RD14-5 Letter Order

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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426

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OFFICE OF ELECTRIC RELIABILITY
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Docket No. RD14-5-000

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May 1, 2014

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North American Electric Reliability Corporation
1325 G Street N.W., Suite 600
Washington, D.C. 20005
Attention:

S. Shamai Elstein
Counsel for North American Electric Reliability Corporation

Reference:

Petition for Approval ofProposed Reliability Standards MOD-032-1 and
MOD-033-1

Dear Mr. Elstein:
On February 25, 2014, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
(NERC) filed a petition seeking approval of Reliability Standards MOD-032-1 (Data for
Power System Modeling and Analysis), MOD-033-1 (Steady-State and Dynamics System
Model Validation), the associated implementation plan, Violation Risk Factors and
Violation Severity Levels, the retirement of the currently effective Reliability Standards
MOD-010-0 and MOD-12-0 and the withdrawal of pending Reliability Standards MOD011-0, MOD-013-1, MOD-014-0, and MOD-015-0.1 (the "Existing MOD B
Standards"). 1
NERC states that Reliability Standard MOD-032-1 consolidates the existing
MOD-O 10 through MOD-O 15 Reliability Standards into one standard. Reliability
Standard MOD-032-1 requires data submission by applicable data owners to their
respective transmission planners and planning coordinators to support the interconnection
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In Order No. 693, the Commission neither accepted nor remanded proposed Reliability
Standards MOD-011-0, MOD-013-1, MOD-014-0, and MOD-015-0.1 See Mandatory
Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs.~
31,242 at PP 1164, 1200, 1214 & 1222, order on reh'g, Order No. 693-A, 120 FERC ~
61,053 (2007).

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model building process in their interconnection. Reliability Standard MOD-033-1
requires each planning coordinator to implement a documented process to perform model
validation within its planning area. NERC states that the purpose of the Reliability
Standards is to establish comprehensive modeling data requirements, reporting
procedures, and validation requirements necessary to effectively model the
interconnected transmission system for the near-term transmission planning horizon and
the long-term transmission planning horizon. 2 NERC states that Reliability Standards
MOD-032-1 and MOD-033-1 improve upon the existing MOD-010 through MOD-015
standards by: (1) clarifying and updating the data requirements and reporting procedures;
(2) expanding the coverage of the Existing MOD B Standards to include short circuit
data; (3) providing a mechanism for addressing technical concerns with the modeling
data collected; and (4) requiring the validation of steady-state and dynamics models
. actua1system responses. 3
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NERC's filing was noticed on February 27, 2014, with comments, interventions
and protests due on or before March 27,2014. One motion to intervene was filed by the
Edison Electric Institute, raising no substantive issues.
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,
effective as of the date ofthis 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.

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NERC Petition at 3.

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NERC Petition at 15.

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