Unofficial Comment Form for 3rd Draft of PRC-005-2: Protection System Maintenance Project 2007-17 Please DO NOT use this form to submit comments on the 3rd draft of the standard for Protection System Maintenance. Please submit comments using the . Comments must be submitted by June 27, 2012. If you have questions please contact at or by telephone at 803-530-1963. Background Information: The standard recently passed ballot with a quorum of 84.32% and weighted segment approval of 73.93%; for the VRF/VSL Non-binding poll the quorum was 80.72% with 64.88% casting a supporting opinion. The drafting team appreciates the affirmative votes and the constructive feedback provided by the commenters. The team modified the standard based on stakeholder comments and has posted the standard, implementation plan, and other supporting documents for a parallel 30-day formal comment period and 10-day successive ballot through June 27, 2012. The Protection System Maintenance and Testing Standard Drafting Team (PSMT SDT) made several changes to PRC-005-2, including the associated definitions, based on comments received from industry. The changes include: Definition of Protection System Maintenance Program (PSMP): Revised the “Inspect” element of the definition to “Examine for signs of component failure, reduced performance or degradation.” Definition of Unresolved Maintenance Issues: Revised the definition for additional clarity. The definition now reads: “A deficiency identified during a maintenance activity that causes the component to not meet the intended performance, cannot be corrected during the maintenance interval, and requires follow-up corrective action.” Definition of Countable Event: Revised the definition to “A failure of a Component requiring repair or replacement, any condition discovered during the maintenance activities in Tables 1-1 through 1-5 and Table 3 which requires corrective action or a Misoperation attributed to hardware failure or calibration failure. Misoperations due to product design errors, software errors, relay settings different from specified settings, Protection System Component configuration errors, or Protection System application errors are not included in Countable Events.”
Unofficial Comment Form for 3rd Draft of PRC-005-2: Protection System Maintenance Project 2007-17 Please DO NOT use this form to submit comments on the 3rd draft of the standard for Protection System Maintenance. Please submit comments using the . Comments must be submitted by June 27, 2012. If you have questions please contact at or by telephone at 803-530-1963. Background Information: The standard recently passed ballot with a quorum of 84.32% and weighted segment approval of 73.93%; for the VRF/VSL Non-binding poll the quorum was 80.72% with 64.88% casting a supporting opinion. The drafting team appreciates the affirmative votes and the constructive feedback provided by the commenters. The team modified the standard based on stakeholder comments and has posted the standard, implementation plan, and other supporting documents for a parallel 30-day formal comment period and 10-day successive ballot through June 27, 2012. The Protection System Maintenance and Testing Standard Drafting Team (PSMT SDT) made several changes to PRC-005-2, including the associated definitions, based on comments received from industry. The changes include: Definition of Protection System Maintenance Program (PSMP): Revised the “Inspect” element of the definition to “Examine for signs of component failure, reduced performance or degradation.” Definition of Unresolved Maintenance Issues: Revised the definition for additional clarity. The definition now reads: “A deficiency identified during a maintenance activity that causes the component to not meet the intended performance, cannot be corrected during the maintenance interval, and requires follow-up corrective action.” Definition of Countable Event: Revised the definition to “A failure of a Component requiring repair or replacement, any condition discovered during the maintenance activities in Tables 1-1 through 1-5 and Table 3 which requires corrective action or a Misoperation attributed to hardware failure or calibration failure. Misoperations due to product design errors, software errors, relay settings different from specified settings, Protection System Component configuration errors, or Protection System application errors are not included in Countable Events.”
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