Current Alberta Reliability Standards

The following Alberta reliability standards have undergone the Alberta Electric System Operator's (AESO) review and adoption process and have been approved by the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC).

Complete Set Standards

Standards  Effective
Complete Set of Standards  2010-01-22
Interpretation  2010-08-24

The AESO has consolidated all definitions represented into ISO rules, ISO tariff and Alberta Reliability Standards into a single glossary. Click Authoritative Document Consolidated Glossary to access the glossary.

 2010-04-30

Individual Standards

Standard  Approved  Effective
Resource and Demand Balancing (BAL)    
BAL-001-AB-0a Real Power Balancing Control Performance 2009-02-04 2009-02-13
BAL-002-AB-1 Disturbance Control Performance 2011-12-20 2012-10-01
BAL-STD-002-AB-0 Contingency Reserves 2011-12-21 2012-10-01
BAL-003-AB-0a Frequency Response and Bias  2009-02-04 2009-02-13
BAL-004-AB-1 Time Error Correction 2011-12-22 2012-10-01
BAL-004-WECC-AB-1 Automatic Time Error Correction 2011-12-22 2012-10-01
BAL-006-AB-1 Inadvertent Interchange  2009-02-04 2009-02-13
Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)    
CIP-001-AB-1 Sabotage Reporting  2010-01-12 2010-04-12
Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP)    
EOP-002-AB-2 Capacity and Energy Emergencies  2009-09-23 2009-10-03
EOP-003-AB-1 Load Shedding Plans 2009-06-17 2009-06-17
EOP-004-AB-1 Disturbance Reporting 2009-06-17 2009-06-17
Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance (FAC)    
FAC-001-AB-0 Facility Connection Requirements  2009-09-23 2010-09-24
FAC-002-AB-0 Coordination of Plans for New Facilities 2009-09-23 2010-03-22
FAC-003-AB-1 Transmission Vegetation Management  Program 2009-01-26 2009-03-27
R1-R2:
2010-01-26 
FAC-010-AB-2.1 System Operation Limits Methodology for the Planning Horizon 2011-11-10 2012-07-01
FAC-014-AB-2 Establish and Communicate System Operating Limits 2011-11-10 2012-10-01
FAC-501-WECC-AB-1 Transmission Maintenance  2009-09-09 2010-09-10
Interchange Scheduling and Coordination (INT)    
INT-001-AB-3 Interchange Information  2009-09-23 2009-10-03
INT-003-AB-2 Interchange Transaction Implementation  2009-01-26 2009-01-26
INT-006-AB-2 Response to Interchange Authority  2009-09-23 2009-10-03
INT-009-AB-1 Implementation of Interchange  2009-09-23 2009-10-03
INT-010-AB-1 Interchange Coordination Exemptions  2009-09-23 2009-10-03
Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination (IRO)    
IRO-001-AB-1.1 Reliability Coordination Responsibilities and Authorities  2012-01-24 2012-10-01
IRO-006-WECC-AB-1 Qualified Transfer Path Unscheduled Flow Relief  2010-01-12 2010-01-22
Modeling, Data, and Analysis (MOD)    
MOD-016-AB-1.1 Documentation of Data Reporting Requirements for Actual and Forecast Demands, and Net Energy for Load  2010-01-12 2010-01-22
MOD–017–AB– 0.1 Aggregated Actual and Forecast Demands and Net Energy for Load  2010-01-12 2010-01-22
MOD–018–AB–0 Reports of Actual and Forecast Demand Data  2010-01-12 2010-01-22
MOD–019–AB–0 Forecasts of Interruptible Demands Data  2010-01-12 2010-01-22
Protection and Control (PRC)    
PRC–001–AB–1 Protection System Coordination  2010-01-12 2010-01-22
R1:
2011-01-13
PRC–004–AB–1 Analysis and Mitigation of Transmission and Generation Protection System Misoperation  2010-01-12 2010-02-11
PRC–004–WECC–AB–1 Protection System and Remedial Action Scheme Misoperation  2010-01-12 2010-02-11
PRC-009-AB-0 UFLS Performance Following Underfrequency Event 2009-09-23 2009-10-03
PRC-010-AB-0 Assessment of the Design and Effectiveness of UVLS Program 2009-09-23 2009-10-03
PRC-021-AB-1 Under Voltage Load Shedding Program Data  2009-09-09 2009-09-19
PRC-022-AB-1 Under Voltage Load Shedding Program Performance 2009-09-23 2009-10-03
Transmission Operations (TOP)    
TOP-005-AB-1 Operational Reliability Information  2009-01-26 2009-05-26
TOP–007–WECC–AB–1 System Operating Limit  2010-01-12 2010-01-22
Transmission Planning (TPL)    
TPL-001-AB-0 System Performance Under Normal Conditions  2009-09-23 2010-09-24
TPL-002-AB-0 System Performance Following Loss of a Single BES Element  2009-09-23 2010-09-24
TPL-003-AB-0 System Performance Following Loss of Two or More BES Elements 2009-09-23 2010-09-24
TPL-004-AB-0 System Performance Following Extreme BES Events  2009-09-23 2010-09-24
   

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