VAR-501--3 Final Voting Results Ballot Name: VAR-501--3 Power Stabilizers Ballot Pool Opened: 3/21/2016 4/8/2016 Ballot Period: 4/12/2016 5/2/2016 Total Ballot Pool: 92 Total Number of Votes: 85 Quorum: 92.4% Weighted Vote: 66.0% Ballot Results The Document has Passed Voting Sectors Total In Ballot Pool Votes Non- Abstain Sector Weight Votes Weighted Segment Vote No Votes Abstain Total Votes* for Quorum Didn't Vote Distribution 17 15 1 10 66.7% 5 1 16 1 End User Representative 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 Generation 23 20 1 14 70.0% 6 1 21 2 11 10 1 6 60.0% 4 1 11 0 Other Non-Registered Members and Participating Stakeholders 1 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 1 State and Provincial Representatives 0 0 0 0 0.0% 0 0 0 0 19 16 1 10 62.5% 6 2 18 1 Transmission 21 17 1 12 70.6% 5 2 19 2 Totals 92 78 5 52 66.0% 26 7 85 7 WESTERN ELECTRICITY COORDINATING COUNCIL 155 North 400 West, Suite 200 Salt Lake City, Utah 84103-1114
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 2 British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority (aka BC Hydro) Transmission Abstain No comments. Patricia Robertso n British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority (aka BC Hydro) Northern California Power Agency Arizona Public Service Abstain No comments. Patricia Robertso n Marty needs revision. Hostler Generation No NCPA does not feel the standard No AZPS recommends the following edit to R2 for clarity: Each Generator Operator shall have its PSS in service while synchronized, apart from the exclusions detailed in R1, except during any of the following Stephani e Little Arizona Public Service Also, AZPS suggests that the duration for a PSS being out of service without creating a violation be increased to greater than 30 minutes. The lack of a reliability impact of a generator operating without a PSS in service is evidenced by at least R4 of the current draft of the standard which supports the ability to operate without a PSS in service for up to 180 days for commissioning. While AZPS supports the intent of the change to Requirement R2, namely to remove the previous requirement to log in service hours of the PSS, we believe the present period is overly narrow. Distribution No See Comment Above for Arizona Public Service Stephanie Little Michelle Amarant os Nevada Power No NV Energy does not believe that the drafting team has proposed an improvement upon the existing standard. Eric Schwarzr ock
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 3 Nevada Power Generation No NV Energy does not believe that the drafting team has proposed an improvement upon the existing standard. Nevada Power Distribution No NV Energy does not believe that the drafting team has proposed an improvement upon the existing standard. Nevada Power Transmission No NV Energy does not believe that the drafting team has proposed an improvement upon the existing standard. Seattle City Light Transmission No Please see Seattle City Light Charles (Bud) Freemans comment Arizona Public Service Transmission No See Comment Above Arizona Public Service Stephanie Little Eric Schwarzr ock Eric Schwarzr ock Eric Schwarzr ock Hao Li Gary Nolan Arizona Public Service No See Comment Above Arizona Public Service Stephanie Little Todd Komaro my Arizona Public Service Generation No See Comment Above Arizona Public Service Stephanie Little Jeri Freimuth
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 4 Public Service of Colorado (Xcel Energy) Generation No PSCo has the following concerns related to the proposed VAR-501- -3 standard: On M3, the standard states that if an entity wishes to claim the exemption under Part 3.5, that entity must provide documented evidence of the date the voltage regulator was last replaced. This will require documentation from a time prior to the standard going into effect. Requiring documentation from a period prior to the standard becoming effective is inappropriate. On R4, the standard drafting team has refused to modify the language to allow an entity to have plans to complete the start-up testing of PSS and instead has developed language which requires the test to be completed within 180 days of commercial operation or retrofit of its exciter system. Xcel Energy is concerned that this hard stop date can cause a violation of the standard due to scheduling problems while not providing any impact to reliability. It is noted that this deadline is regardless of whether the unit is online or not so the argument cannot be made that there is a need for the deadline. Finally, it is unclear how this requirement is materially different than MOD-026-1 Requirement R4, other than the hard stop at 180 days that the standard is proposing. David Lemmon s
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 5 Seattle City Light Distribution No If a unit is small (less than 20 MVA) and does NOT CONNECT DIRECTLY to the BES transmission system (greater than 100 kv), the unit will not have any measurable impact to the stability of the power system, and thus a power system stabilizer on such a unit should not be required. Please revise the definition of Facility (Introduction Section A, subsection 5) to take this into account. Dana Wheeloc k Seattle City Light Thank you for your time and efforts in developing this standard. No See Comment Above Seattle City Light Dana Wheelock Charles Freeman Public Service of Colorado (Xcel Energy) Distribution No See Comments Above Public Service of Colorado (Xcel Energy) David Lemmons Chad Nickell Seattle City Light Generation No Refer to Charles Freeman, Seattle City Light. Mike Haynes
