IRO-014/017 Coordination Among RCs / Outages

Question 1

IRO-014 If two RC’s do not agree on whether emergency conditions exist, what happens?

Answer 1

Both RC’s will act as if an emergency exists.
THe RC declaring an emergency must work on a plan for mitigating it.
Each impacted RC must implement the plan, unless such actions would violate safety / equipment / regulatory requirements.

Question 2

What is the time frame for reviewing and updating RC operating procedures / processes / plans as identified in IRO-014 R1 ?

Answer 2

Annually, with no more than 15 months between reviews.

Question 3

What approval is needed on RC operating procedures / processes / plans as identified in IRO-014 R1?

Answer 3

Written agreement must be obtained from all RC’s required to take indicated actions, for each update.

Question 4

What are the distribution requirements for RC operating procedures / processes / plans as identified in IRO-014 R1?

Answer 4

Distribute to all RC’s required to take indicated actions within 30 days of an update.

Question 5

IRO-014 R1

What is included in OP’s for activities that require notification or coordination of actions involving neighboring RC’s?

Answer 5

• criteria, process for notifications
• energy and capacity shortages
• voltage control / coord. of reactive resources
• exchange of outage information
• provisions for periodic communications

Question 6

IRO-017 R1

What are the RC requirements for outage coordination?

Answer 6

Must maintain an Outage Coordination Process

for: Generation and Transmission outages.

Question 7

IRO-017 R2

Which entities are required to comply with the RC’s outage coordination process?

Answer 7

Transmission Operators and Balancing Authorities

Question 8

IRO-017 R3

Who must provide Planning Assessments to impacted RC’s?

Answer 8

Planning Coordinator and Transmission Planner

Question 9

IRO-017 R4

What must happen with identified issues / conflicts with planned outages in near-term transmission planning horizon?

Answer 9

Each Planning Coordinator / Transmission planner must jointly develop solutions with respective RC’s .

Question 10

IRO-17 R1 cont. what is in the outage coordination process:

Answer 10

• identify roles and reporting responsibilities
• outage submission timing req’s
• define process to evaluate impact
• define process to coordinate resolution of conflicts with TOps / BA;s, other RCs