PER-001-0.2: Operating Personnel Responsibility and Authority
Purpose
Transmission Operator and Balancing Authority operating personnel must have the responsibility and authority to implement real-time actions to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System.
Applicability
- Transmission Operators.
- Balancing Authorities.
Effective Date
December 10, 2009
Requirements
R1. Each Transmission Operator and Balancing Authority shall provide operating personnel with the responsibility and authority to implement real-time actions to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System.
Measures
M1. The Transmission Operator and Balancing Authority provide documentation that operating personnel have the responsibility and authority to implement real-time actions to ensure the stable and reliable operation of the Bulk Electric System. These responsibilities and authorities are understood by the operating personnel. Documentation shall include:
M1.1 A written current job description that states in clear and unambiguous language the responsibilities and authorities of each operating position of a Transmission Operator and Balancing Authority. The job description identifies personnel subject to the authority of the Transmission Operator and Balancing Authority.
M1.2 The current job description is readily accessible in the control room environment to all operating personnel.
M1.3 A written current job description that states operating personnel are responsible for complying with the NERC reliability standards.
M1.4 Written operating procedures that state that, during normal and emergency conditions, operating personnel have the authority to take or direct timely and appropriate realtime actions. Such actions shall include shedding of firm load to prevent or alleviate System Operating Limit or Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit violations. These actions are performed without obtaining approval from higher-level personnel within the Transmission Operator or Balancing Authority.