Delegated Order FAC002-3

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426
OFFICE OF ELECTRIC RELIABILITY
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Docket No. RD20-4-000
October 30, 2020
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
1325 G Street N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005
Attention:

Lauren A. Perotti, Senior Counsel
North American Electric Reliability Corporation

Reference:

Petition of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation for
Approval of Reliability Standards Developed Under the Standards
Alignment with Registration Project

Dear Ms. Perotti:
On February 21, 2020, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
(NERC) submitted for approval proposed revisions to seven Reliability Standards, as well
as the proposed implementation plan, violation risk factors, and violation severity levels. 1
NERC also requested the retirement of the currently-effective versions of the proposed
Reliability Standards.
NERC states that the proposed Reliability Standards remove references to classes
of entities that are no longer registered by NERC to align the Reliability Standards with
registration changes approved by the Commission in 2015. 2 The proposed revisions in
Reliability Standard PRC-006-4 also add “underfrequency load shedding (UFLS)-only
1

Proposed Reliability Standards FAC-002-3 (Facility Interconnection Studies),
IRO-010-3 (Reliability Coordinator Data Specification and Collection), MOD-031-3
(Demand and Energy Data), MOD-033-2 (Steady-State and Dynamic System Model
Validation), NUC-001-4 (Nuclear Plant Interface Coordination), PRC-006-4 (Automatic
Underfrequency Load Shedding), TOP-003-4 (Operational Reliability Data).
2

Order on Electric Reliability Organization Risk Based Registration Initiative and
Requiring Compliance Filing, 150 FERC ¶ 61,213 (2015); Order on Compliance Filing,
153 FERC ¶ 61,024 (2015).

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distribution providers” as applicable entities. In addition, the proposed revisions replace
the term planning authority with planning coordinator for consistency across all of the
Reliability Standards. NERC states that no substantive revisions were made to the
proposed Reliability Standards’ underlying requirements.
NERC’s filed petition was noticed on February 24, 2020, with interventions,
comments and protests due on or before March 23, 2020. One motion to intervene was
submitted by American Municipal Power, Inc. No other interventions or comments were
received.
NERC’s uncontested filing is hereby approved pursuant to the relevant authority
delegated to the Director, Office of Electric Reliability under 18 C.F.R. § 375.303 (2020),
effective as of the date of this order.
This action shall not be construed as approving any other application, including
proposed revisions of Electric Reliability Organization or Regional Entity rules or
procedures pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 375.303(a)(2)(i). Such action shall not be deemed as
recognition of any claimed right or obligation associated therewith and such action is
without prejudice to any findings or orders that have been or may hereafter be made by
the Commission in any proceeding now pending or hereafter instituted by or against the
Electric Reliability Organization or any Regional Entity.
This order constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing by the
Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to
18 C.F.R. § 385.713 (2020).
Sincerely,
signed by JAMES DODGE
JAMES DODGE Digitally
Date: 2020.10.29 16:01:12 -04'00'

Andrew Dodge, Director
Office of Electric Reliability