Department of Energy May 28, 2009 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) adopts reporting requirements under the expanded blanket authorization established in Order No. 708-A, which amends section 33.1(c)(12) of the Commission's regulations.

Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposes to approve Reliability Standard PRC-023-1 (Transmission Relay Loadability Reliability Standard) developed by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. The proposed Reliability Standard requires certain transmission owners, generator owners, and distribution providers to set protective relays according to specific criteria in order to ensure that the relays reliably detect and protect the electric network from all fault conditions, but do not limit transmission loadability or interfere with system operators' ability to protect system reliability. While all relays detect and protect the electric network from fault conditions, the proposed Reliability Standard applies only to load-responsive phase protection relays. In addition, pursuant to section 215(d)(5) of the Federal Power Act, the Commission proposes to direct NERC to develop

Pursuant to section 215 of the Federal Power Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission hereby approves the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) interpretation of one Commission- approved Reliability Standard, BAL-003-0, Frequency Response and Bias; and remands NERC's proposed interpretation of VAR-001-1, Voltage and Reactive Control, for reconsideration consistent with this Final Rule.