Alberta Reliability Standards
We are obligated to monitor market participant's compliance with the Alberta Reliability Standards (ARS) in accordance with the Transmission Regulation. We maintain a compliance monitoring program specific to the ARS.
Download information on our compliance monitoring program here:
- Alberta Reliability Standards Compliance Monitoring Program
- Alberta Reliability Standards Compliance Monitoring Program Tutorial & Lessons Learned
- Frequently asked questions on compliance monitoring
Find additional compliance-related information here:
- Alberta Reliability Standards
- ISO rules
- Market Surveillance Administrator
- Alberta Utilities Commission
- North American Electric Reliability Corporation
- Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Stakeholder presentations:
To contact our Alberta Reliability Standards compliance team, email us here:
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Registration
Registration is one particular monitoring method within our compliance monitoring program. If you own or operate transmission, generation, or distribution assets that affect the reliability of the Alberta Interconnected Electric System, you can find the appropriate registration forms below.
Download registration forms, guides and related information here:
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Self-certification
Self-certification is one particular monitoring method within our compliance monitoring program. Unless we specify otherwise, all registered market participants are required to complete ARS self-certifications every 12 months in accordance with the compliance monitoring program.
Download self-certification templates, guides and related documents here:
- Self-certification guide
- Self-certification letter template guide
- Self-certification template
- Self-certification tutorial
- Self-Certification schedule
- Self-certification cycle assignment
in accordance with the compliance monitoring program
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Compliance monitoring audits
Compliance monitoring audits are one particular monitoring method within our compliance monitoring program. There are two types of audit: scheduled audits and spot audits.
Download audit guides and related documents here:
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Reliability standards audit worksheets
When a reliability standard is approved, we post a reliability standard audit worksheet (RSAW) to our website. These are used to document and assess compliance with a particular ARS. When downloading a RSAW, be sure to choose the appropriate one.
Download ARS RSAW templates and guides here:
BAL - Resource and Demand Balancing Standards
- BAL-005-AB3-02b[Posted: January 4, 2018]
- BAL-005-AB2-02b[Posted: August 11, 2016]
CIP - Critical Infrastructure Protection Standards
- CIP SUPP 002 AB RSAW[Posted: May 2, 2017]
- CIP-002-AB-5.1[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-003-AB-5[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-004-AB-5.1[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-005-AB-5[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-006-AB-5[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-007-AB-5[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-008-AB-5[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-009-AB-5[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-010-AB-1[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-011-AB-1[Posted: April 4, 2019]
- CIP-014-AB-2[Posted: September 5, 2019]
COM - Communications Standards
- COM-001-AB1-1.1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- COM-002-AB1-2a[Posted: December 18, 2015]
EOP - Emergency Preparedness and Operations Standards
- EOP-001-AB1-2.1b[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- EOP-003-AB1-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- EOP-004-AB2-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- EOP-005-AB-2[Posted: December 3, 2019]
- EOP-008-AB-1[Posted: January 6, 2017]
FAC - Facilities Design, Connections and Maintenance Standards
- FAC-003-AB1-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- FAC-008-AB-3[Posted: December 3, 2019]
- FAC-501-WECC-AB2-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
MOD - Modeling, Data, and Analysis Standards
- MOD-010&012-AB-0[Posted: December 18, 2015]
PER - Operations Personnel Performance, Training, and Qualifications Standards
- PER-003-AB-1[Posted: December 3, 2019]
- PER-005-AB-2[Posted: December 3, 2019]
PRC - Protection and Control Standards
- PRC-001-AB3-1.1(ii)[Posted: October 17, 2017]
- PRC-001-AB2-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- PRC-002-AB-2[Posted: June 19, 2019]
- PRC-004-WECC-AB1-1[Posted: January 10, 2017]
- PRC-004-AB2-1[Posted: February 11, 2019]
- PRC-004-AB1-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- PRC-005-AB1-6[Posted: November 14, 2019]
- PRC-021-AB1-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- PRC-018-AB-1[Posted: January 9, 2017]
- PRC-023-AB-2[Posted: December 18, 2015]
VAR - Voltage and Reactive Standards
- VAR-002-AB-3[Posted: January 15, 2016]
- VAR-002-WECC-AB-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
- VAR-501-WECC-AB-1[Posted: December 18, 2015]
