - Power System Stabilizer (PSS) -

supersedes BCUC approved standard VAR-STD-002b-1 and deals with ensuring

that power system stabilizers on synchronous generators are kept in service.

Revised Standards

The revised standard BAL-006-2 supersedes BCUC approved standard

BAL-006-1.1 and deals with Inadvertent Interchange.

The revised standard CIP-001-2a supersedes BCUC approved standard

CIP-001-1, dealing with Sabotage Reporting. Revisions contained in CIP-001-1a,

the interim version of this standard are included in the assessment of CIP-001-2a.

The revised standard CIP-005-3a supersedes BCUC approved standard CIP-005-3

and deals with Cyber Security — Electronic Security Perimeter(s).


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The revised standard EOP-002-3 supersedes BCUC approved standard

EOP-002-2.1 and deals with Capacity and Energy Emergencies.

The revised standard FAC-002-1 supersedes BCUC approved standard

FAC-002-0 and deals with Coordination of Plans for New Generation,

Transmission, and End-User.

The revised standard INT-003-3 supersedes BCUC approved standard INT-003-2

and deals with Interchange Transaction Implementation.

The revised standard IRO-002-2 supersedes BCUC approved standard IRO-002-1

and deals with Reliability Coordination — Facilities.

The revised standard IRO-004-2 supersedes BCUC approved standard IRO-004-1

and deals with Reliability Coordination — Operations Planning.

The revised standard IRO-005-3a supersedes BCUC approved standard

IRO-005-2, dealing with Reliability Coordination — Current Day Operations.

Revisions contained in IRO-005-2a, the interim version of this standard are

included in the assessment of IRO-005-3a.

The revised standard IRO-006-5 supersedes BCUC approved standard

IRO-006-4.1 and deals with Reliability Coordination — Transmission Loading

Relief (TLR).

The revised standard MOD-021-1 supersedes BCUC approved standard

MOD-021-0.1 and deals with Documentation of the Accounting Methodology for

the Effects of Demand-Side Management in Demand and Energy Forecasts.

The revised standard PER-004-2 supersedes BCUC approved standard

PER-004-1 Requirements 1 and 5, and deals with Reliability Coordination —

Staffing.4

4 PER-004-1 Requirements 2, 3 and 4 are superseded by PER-005-1.


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The revised standard PRC-004-1a supersedes BCUC approved standard

PRC-004-1 and deals with Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation

Protection System Misoperations.

The revised standard PRC-005-1a supersedes BCUC approved standard

PRC-005-1 and deals with Transmission and Generation Protection System

Maintenance and Testing.

The revised standard TOP-001-1a supersedes BCUC approved standard

TOP-001-1 and deals with Reliability Responsibilities and Authorities.

The revised standard TOP-002-2b supersedes BCUC approved standard

TOP-002-2a and deals with Normal Operations Planning.

The revised standard TOP-003-1 supersedes BCUC approved standard

TOP-003-0 and deals with Planned Outage Coordination.

The revised standard TOP-005-2a supersedes BCUC approved standard

TOP-005-1.1, dealing with Operational Reliability Information. Revisions contained

in TOP-005-1.1a, the interim version of this standard are included in the

assessment of TOP-005-2a.

The revised standard TOP-006-2 supersedes BCUC approved standard

TOP-006-1 and deals with Monitoring System Conditions.

The revised standard TPL-002-0b supersedes BCUC approved standard

TPL-002-0a and deals with System Performance Following Loss of a Single Bulk

Electric System Element (Category B).

The revised standard VAR-001-2 supersedes BCUC approved standard

VAR-001-1 and deals with Voltage and Reactive Control.