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 6 Public Service of Colorado (Xcel Energy) Transmission No See Comments Above Public Service of Colorado (Xcel Energy) David Lemmons Robert Staton Public Service of Colorado (Xcel Energy) No See Comments Above Public Service of Colorado (Xcel Energy) David Lemmons Robert Staton US Bureau of Reclamation Generation Erika Doot US Bureau of Transmission Erika Reclamation Doot Pacific Gas and Electric Generation Alex Chua Salt River Project Generation Kevin Nielsen Salt River Project William Abraham Tacoma Power Distribution Chad Edinger Idaho Power Transmission Laura Nelson Idaho Power Distribution Laura Nelson Idaho Power Generation Laura Nelson
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 7 Idaho Power Laura Nelson Black Hills Corporation Transmission Wes Wingen Talen Montana, LLC Generation Leland McMilla n Inland Empire Energy Generation Ben Kling Center LLC Platte River Power Authority John Collins Tri-State Generation & Transmission (Reliability) Tracy Sliman Tri-State Generation & Transmission (Reliability) Transmission Tracy Sliman Platte River Power Authority Transmission Jeff Landis Platte River Power Authority Generation Tyson Archie Tacoma Power Generation Karen Hedlund Tacoma Power Transmission Joseph Wilson Tacoma Power Todd Lloyd Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Andrea Basinski Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sacramento Municipal Utility District Joe Tarantin o Generation Joe Tarantin o Distribution Joe Tarantin o Transmission Joe Tarantin o Joe Tarantin o
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 8 Balancing Authority of Northern California Joe Tarantin o Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Theresa Rakowsk y Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Distribution Theresa Rakowsk y Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Transmission Theresa Rakowsk y Southern California Edison (Transmission & Distribution) Southern California Edison (Transmission & Distribution) Powerex, Inc. British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority (aka BC Hydro) British Columbia Hydro & Power Authority (aka BC Hydro) Tri-State Generation & Transmission (Reliability) Southern California Edison Tacoma Power Smart Wire Grid Public Service of New Mexico Distribution Steven Mavis Transmission Steven Mavis Gordon Dobson- Mack Generation Helen Hamilton Harding Distribution Faramarz Amjadi Distribution Janelle Gill Generation Did not Earle vote Saunders Twila Hofer Other Non- Did not Chifong Registered vote Thomas Members and Participating Stakeholders Abstain Laurie Williams
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 9 Public Service of New Mexico Transmission Abstain Laurie Williams Public Service of New Mexico Distribution Abstain Laurie Williams Public Service of New Mexico Generation Abstain Laurie Williams Public Service of New Mexico Abstain Laurie Williams Gridforce Energy Management, LLC No R4-180 days is potentially undue financial impact on our customers. David Blackshe ar Bonneville Power Administration Transmission Donald Watkins Bonneville Power Administration Francis Halpin Bonneville Power Administration Distribution Rebecca Berdahl
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 10 PacifiCorp No The current standard has a clear expectation that anytime a unit is Sandra Shaffer synchronized, the PSS MUST be in service. RMP has procedures, forms and reporting methods established to insure compliance. These procedures, forms and reporting methods also apply equally to the operation of the AVR. Proposed changes to VAR-501- will require the unit Operator to mentally track the status of the PSS, the given load point or turbine metal temperature, and the information that was provided to the TO, based on the type of startup being performed (Cold/Cold, Hot/Cold, Hot Restart or area between). At the same time, the unit Operator will also be required to follow the completely different standard pertaining to the AVR, which as previously stated works in conjunction with the PSS. The proposed changes may appear to be simpler to the drafting team, but they in fact will add another level of complexity to the people running our generating units and complicate/confuse our corporate procedures, reporting forms and training programs. Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Generation Lynda Kupfer NextEra Energy Resources, LLC Generation Mark Mango Salt River Project Transmission Did not vote Steven Cobb Colorado Springs Utilities Transmission Did not vote Shawna Speer Colorado Springs Utilities Generation Did not vote Shawna Speer Colorado Springs Utilities Distribution Did not vote Shawna Speer
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 11 Colorado Springs Utilities Did not vote Shawna Speer PacifiCorp Transmission No See Comment Above - PacifiCorp - Sandra Shaffer Sandra Shaffer PacifiCorp Distribution No See Comment Above - PacifiCorp - Sandra Shaffer PacifiCorp Generation No See Comment Above - PacifiCorp - Sandra Shaffer Sandra Shaffer Sandra Shaffer PacifiCorp No See Comment Above - PacifiCorp - Sandra Shaffer Sandra Shaffer Avista Corporation Transmission Bryan Cox Avista Corporation Distribution Bryan Cox Avista Corporation Generation Bryan Cox Avista Corporation Bryan Cox Avista Corporation No Avista is concerned with the wording Scott of Requirement 4 regarding the Kinney installation of a PSS on either new generators or during voltage regulator replacements on existing units. The previous policy that is recommended to be retired, included a unit size limit associated with the need for PSS installation. This new standard doesn t include the size limit so it is difficult to determine if a PSS needs to be installed on all units regardless of size. The standard needs to clarify if there are generator size limits which would exclude PSS installation requirements.
VAR-501--3 Final Voting Record 12 Seattle City Light No Please see Charles (Bud) Freemans (SCL) comment Pawel Krupa Portland General Electric Angela Gaines Portland General Electric Angela Gaines Portland General Electric Transmission Angela Gaines Portland General Electric Distribution Angela Gaines Portland General Electric Generation Angela Gaines