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Alberta Reliability Standard
Voltage and Reactive Control
VAR-001-AB-1a4
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June 4, 2015
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1.
Purpose
The purpose of this reliability standard is toTo ensure that transmission voltage levels, reactive power
flows, and reactive power resources are monitored, controlled, and maintained within limits in real-time to
protect equipment and the reliable operation of the Interconnection.
2.
Applicability
This reliability standard applies to:
(a) the operator of a transmission facility; and
(a) (b) the ISO.
This reliability standard does not apply to the operator of a transmission facility whose transmission
facility is a radial connection and has no controllable reactive power resources.
3.
Requirements
R1 The ISO must develop and maintain requirements for monitoring and controllingspecify a system
voltage levels and reactive power flows within the transmission system, including consulting with each
operator of a transmission facility and any transmission operatorrange with an associated tolerance
band, as part of its plan to operate within system operating limits and interconnection in the development
of such requirementsreliability operating limits.
R2 The ISO and each operator of a transmission facility must develop, maintain, and implement
procedures, for monitoring and controlling voltage levels and reactive power flows within the
transmission system, including consulting with each other, any adjacent operator of a transmission
facility and any appropriate transmission operator with an interconnection.
R3R1.1 The ISO must provide a copy of the system voltage range with an associated tolerance band to
an interconnected transmission operator within thirty (30) days of a request.
R2
The ISO must operate with sufficient reactive power resources available within Alberta to protect
the voltage levels of the transmission system under normal and contingency conditions, including
consideration of the transmission system’s share of the reactive power requirements of
interconnections..
R3
The ISO must be able to regulate transmission voltage and reactive power flow by issuing
directives or instructions to operate the devices necessary to do so.
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R4 The ISO must establish exceptions for specify the criteria that will exempt a generating unit or an
aggregated generating facility from complying with directives:
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a) following a voltage or reactive power instruction or directive;
b) having its automatic voltage regulator or voltage regulating system in requirements R5 and R8
which such exceptions are containedservice or being in Appendix 1 of this reliability
standard.voltage control mode; or
c) making any associated notifications.
R4.1 TheIf the ISO must maintain determines that a list of generating units andunit or an aggregated
generating facilities in Alberta that are exempt as set out in requirement R4.
R4.2 Thefacility has satisfied the exemption criteria, the ISO must notify each legal ownerthe
associated operator of a generating unit or operator of an aggregated generating facility.
R5
The ISO, when issuing directives or instructions for voltage level or reactive power, to the operator of a
generating unit and legal owneror the operator of an aggregated generating facility when any of its
generating units or aggregated generating facilities are included on the list referred to in requirement
R4.1.
R5 The ISO, must issue directives or instructions to the operator of a generating unit and anspecify the
following:
operator of an aggregated generating facility which specify the following:
(a)
a) the voltage level at the point of connection between the transmission system and a generating
unit or an aggregated generating facility, including those in a power plant or an industrial
complex; or
(b) the reactive power to be achieved by the generating unit, aggregated generating facility,
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power plant or industrial complex.
R6 The ISO must monitor the status of all transmission reactive power resources, automatic voltage
regulators, voltage regulating systems and power system stabilizers.
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R7
Each operator of a transmission facility must monitor the status of all transmission reactive
power resources, automatic voltage regulators, voltage regulating systems and power system
stabilizers within its service territory.
R8 The ISO, when notified by the operator of a generating unit of the loss of automatic voltage
regulator control, or by the operator of an aggregated generating facility of the loss of voltage
regulating system control, must issue a directive or instruction to the operator to maintain or change
either its voltage or reactive power.
R9 The ISO must be able to regulate transmission voltage and reactive power flow by issuing
directives or instructions to the operator of a transmission facility to operate the devices necessary to
do so.
R10 The ISO must maintain voltage limits within the ISO’s established voltage limits by issuing
directives or instructions to the operator of a transmission facility, to the operator of a generating
unit or to the operator of an aggregated generating facility with respect to the following:
(a) reactive power generation;
(b) transmission line switching;
(c) reactive power resource switching; and
(d) if necessary, load shedding.
R11 The ISO must plan for sufficient reactive power resources to support voltage under first
contingency conditions.
R11.1The ISO must plan for reactive power resources to be available in locations within Alberta so that
the resources can be applied effectively and as soon as reasonably possible when a contingency occurs
pursuant to R12.
R12 The ISO must, if an ISO-established interconnection reliability operating limit is exceeded or an
ISO-established system operating limit is exceeded as a result of reactive power resource
deficiencies, issue directives or instructions to correct the exceeded limit.
