RD16-4, NERC Petition, Exhibit B, Implement. Plan

Exhibit B
Implementation Plan

Implementation Plan for FAC-003-4 —
Transmission Vegetation Management
Requested Approval
FAC-003-4 – Transmission Vegetation Management
Requested Retirement
FAC-003-3 – Transmission Vegetation Management
Prerequisite Approvals
None.
Defined Terms in the NERC Glossary
None.
Effective Date

Where approval by an applicable governmental authority is required, the standard shall become
effective on the first day of the first calendar quarter that is 3 months after the effective date of the
applicable governmental authority’s order approving the standard, or as otherwise provided for by the
applicable governmental authority.
Where approval by an applicable governmental authority is not required, the standard shall become
effective on the first day of the first calendar quarter that is 3 months after the date the standard is
adopted by the NERC Board of Trustees, or as otherwise provided for in that jurisdiction.
Compliance Note

A line operated below 200kV, designated by the Planning Coordinator as an element of an
Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit (IROL) or designated by the Western Electricity
Coordinating Council (WECC) as an element of a Major WECC Transfer Path, becomes subject to
this standard the later of: 1) 12 months after the date the Planning Coordinator or WECC
initially designates the line as being an element of an IROL or an element of a Major WECC
Transfer Path, or 2) January 1 of the planning year when the line is forecast to become an
element of an IROL or an element of a Major WECC Transfer Path.
A line operating below 200kV designated as an element of an IROL or Major WECC Transfer
Path may be removed from that designation due to system improvements, changes in
generation, changes in loads or changes in studies and analysis of the network.

Standard for Retirement
FAC-003-3
11:59:59 p.m. on the day immediately prior to the Effective Date of FAC-003-4 in the
particular jurisdiction in which the FAC-003-4 standard is becoming effective.

Implementation Plan for FAC-003-4

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