PRC-016-0.1: Special Protection System Misoperations
Purpose
To ensure that all Special Protection Systems (SPS) are properly designed, meet performance requirements, and are coordinated with other protection systems. To ensure that maintenance and testing programs are developed and misoperations are analyzed and corrected.
Applicability
- Transmission Owner that owns an SPS
- Generator Owner that owns an SPS
- Distribution Provider that owns an SPS
Effective Date
May 13, 2009
Requirements
R1. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an SPS shall analyze its SPS operations and maintain a record of all misoperations in accordance with the Regional SPS review procedure specified in Reliability Standard PRC-012-0_R1.
R2. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an
SPS shall take corrective actions to avoid future misoperations.
R3. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an
SPS shall provide documentation of the misoperation analyses and the corrective action
plans to its Regional Reliability Organization and NERC on request (within 90
calendar days).
Measures
M1. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an SPS shall have evidence it analyzed SPS operations and maintained a record of all misoperations in accordance with the Regional SPS review procedure specified in Reliability Standard PRC-012-0_R1.
M2. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an SPS shall have evidence it took corrective actions to avoid future misoperations.
M3. The Transmission Owner, Generator Owner, and Distribution Provider that owns an SPS shall have evidence it provided documentation of the misoperation analyses and the corrective action plans to the affected Regional Reliability Organization and NERC on request (within 90 calendar days).