R13 R6
The ISO must, after a review with the legal owner of a generating unit or the legal owner
of an aggregated generating facility regarding necessary off-load tap changes for the step-up transformer
that connects to the transmission system, provide documentation to the legal owner of a generating unit
or the legal owner of an aggregated generating facility specifying the required tap changes, a timeframe
for making the changes, and technical justification for these changes.
R14 The ISO must, if reactive power resource deficiencies occur, issue directives or instructions
necessary to prevent voltage collapse including directives necessary to reduce load.
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Measures
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For example, MR1 is the measure for R1.
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MR1 is the measure for R1.
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MR1. Evidence of developing and maintaining requirementsspecifying a system voltage range with an
associated tolerance band as required underin requirement R1 exists.
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Evidence may include requirements of the reliability standards or ISO rules, version history and
consultation documentation.
MR1.1 Evidence of providing a copy of the system voltage range with an associated tolerance band as
required in requirement R1.1 exists. Evidence may include, but is not limited to, emails, website postings,
or any other equivalent evidence.
MR2
Evidence of developing, maintaining and implementing proceduresoperating with sufficient reactive
power resources as required in requirement R2 exists. Evidence may include dated, in effect procedures
including version history, consultation documentation, operator logs and, but is not limited to, data files.
MR3 Evidence of operating as required in requirement R3 exists. Evidence may include studies, historical
energy management system data or demonstrating the voltage limits used in contingency analysis are
consistent with the ISO’s published voltage limitsany other equivalent evidence.
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MR4 Evidence of establishing exceptions as required in requirement R4 exists. Evidence is included in
Appendix 1.
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MR4.1 Evidence of maintaining a list as required in requirement R4.1 exists. Evidence may include a
posting of the required list on the AESO website.
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MR4.2 Evidence of notifying entities as required in requirement R4.2 exists. Evidence may include email
or mail to appropriate recipient that identifies contents submittedMR3 .
MR5 Evidence of issuing directives or instructions as required in requirement R5 exists. Evidence
may include voice recordings or operator logs.
MR6 Evidence of monitoring as required in requirement R6 exists. Evidence may include real-time
displays, operator logs or data files.
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MR7 Evidence of monitoring as required in requirement R7 exists. Evidence may include real-time
displays, operator logs or data files.
MR8 Evidence of issuing a directive or instruction as required in requirement R8 exists. Evidence
may include voice recordings or operator logs.
MR9 Evidence of being able to regulate transmission voltage and reactive power flow as required in
requirement R9R3 exists. Evidence may include, but is not limited to, relevant ISO authoritative documents.
MR10 MR4 Evidence of maintaining voltage limitsspecifying the criteria that will exempt a generating unit
or an aggregated generating facility as requiredspecified in requirement R10R4 exists. Evidence may
include voice recordings or operator logs.
MR4.1 Evidence of notifying the associated operator of a generating unit or operator of an aggregated
generating facility if the ISO determines that the exemption criteria were satisfied. Evidence may
include, but is not limited to, emails, data files or other equivalent evidence.
MR5MR11
Evidence of planning for sufficient reactive power resources Evidence of issuing
directives or instructions to the operator of a generating unit or the operator of an aggregated
generating facility as required in requirement R11R5 exists. Evidence may include dated study
results or project documentation.
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MR11.1 Evidence of planning for reactive power resources as required in requirement R11.1 exists.
Evidence may include dated study results or project documentation.
MR12 Evidence of issuing directives or instructions as required in requirement R12 exists. Evidence may
include, but is not limited to, voice recordings or operator logsother equivalent evidence.
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MR13 MR6 Evidence of providing documentation as required in requirement R13R6 exists. Evidence may
include, but is not limited to, dated study results, or email or mail to appropriate recipients that identifies
contents submitted.
MR14 Evidence of issuing directives or instructions as required in requirement R14 exists.
Evidence may include voice recordings or operator logsother equivalent evidence.
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In order for an operator of aA generating unit or an operator of an aggregated generating facility to
be exempt from complying with a directive issuedmust, in accordance with requirements R5 and R8order
to meet the exemption criteria referred to in requirement R4 of this reliability standard:
(a)
(a) the facility that is the subject of the directive must: (i)
generating facility;
be a wind aggregated
(b)
(ii)
(c)
(iii)
be the subject of an executed Construction Commitment Agreement and have
completed the ISO’s approval process for connection to the transmission system under
the Technical Requirements for connecting generators (1999) ; or).
not be equipped with a voltage regulating system; and
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(b) the exceptions set out in section 301.2 of the ISO rules, Directives must apply.
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