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3.3 Summary of Final Assessment of the Standards Assessed in the Report

BC Hydro’s final assessment of the 31 standards assessed in the Report, based on

internal and external B.C. responses from registered entities, is summarized below in

Table 3, which includes:

BC Hydro’s final assessment as to whether the adoption of the 31 standards

assessed in the Report will give rise to adverse reliability consequences;

BC Hydro’s final assessment as to the suitability of the 31 standards assessed in

the Report, based on the criteria described in section 3.1.2;

BC Hydro’s and registered entities’ estimated incremental one-time and ongoing

annual costs to achieve and maintain compliance associated with the 31 standards

assessed in the Report; and

BC Hydro’s recommended effective dates, based on comments made by

registered entities who responded to the stakeholder survey, for the 31 standards

assessed in the Report. BC Hydro recommends that these recommended effective

dates be adopted by the BCUC to replace Section A.5-Effective Date in each of the

standards listed in Table 3.


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Table 3 Final Assessment Summary


Suitability Issues

One-time Cost ($)

Ongoing Cost ($/year)

Recommended Effective Date

BAL-006-2 No None reported

No None reported

None reported None reported

3 months after BCUC approval

CIP-001-2a * 1 No None reported

No None reported

None reported None reported Immediately after BCUC approval.

CIP-005-3a No None reported

No None reported

Catalyst Paper - $1,000,000 to implement an Electronic Security Perimeter (ESP) if CCAs are identified.

Catalyst Paper - $50,000 to implement an ESP if CCAs are identified.


EOP-002-3 No None reported

No None reported

None reported None reported 6 months after BCUC approval

FAC-002-1 No None reported

No None reported

Catalyst Paper - $50,000 dependent on confirmation that the interconnection has been evaluated against TPL-002-0 and TPL-003-0 will need to be sought from Transmission Planner (BC Hydro).

None reported

6 months after BCUC

approval

FAC-501-WECC-1 No None reported

No None reported


INT-003-3 No None reported

No None reported


IRO-002-2 No None reported

No None reported



No None reported

None reported None reported 3 months after BCUC

approval

IRO-005-3a *1 No None reported

No2 None reported.

None reported. None reported. 3 months after BCUC approval


No None reported


IRO-006-WECC-1 No None reported

No None reported



No None reported



No None reported


IRO-010-1a No None reported

No None reported

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Suitability Issues

One-time Cost ($)



MOD-021-1 No None reported

No None reported


PER-004-2 No None reported

No None reported

None reported None reported Immediately after BCUC approval.

PER-005-1 No None reported

No None reported

FortisBC - $170,000

FortisBC - $15,000

Catalyst Paper – $20,000. Would need to audit BC Hydro procedures as Catalyst does not "operate" transmission assets nor does it have "System Operators"

R1, R2 - 24 months after BCUC approval.

R3 - 18 months after BCUC approval.

R3.1 - 36 months after BCUC approval.

PRC-004-1a No None reported

No None reported


PRC-005-1a No None reported

No None reported


PRC-004-WECC-1 No None reported

No None reported

None reported None reported 6 months after BCUC approval.

TOP-001-1a No None reported

No None reported

None reported None reported Immediately after BCUC approval

TOP-002-2b No None reported

No None reported


TOP-003-1 No None reported

No None reported


TOP-005-2a * 1 No None reported

No3 None reported


TOP-006-2 No None reported

No None reported


TOP-007-WECC-1 No None reported

No None reported


TPL-002-0b No None reported

No None reported


VAR-001-2 No None reported

No4 None reported

None reported None reported 6 months after

BCUC approval

VAR-002-WECC-1

No None reported

No None reported

FortisBC - $400,000 in conjunction with VAR-501-WECC-1 due to Requirement 2




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Suitability Issues

One-time Cost ($)



VAR-501-WECC-1 No None reported

No None reported




* Indicates final version of twice-revised standard. 1. Indicates final version of twice revised standard. 2. Shell Energy North America (Canada) Inc./Shell Energy North America (U.S.) L.P. (together Shell Energy) raised

suitability concerns (refer to Appendix C – Attachment C4-7 at page 2) however BC Hydro concluded that standard IRO-005-3a is suitable for adoption in B.C.

3. Shell Energy raised suitability concerns (refer to Appendix C – Attachment C4-7 at page 5) however BC Hydro concluded that standard TOP-005-2a is suitable for adoption in B.C.

4. Shell Energy raised suitability concerns (refer to Appendix C – Attachment C4-7 at page 5) however BC Hydro concluded that standard VAR-001-2 is suitable for adoption in B.C.

