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Within Reliability Standards
IESO Resources Reliability StandardsReliability standards in Ontario are mandatory and enforced through the market rules that govern the operation of the electricity marketplace and bulk electric system. The IESO oversees reliability of the system through the enforcement of the market rules and adheres to the standards established by standards authorities including the Northeast Power Coordinating Council Inc. (NPCC Inc.), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the IESO itself.IESO Reliability Compliance Program
The Market Rules (Chapter 5, section 14.1.4) require market participants to provide information related to reliability standards to the IESO. The IESO has developed the IESO Reliability Compliance Program (IRCP) to assist market participants in meeting these obligations.
Most monitored reliability standards typically apply to owners of generation and transmission facilities, although there are exceptions. Additionally, the requirement for market participants to make compliance submissions to the IESO will vary depending on the standard, the facility size and its impact on the IESO Controlled Grid (IGC). The IESO will send a request to you only if it deems the reliability standard applies to you. Each year NERC, NPCC Inc., and the IESO select a subset of these standards for monitoring, which are listed on:
OEB Remand Process
Schedule G of the Budget Measures and Interim Appropriation Act, 2008 [Bill 44] provides the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) with the necessary legislative authority to review electricity transmission system reliability standards that are approved by inter-jurisdictional standards authorities such as the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and the Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC). The Bill amends the Electricity Act, 1998 (section 36.2) to provide a process for the OEB review of a reliability standard and would authorize the OEB to make orders preventing the operation of a standard in Ontario and referring (otherwise known as remanding) the standard back to the standards authority. In addition, the OEB could stay or refer a standard back to the standards authority in the interest of coordination with other jurisdictions. The Act would also enable the IESO to appeal to the OEB a non-compliance finding made by an inter-jurisdictional standards authority in relation to a violation of a reliability standard in Ontario (section 36.3). Additional details can be found at: http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/ircp/reliabilityStandards-OEB_Remand.asp NERC Reliability Standards Development Process
The posting and balloting procedures for proposed reliability standards are described in NERC's Reliability Standards Process Manual, which contains all the procedures governing the standards development process. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited process that NERC follows to develop its standards strives to resolve all comments submitted. Stakeholders who feel their comments are not satisfactorily resolved have the option to appeal. A detailed explanation of the appeals process appears on page 23 of the manual. The success of the NERC standards process depends on stakeholder participation. To assist entities understand the applicability of various standards, in particular those that have just come into effect or will be effective in the near future (New Standards), NERC has developed a responsibility matrix that identifies all responsible entities for each requirement of a particular standard. This exercise has been repeated for all the standards resulting in an exhaustive matrix of applicability, by functional entity. The IESO encourages all market participants to review the matrix and understand the applicability of the various standards. Any questions or issues can be addressed by communicating with IESO staff involved in the IESO Reliability Compliance program (IRCP), or by participating in the new Reliability Standards Standing Committee (RSSC) being established. Implementation of NPCC Directory #12 - Underfrequency Load Shedding Program Requirements (February 2010)
NPCC Directory #12 was approved by the NPCC membership and came into effect on June 26, 2009. The associated Implementation Plan introduces the new provisions of the Directory over a maximum 6-year period during which the IESO must become compliant with the new requirements. Consistent with this Implementation Plan and as specified in Chapter 5, Section 10.4.6 of the market rules and Market Manual 7: Part 7.4, Section 4.5, the IESO has established the Ontario Underfrequency Load Shedding (UFLS) Program Implementation Plan the details of which can be accessed via the links below. Ontario UFLS Program Implementation Plan (Revision 1, Published February 9, 2010) NERC Cyber Security Standards (CIP 002-009) (2009 Update)
The NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) cyber security standards (CIP-002 to CIP-009) require the use of a risk-based methodology to identify critical assets, which must then be protected. The IESO developed the methodology for Ontario, in collaboration with market participants, to identify critical assets. For compliance reporting needs and links to the actual CIP standards, please review the current IESO Reliability Compliance Program Schedule posted on this webpage.Market participants that own Critical Assets identified by the IESO, may request an exception from complying with an applicable CIP requirement using the Ontario Technical Feasibility Exception (TFE) process. Background Material
More information on the IESO Reliability Compliance Program, the standard authorities and the standards are described in the following documents and websites.
The following table provides a mapping of Ontario market participants to NERC Functional Model Entities. The links provided allow for the download of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that outline the applicability of NERC Standards Requirements, NPCC Criteria and the requirements of the market rules to market participants.
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Market Participant Contact Person
As most standards are concerned with generation and transmission facilities, the IESO will direct all reliability compliance requests to the designated Reliability Compliance contact at your organization. Where a Reliability Compliance contact is not registered with the IESO, the request will be sent to the Main Contact. Should you wish to designate someone as the contact person for reliability compliance matters,
please complete the Contact for Reliability Compliance Program form and return it to IRCP@ieso.ca.
IESO Contact Information
All correspondence with regard to the IESO Reliability Compliance Program should be sent by e-mail (preferred), post or fax to:
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