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Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet for British Columbia

TOP-002-2.1b— Normal Operations Planning

Reliability Standard Effective Date for BC: December 12, 2013

This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.

Registered Entity: [Name & ACRO]WECC ID: WCRXXXXXCompliance Assessment Date: [Audit start date – audit end date]Compliance Monitoring Method: [Audit Type]Applicable Function(s): BA, GOP, LSE, TOP, TSP Names of Auditors:

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Findings Table:Req. Finding Summary & Documentation Functions Monitored

R 1. BA, TOP

R 2. BA, TOP

R 3. BA, GOP, LSE, TSP

R4. BA, TOP

R 5. BA, TOP

R 6. BA, TOP

R 7. BA

R 8. BA

R 9. BA

R1 0. BA, TOP

R 11. TOP

R 12. TSP

R 13. GOP

R 14. GOP

R1 5. GOP

R 16. TOP

R17 . BA, TOP

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R 18. BA, GOP, LSE, TOP, TSP

R1 9. BA, TOP

Req. Recommendations

Req. Areas of Concern

Subject Matter ExpertsIdentify subject matter expert(s) responsible for this Reliability Standard. Insert additional lines if necessary.

Registered Entity Response (Required): SME Name Title Organization Requirement(s)

R1 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R1. Each Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator shall maintain a set of current plans that are designed to evaluate options and set procedures for reliable operation through a reasonable future time period. In addition, each Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator shall be responsible for using available personnel and system equipment to implement these plans to ensure that interconnected system reliability will be maintained.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

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Compliance Assessment ApproachThis section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity maintained a set of current plans designed to evaluate options and set procedures for reliable operation through a reasonable future time period.Determine if the entity used available personnel and system equipment to implement these plans toensure the interconnected system reliability was maintained.

Compliance Summa ry:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R2 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R2. Each Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator shall ensure its operating personnel participate in the system planning and design study processes, so that these studies contain the operating personnel perspective and system operating personnel are aware of the planning purpose.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity’s operating personnel participated in the system planning and design study process.

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Compliance S ummary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R3 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R3. Each Load Serving Entity and Generator Operator shall coordinate (where confidentiality agreements allow) its current-day, next-day, and seasonal operations with its Host Balancing Authority and Transmission Service Provider. Each Balancing Authority and Transmission Service Provider shall coordinate its current-day, next-day, and seasonal operations with its Transmission Operator.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity coordinated (where confidentiality agreements allow) its current-day, next-day, and seasonal operations with its Host-Balancing Authority and Transmission Service Provider.Determine if the entity coordinated its current-day, next-day, and seasonal operations with its Transmission Operator.

Compl iance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

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Auditor Notes:

R4 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R4. Determine if the entity coordinated (where confidentiality agreements allow) its current-day, next-day, and seasonal planning and operations with neighboring Balancing Authorities, Transmission Operators, and with its Reliability Coordinator.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity coordinated (where confidentiality agreements allow) its current-day, next-day, and seasonal planning and operations with neighboring Balancing Authorities, Transmission Operators, and with its Reliability Coordinator.

Compliance S ummary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R5 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R5. Each Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator shall plan to meet scheduled system Configuration, generation dispatch, interchange scheduling and demand patterns.

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Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity planned to meet scheduled system configuration, generation dispatch, interchange scheduling, and demand patterns.

Compliance S ummary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R6 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R6. Each Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator shall plan to meet unscheduled changes in system configuration and generation dispatch (at a minimum N-1 Contingency planning) in accordance with NERC, Regional Reliability Organization, subregional, and local reliability requirements.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

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Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity planned to meet unscheduled changes in system configuration and generation dispatch (at a minimum N-1 Contingency planning) in accordance with Regional Reliability Organization/Regional Entity, subregional, and local reliability requirements.

Complian ce Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R7 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R7. Each Balancing Authority shall plan to meet capacity and energy reserve requirements, including thedeliverability/capability for any single Contingency.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the Balancing Authority planned to meet capacity and energy reserverequirements, including the deliverability/capability for any single Contingency.

Complianc e Summary:

(Finding Summary):

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Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R8 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R8. Each Balancing Authority shall plan to meet voltage and/or reactive limits, including thedeliverability/capability for any single contingency.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the Balancing Authority planned to meet voltage and/or reactive limits, including the deliverability/capability for any single contingency.

Compliance S ummary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

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R9 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R9. Each Balancing Authority shall plan to meet Interchange Schedules and ramps.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the Balancing Authority planned to meet Interchange Schedules and ramps.

Compliance Sum mary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R10 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R10. Each Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator shall plan to meet all System Operating Limits

(SOLs) and Interconnection Reliability Operating Limits (IROLs).

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

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Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity planned to meet all SOLs and IROLs

Compliance Sum mary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R11 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R11. The Transmission Operator shall perform seasonal, next-day, and current-day Bulk Electric System studies to determine SOLs. Neighboring Transmission Operators shall utilize identical SOLs for common facilities. The Transmission Operator shall update these Bulk Electric System studies as necessary to reflect current system conditions; and shall make the results of Bulk Electric System studies available to the Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities (subject to confidentiality requirements), and to its Reliability Coordinator.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the Transmission Operator performed seasonal, next-day, and current-day Bulk Electric System studies to determine SOLs.Determine if the Transmission Operator utilized neighboring identical SOLs for common facilities.Determine if the Transmission Operator updated the Bulk Electric System studies as necessary to reflect current system conditions.

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Determine if the Transmission Operator made the results of the Bulk Electric System studies available tothe Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities (subject to confidentiality requirements), and to itsReliability Coordinator.

