Project 2013-04 Voltage & Reactive Control

Status:
The NERC Board of Trustees adopted VAR-002-3 on May 7, 2014. The standard will be filed for regulatory approval.

Background:
When the first versions of the VAR standards were approved in FERC Order No. 693,[1] the Commission also issued several directives with regard to how to improve the standard. Each of the outstanding directives are explained in detail in the technical white paper (see project page).

The informal consensus building for VAR began in February 2013. Specifically, the ad hoc group engaged stakeholders on how best to address the FERC directives, remove paragraph 81 candidates, and implement results-based approaches. A discussion of the ad hoc group’s consensus building and collaborative activities are also included in the technical white paper.

Based on stakeholder outreach, the VAR-001 and VAR-002 standards have been modified. The proposed VAR-001 answers most of the FERC directives from Order No. 693, and VAR-002 has been modified to address certain compliance issues today. This posting is soliciting comment on a pro forma standard and a Standard Authorization Request (SAR).

[1] See Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System, Order No. 693, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,242, order on reh’g, Order No. 693-A, 120 FERC ¶ 61,053 (2007).

Draft	Action	Dates	Results	Consideration of Comments
VAR-002-3 Clean \|Redline to last posted Implementation Plan Clean \|Redline to last posted Supporting Materials: Compliance Input Mapping Document Clean \|Redline to last posted Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet VAR-002-3 VRF and VSL Justifications	Final Ballot Info>> Vote>>	04/24/14 - 05/05/14	Summary>> Ballot Results>>
VAR-002-3 Clean \|Redline to last posted Implementation Plan Clean \|Redline to last posted Supporting Materials: Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Compliance Input Mapping Document Clean \|Redline to last posted Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet VAR-002-3 VRF and VSL Justifications	Additional Ballot and Non-binding Poll Info>> Vote>>	04/04/14 – 04/14/14 (Extended in order to achieve quorum) (Closed)	Summary>> Ballot Results>> Non-Binding Poll Results>>
	Comment Period Info>> Submit Comments>>	02/27/14 - 04/14/14	Comments Received>>	Consideration of Comments>>
VAR-001-4 Clean \|Redline to last posted Implementation Plan Clean \|Redline to last posted Supporting Materials: Compliance Input Mapping Document Clean \|Redline to last posted Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet VAR-001-4 VRF/VSL Justifications Consideration of Issues and Directives	Final Ballot Updated Info>> Info>> Vote>>	12/13/13 - 12/23/13 (Revised) (closed)	Summary>> Ballot Results>>
VAR-001-4 Clean \|Redline to last posted VAR-002-3 Clean \|Redline to last posted Implementation Plan Clean \|Redline to last posted Supporting Materials: Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Compliance Input Mapping Document Clean \|Redline to last posted Draft Reliability Standard Audit Worksheet VAR-001-4 VAR-002-3	Additional Ballots and Non-binding Polls Updated Info>> Info>> Vote>>	11/15/13 – 11/26/13 Extended 1 additional day, closing 11/26/13. (closed)	Summary>> Ballot Results: VAR-001-4 VAR-002-3 Non-Binding Poll: VAR-001-4 VAR-002-3
	Comment Period Info>> Submit Comments>>	10/11/13 – 11/25/13 (closed)	Comments Received>>	Consideration of Comments>>
Draft Standard VAR-001-4 VAR-002-3 Implementation Plan Standard Authorization Request Supporting Materials: Unofficial Comment Form (Word) Technical White Paper Mapping Document Compliance Input Proposed Timeline for the Formal Development	VAR-001-4 and VAR-002-3 Ballot and Non-binding Poll Updated Info>> Vote>>	08/23/13 - 09/03/13 Extended 1 additional day, closing 9/4/13. (closed)	Summary>> Ballot Results>> Non-binding Poll Results>>	Consideration of Comments for VAR-002-3 Consideration of Comments>>
	Comment Period Info>> Submit Comments>>	07/19/13 - 09/03/13 Extended 1 additional day, closing 9/4/13. (closed)	Comments Received>>
	Join Ballot Pool>>	07/19/13 - 08/19/13 (closed)
	Info>> Submit Nomination>> Unofficial Nomination Form>>	07/24/13 - 08/02/13 (closed)

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