FAC-001-1: Facility Connection Requirements
Purpose
To avoid adverse impacts on reliability, Transmission Owners and Generator Owners must establish Facility connection and performance requirements.
Applicability
- Transmission Owner
- Applicable Generator Owner
- Generator Owner with an executed Agreement to evaluate the reliability impact of interconnecting a third party Facility to the Generator Owner’s existing Facility that is used to interconnect to the interconnected Transmission systems.
Effective Date
In those jurisdictions where regulatory approval is required, all requirements applied to the Transmission Owner become effective upon regulatory approval. In those jurisdictions where no regulatory approval is required, all requirements applied to the Transmission Owner and Regional Entity become effective upon Board of Trustees’ adoption.
In those jurisdictions where regulatory approval is required, all requirements applied to the Generator Owner become effective on the first calendar day of the first calendar quarter one year after the date of the order approving the standard from applicable regulatory authorities. In those jurisdictions where no regulatory approval is required, all requirements applied to the Generator Owner become effective on the first calendar day
of the first calendar quarter one year after Board of Trustees’ adoption.
Requirements
R1. The Transmission Owner shall document, maintain, and publish Facility connection requirements to ensure compliance with NERC Reliability Standards and applicable Regional Entity, subregional, Power Pool, and individual Transmission Owner planning criteria and Facility connection requirements. The Transmission Owner’s Facility connection requirements shall address connection requirements for:
1.1. Generation Facilities,
1.2. Transmission Facilities, and
1.3. End-user Facilities
[VRF – Medium]
R2. Each applicable Generator Owner shall, within 45 days of having an executed Agreement to evaluate the reliability impact of interconnecting a third party Facility to the Generator Owner’s existing Facility that is used to interconnect to the interconnected Transmission systems (under FAC-002-1), document and publish its Facility connection requirements to ensure compliance with NERC Reliability Standards and applicable Regional Entity,
subregional, Power Pool, and individual Transmission Owner planning criteria and Facility connection requirements.
R3. Each Transmission Owner and each applicable Generator Owner (in accordance with Requirement R2) shall address the following items in its Facility connection requirements:
3.1. Provide a written summary of its plans to achieve the required system performance as described in Requirements R1 or R2 throughout the planning horizon:
3.1.1. Procedures for coordinated joint studies of new Facilities and their impacts on the interconnected Transmission systems.
3.1.2. Procedures for notification of new or modified Facilities to others (those responsible for the reliability of the interconnected Transmission systems) as soon as feasible.
3.1.3. Voltage level and MW and MVAR capacity or demand at point of connection.
3.1.4. Breaker duty and surge protection.
3.1.5. System protection and coordination.
3.1.6. Metering and telecommunications.
3.1.7. Grounding and safety issues.
3.1.8. Insulation and insulation coordination.
3.1.9. Voltage, Reactive Power, and power factor control.
3.1.10. Power quality impacts.
3.1.11. Equipment Ratings.
3.1.12. Synchronizing of Facilities.
3.1.13. Maintenance coordination.
3.1.14. Operational issues (abnormal frequency and voltages).
3.1.15. Inspection requirements for existing or new Facilities.
3.1.16. Communications and procedures during normal and emergency operating conditions.
[VRF – Medium]
R4. The Transmission Owner shall maintain and update its Facility connection requirements as required. The Transmission Owner shall make documentation of these requirements available to the users of the transmission system, the Regional Entity, and ERO on request (five business days).
[VRF – Medium]
Measures
M1. The Transmission Owner shall make available (to its Compliance Enforcement Authority) evidence that it met all the requirements stated in Requirement R1.
M2. Each Generator Owner that has an executed Agreement to evaluate the reliability impact of interconnecting a third party Facility to the Generator Owner’s existing Facility that is used to interconnect to the interconnected Transmission systems shall make available (to its Compliance Enforcement Authority) evidence that it met all requirements stated in Requirement R2.
M3. Each Transmission Owner and each applicable Generator Owner (in accordance with Requirement R2) shall make available (to its Compliance Enforcement Authority) evidence that it met all requirements stated in Requirement R3.
M4. The Transmission Owner shall make available (to its Compliance Enforcement Authority) evidence that it met all the requirements stated in Requirement R4.