R1. Each Regional Reliability Organization, The RRO, subregion The RRO, subregion The RRO, subregion or The RRO, subregion subregion, or interregional coordinating or interregional or interregional interregional or interregional group shall establish one or more Reliability coordinating group did coordinating group coordinating group did coordinating group did Coordinators to continuously assess not communicate the did not clearly not coordinate not assign any transmission reliability and coordinate assignment of the identify the assignment of the Reliability emergency operations among the operating Reliability coordination of Reliability Coordinators Coordinators. entities within the region and across the Coordinators to Reliability across regional regional boundaries. operating entities Coordinator areas boundaries. clearly. within the region. R2. The Reliability Coordinator shall comply The Reliability The Reliability The Reliability The Reliability with a regional reliability plan approved by Coordinator has failed Coordinator has Coordinator does not Coordinator does not the NERC Operating Committee. to follow the failed to follow have a regional have an unapproved administrative portions steps in its regional reliability plan regional reliability of its regional reliability plan that approved by the NERC plan. reliability plan. requires operator OC. interventions or actions. R3. The Reliability Coordinator shall have clear N/A N/A N/A The Reliability decision-making authority to act and to direct Coordinator does not actions to be taken by Transmission have clear authority to Operators, Balancing Authorities, Generator act or direct actions to Operators, Transmission Service Providers, preserve transmission Load-Serving Entities, and security and reliability Entities within its Reliability of the Bulk Electric Coordinator Area to preserve the integrity System. and reliability of the Bulk Electric System. These actions shall be taken without delay, OR but no longer than 30 minutes. The Reliability Coordinator failed to take or direct action to preserve the reliability and security of the Bulk Electric System within 30 minutes of identifying those actions.
R1. Each Regional Reliability Organization, subregion, or interregional coordinating group shall establish one or more Reliability Coordinators to continuously assess transmission reliability and coordinate emergency operations among the operating entities within the region and across the regional boundaries. The RRO, subregion or interregional coordinating group did not communicate the assignment of the Reliability Coordinators to operating entities clearly. The RRO, subregion or interregional coordinating group did not clearly identify the coordination of Reliability Coordinator areas within the region. The RRO, subregion or interregional coordinating group did not coordinate assignment of the Reliability Coordinators across regional boundaries. The RRO, subregion or interregional coordinating group did not assign any Reliability Coordinators. R2. The Reliability Coordinator shall comply with a regional reliability plan approved by the NERC Operating Committee. The Reliability Coordinator has failed to follow the administrative portions of its regional reliability plan. The Reliability Coordinator has failed to follow steps in its regional reliability plan that requires operator interventions or actions. The Reliability Coordinator does not have a regional reliability plan approved by the NERC OC. The Reliability Coordinator does not have an unapproved regional reliability plan. R3. The Reliability Coordinator shall have clear decision-making authority to act and to direct actions to be taken by Transmission Operators, Balancing Authorities, Generator Operators, Transmission Service Providers, Load-Serving Entities, and Entities within its Reliability Coordinator Area to preserve the integrity and reliability of the Bulk Electric System. These actions shall be taken without delay, but no longer than 30 minutes. N/A N/A N/A The Reliability Coordinator does not have clear authority to act or direct actions to preserve transmission security and reliability of the Bulk Electric System. OR The Reliability Coordinator failed to take or direct action to preserve the reliability and security of the Bulk Electric System within 30 minutes of identifying those actions.
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