NPCC Regional Standard PRC-006-NPCC-1 UFLS Posted for 10 Day Ballot

In accordance with the NPCC Regional Standard Development Procedure a notification of ballot has been posted for NPCC Regional Standard PRC-006-1 Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding and its associated Implementation Plan.

The Task Force on System Studies (TFSS) and the Reliability Coordinating Committee (RCC) have each endorsed the draft of this standard and on September 30th, 2011 the NPCC Regional Standards Committee (RSC) authorized a 30 day pre-ballot review and subsequent 10 day ballot period.

Additionally, in response to a request from the NPCC BOD, NPCC has developed a Cost Effectiveness Analysis Procedure (CEAP), designed to assess the implementation costs and reliability benefit of this proposed standard. The results of that analysis have been summarized and included with the ballot materials.

Ballots may be cast effective immediately until the close of the ballot period at 2359 EST on November 18th, 2011.

The draft Standard, its Implementation Plan, and the results of the Cost Effectiveness Analysis Procedure (CEAP) are posted on the NPCC Website and can be viewed at: npcc.org