RD17-7 Order

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426
OFFICE OF ELECTRIC RELIABILITY
North American Electric Reliability Corporation
Docket No. RD17-7-000

September 26, 2017

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

Shamai Elstein
Senior Counsel for North American Electric Reliability Corporation

Reference:

Petition of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation for
Approval of Errata to Voltage and Reactive Control Reliability Standards

Dear Mr. Elstein:
On August 18, 2017, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
filed a petition seeking Commission approval of errata to mandatory and enforceable
Reliability Standards VAR-001-4.1 (Voltage and Reactive Control), VAR-002-4
(Generator Operation for Maintaining Network Schedules) and VAR-501-WECC-3
(Power System Stabilizer).
The NERC periodic review team reviewed Reliability Standards VAR-001-4.1,
VAR-002-4 and VAR-501-WECC-3 and determined that these Reliability Standards are
sufficient to protect reliability; each meets its reliability objective and no immediate
substantive revisions are necessary. However, the periodic review team identified and
recommended changes to correct errata in each of the three Reliability Standards. For
proposed Reliability Standard VAR-001-4.2, the proposed changes included the use of
the term “Operations Planning” instead of “Operational Planning” throughout;
modifications to several Measures; and grammatical corrections in Requirement R4.
Proposed Reliability Standard VAR-002-4.1 corrects capitalization of the defined term
“Reactive Power” in Requirement R4, footnote 4. Lastly, in proposed Reliability
Standard VAR-501-WECC-3.1, the term “Transmission Planner” is replaced by
“Transmission Operator” in the violation severity level assignments.

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NERC’s filing was noticed on August 21, 2017, with interventions, comments and
protests due on or before September 20, 2017. No interventions, comments or protests
were received.
NERC’s uncontested petition is hereby approved pursuant to the relevant authority
delegated to the Director, Office of Electric Reliability under 18 C.F.R. § 375.303 (2017),
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 (2017).

Sincerely,

Michael Bardee, Director
Office of Electric Reliability