BC Hydro’s assessment is that all of the new, replacement and revised standards will either

maintain or promote the reliability of the bulk electric system in B.C.

The total cost required to adopt these reliability standards in B.C. is estimated to be $1,634,000

for their implementation, with ongoing annual costs of $95,000 to maintain compliance (both

cumulative). The cost estimates are those of the stakeholders and BC Hydro and are presented

in the Report without comment.

4 NERC Glossary of Terms and NERC Functional Model Past practice has been for the BCUC to adopt the NERC Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability

Standards (the NERC Glossary of Terms) in conjunction with reliability standards.

The April 20, 2010 version of the NERC Glossary of Terms was attached as Appendix B to MRS

Assessment Report No. 3, and as Appendix B to MRS Assessment Report No. 4. However, the

BCUC adopted the August 4, 2011 version of the Glossary of Terms by

BCUC Order No. G-162-11.

The three new standards, seven replacement standards and the final versions of the 21 revised

standards have been assessed by BC Hydro based on definitions contained in the the NERC

Glossary of Terms dated December 13, 2011. Consequently, the BCUC approved NERC

Glossary of Terms is out of date. BC Hydro is attaching the NERC Glossary of Terms dated as of

December 13, 2011, to this Report as Appendix B. As identified within the document, the

December 13, 2011 version of the NERC Glossary of Terms contains seventeen definitions that

have been adopted by NERC but have not been approved by FERC and hence are not effective

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and should not become effective in B.C., and six definitions that have been remanded

or retired.

The updated December 13, 2011 version of the NERC Glossary of Terms is integral to

the reliability standards, and should be adopted by the BCUC in conjunction with the

standards assessed in this Report in order to achieve and maintain consistency with

NERC standards going forward. Any definitions in the NERC Glossary of Terms that are

not approved by FERC should not become effective in B.C.

5 Future Assessment Reports

Consistent with the procedure adopted in prior MRS Assessment Reports, once new

reliability standards have been approved by FERC and become enforceable in the U.S.

(such that the standards are applicable in the Western Interconnection), BC Hydro will

conduct its assessment of those reliability standards as required by legislation. For

efficiency’s sake, BC Hydro will endeavour to batch standards for periodic assessment

reports, rather than submit a separate assessment report with the BCUC on each

standard as it is adopted in other jurisdictions. Should BC Hydro or the BCUC determine

that a particular standard is sufficiently critical to reliability that it warrants immediate

implementation, BC Hydro will file a standard-specific assessment report and not wait

until its next “batch” assessment report, as was the case for the standards assessed in

MRS Assessment Report No. 4 which supported BC Hydro’s application to amend

Attachment C of its Open Access Transmission Tariff.

Any updates or revisions to the NERC Glossary of Terms will be reported on in future

assessment reports. Specifically, the February 8, 2012 was issued after BC Hydro

consulted on the Report. This revision and any subsequent revisions to the NERC

Glossary of Terms will be reviewed in future MRS Assessment Reports as appropriate.

The February 8, 2012 version contains a revision to the term Protection System, and

the definition of Bulk Electric System is expected to be revised in a future version.

These revisions may have material impacts on the suitability, and potential costs of

adopting reliability standards in B.C.


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6 Conclusions

BC Hydro has assessed three new standards, seven replacement standards and final

versions of 21 revised standards, inclusive of interim versions where applicable, that

were developed by NERC and WECC and became effective in the U.S. during the

Assessment Period. BC Hydro has concluded that the standards assessed in the

Report will preserve or enhance the reliability of the bulk electric system in B.C., and

thus will serve the public interest and are suitable for adoption in B.C. based on the

criteria applied in the assessment of these standards. BC Hydro recommends that the

standards that have been assessed in the Report be adopted by the BCUC.

BC Hydro recommends that the three new standards, seven replacement standards and

the final versions of the 21 revised standards should have effective dates that are based

on the recommended effective dates included in Table 3, section 3.3.


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Mandatory Reliability Standards Assessment Report No. 5

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