Note to Auditor: Under R11, a CEA is to verify that the TOP incorporated all outages – including outages of Protection Systems that affect the reliability performance of the transmission system – in its current-day, next-day, and seasonal operational planning studies to properly account for current system conditions

Planned Outages in the Transmission Planning HorizonAlthough there are situations in which outages are planned and scheduled more than 12 months in advance, more often outages are placed on an approved TOP or BA outage schedule in the operating horizon, less than one year out from the planned outage. Most maintenance plans are developed, and therefore the associated outages are planned with less lead time. In cases where outages are scheduled less than one year out, the lead time makes it impractical for inclusion in planning studies under the TPL timeframe.

Evaluation of Protection System OutagesProtection Systems must operate and clear faults within the required clearing time to satisfy system performance requirements. All outages of Protection Systems or their components that affect the reliability performance of the transmission system must be evaluated for the periods they are scheduled, in the planning horizon in TPL assessments and in the operational planning timeframe through operating studies.For example, if a transmission line has A and B protection packages that are not functionally equivalent and the outage of one protection package affects the operating speed of the Protection System, the impact of slower fault clearing on the power delivery capability of the Bulk Power System (BPS) must be considered in the assessments and studies. Such impacts also must be considered when a transmission line has a single protection package and one component of the package (e.g., the communication system) is taken out of service.

Compliance Sum mary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R12 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R12.The Transmission Service Provider shall include known SOLs or IROLs within its area and neighboring areas in the determination of transfer capabilities, in accordance with filed tariffs and/or regional Total Transfer Capability and Available Transfer Capability calculation processes.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

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Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the Transmission Service Provider included known SOLs or IROLs within its area and neighboring areas in the determination of transfer capabilities, in accordance with filed tariffs and/or regional Total Transfer Capability and Available Transfer Capability calculation processes.

Compli ance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R13 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R13. At the request of the Balancing Authority or Transmission Operator, a Generator Operator shall perform generating real and reactive capability verification that shall include, among other variables, weather, ambient air and water conditions, and fuel quality and quantity, and provide the results to the Balancing Authority or Transmission Operator operating personnel as requested.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Question: Have you received a request from your Balancing Authority or Transmission Operator to perform real and reactive capability verification testing of any generation unit?

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

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File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:Determine if the Generator Operator, upon request of the Balancing Authority or Transmission Operator, performed generating and reactive capability verification that included:

WeatherAmbient air and water conditionsFuel quality and quantityDetermine if the Generator Operator provided the results of the test to the Balancing Authority orTransmission Operator operating personnel as requested.

Complianc e Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R14 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R14. Generator Operators shall, without any intentional time delay, notify their Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator of changes in capabilities and characteristics including but not limited to:

R14.1. Changes in real output capabilities. (Effective August 1, 2007)

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach

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This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:Determine if the Generator Operator notified its Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator, without intentional time delay, of changes in capabilities and characteristics including but not limited to:

Changes in real output capabilities.Note to Auditor: An intentional time delay should be considered potential evidence of intent to violate this Requirement and that information will need to be passed on to enforcement.

Com pliance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R15 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R15. Generation Operators shall, at the request of the Balancing Authority or Transmission Operator, provide a forecast of expected real power output to assist in operations planning (e.g., a seven-day forecast of real output).

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the Generator Operator provided a forecast of expected real power output at the request ofthe Balancing Authority or Transmission Operator.

Compli ance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

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Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R16 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R16. Subject to standards of conduct and confidentiality agreements, Transmission Operators shall, without any intentional time delay, notify their Reliability Coordinator and Balancing Authority of changes in capabilities and characteristics including but not limited to:

R16.1. Changes in transmission facility status.

R16.2. Changes in transmission facility rating.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:Determine if the Transmission Operator notified, subject to standards of conduct and confidentialityagreements, and without any intentional time delay, its Reliability Coordinators and Balancing Authoritiesof changes in capabilities and characteristics including but not limited to:

Changes in transmission facility statusChanges in transmission facility rating

Note to Auditor: An intentional time delay should be considered as potential evidence of intent to violate thisrequirement and will need to be forwarded to enforcement .

Compli ance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

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Auditor Notes:

R17 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R17. Balancing Authorities and Transmission Operators shall, without any intentional time delay, communicate the information described in the requirements R1 to R16 above to their Reliability Coordinator.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity communicated the information described in Requirement 1 through Requirement16 in TOP-002-2 to its Reliability Coordinator without any intentional time delay.

Note to Auditor: An intentional time delay should be considered as potential evidence of intent toviolate this requirement and will need to be forwarded to enforcement .

Complianc e Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R18 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

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R18. Neighboring Balancing Authorities, Transmission Operators, Generator Operators, Transmission Service Providers and Load Serving Entities shall use uniform line identifiers when referring to transmission facilities of an interconnected network.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity used uniform line identifiers when referring to transmission facilities of aninterconnected network.

Compliance Sum mary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

R19 Supporting Evidence and Documentation

R19. Each Balancing Authority and Transmission Operator shall maintain accurate computer models utilized for analyzing and planning system operations.

Registered Entity Response (Required): Describe, in narrative form, how you meet compliance with this requirement.

Registered Entity Evidence (Required):Registered Entity to provide the following:

File name, file extension, document title, revision, date, page(s), section, section title, description

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Compliance Assessment Approach This section must be completed by the Compliance Monitor Administrator.Review the evidence to verify the entity has the following:

Determine if the entity maintained accurate computer models utilized for analyzing and planning systemoperations.

Compli ance Summary:

(Finding Summary):

Primary Documents Supporting Finding:

Auditor Notes:

Supplemental Information

Other - The list of questions above is not all inclusive of evidence required to show compliance with the Reliability Standard. Provide additional information here, as necessary that demonstrates compliance with this Reliability Standard.

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