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CEERTS Proposal Submission

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FRCC-MS-PL-083

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FRCC-MS-PL-083 FRCC CEERTS Proposal Submission Template of 14 Version 2


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TITLE NAME DATE

Version Author

Document Review Authority

Document Owner/Approval

Authority

Patrick Harwood

RPS

FRCC Planning Committee

10/26/18

10/26/18

11/6/18

Document Subject Matter Expert: RPS Chair

Original Author: Steven Black

Responsible Department: Planning

Retention Period: 7 Years

File Name: frccmspl083_CEERTSsubmittemplate

Document ID #: FRCC-MS-PL-083




Table of Contents Page

1.0 Purpose .................................................................................................................................................. 4

2.0 Terms and Definitions........................................................................................................................... 4

3.0 Responsibilities ..................................................................................................................................... 4

4.0 Template ............................................................................................................................................... 4

5.0 References ............................................................................................................................................. 4

6.0 Attachments .......................................................................................................................................... 4

7.0 Review and Modification History ......................................................................................................... 4

8.0 Disclaimer ............................................................................................................................................. 5

Attachment A: FRCC CEERTS Proposal Submission Template



1.0 Purpose

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to perspective Sponsors who wish to submit a proposal

for a CEERTS project during the appropriate phase of the FRCC Biennial Transmission Planning Project.

2.0 Terms and Definitions

See “Terms and Definitions” section of Attachment A.

3.0 Responsibilities

FRCC RPS

The RPS is responsible for maintaining this document.

Document Review Authority (DR)

The RPS is responsible for reviewing this document.

Document Owner (DO)/Approval Authority

The FRCC Planning Committee holds approval authority over this document.

4.0 Template

FRCC CEERTS Proposal Submission Template

See Attachment A for template

5.0 References

FRCC Regional Transmission Planning Process (FRCC-MS-PL-018)

6.0 Attachments


7.0 Review and Modification History

Review and Modification Log

Date Version

Number Description of Review or Modification

Sections

Affected

6/6/16 1 New Procedure All



11/6/1

8 2

Added PC approved proactive planning criteria to terms and

definitions and a list of potential analyses that may be performed

to evaluate CEERTS submittals.

8.0 Disclaimer

The information, analysis, requirements and/or procedures described herein are not intended to be fully

inclusive of all activities that may support compliance to a specific NERC Reliability Standard referenced or

implied within the document. Nevertheless, it is the FRCC entities’ and other users’ responsibility to ensure

the most recent version of this document is being used in conjunction with other applicable procedures,

including, but not limited to, the applicable NERC Reliability Standards as they may be revised from time to

time.

The use of this information in any manner constitutes an agreement to hold harmless and indemnify FRCC

and FRCC Member Systems, and FRCC Staff, FRCC Committees and FRCC Member Employees from all

claims of any damages. In no event shall FRCC and FRCC Member Systems, and FRCC Staff and FRCC

Member Employees be liable for actual, indirect, special or consequential damages in connection with the use

of this information.




Terms and Definitions

The following is a list of terms and definitions applicable to the BTPP.

Cost Effective or Efficient Regional Transmission Solution (CEERTS)

See FRCC Regional Transmission Planning Process (FRCC-MS-PL-018) for details.

Developer Qualification Limit (DQL)

See FRCC Project Developer Qualification / Qualification Review Application and Instructions (FRCC-MS-

PL-077) for details.

Potential Analyses Types

See Appendix A below.

Regional Transmission Solution

Based on the FRCC proactive planning process managed by the FRCC Planning Committee, for a proposed

project to be considered a regional transmission solution, the proposed project should have the potential to

provide benefits to more than one local transmission provider area, and be generally characterized by meeting

three of the five following criteria:

a. Project is a tie line b. Increase dispatch flexibility for multiple entities c. Potential to increase area to area transfers d. Displaces two or more planned projects e. Results in a more robust transmission solution than the combination of individual

potentially displaced projects.

Temporary Confidential Information (TCI)

Application items marked as TCI will not be distributed to FRCC working groups and committees for review

until the latter stages of Step 3 of the BTPP.

TCI will be available to FRCC Staff, and independent consultants retained by FRCC Staff to perform

independent analyses as part of Step 3 of the BTPP.

In Step 3.A.4.a of the BTPP, the FRCC Planning Committee will request “that the entities responsible for the

existing project(s) that could be impacted by the proposed CEERTS project, or entities who would be required

to implement additional local projects provide cost information to the FRCC [Planning Committee] to be used



in their analysis”. This cost information will be submitted to the FRCC Planning Committee in the latter stages

of Step 3.

The intent of TCI is to facilitate the simultaneous release of cost estimate/containment information for the

proposed CEERTS project and the cost estimate for potentially displaced or affected projects from the regional

transmission plan to the FRCC working groups and committees.



1. Contact Information 1.1 Date: (Proposed CEERTS Submissions are due by 6/1 of the first year in each biennial cycle.)

1.2 Sponsor (Corporate name):

1.3 Sponsor Mailing Address:

1.4 City, State Zip:

1.5 Name of Authorized Company Representative (Print):

1.6 Email Address of Authorized Company Representative:

1.7 Phone Number of Authorized Company Representative:

1.8 Does the Sponsor intend to be the developer of the proposed project? (yes/no)

2. Required Deposit ☐ 2.1 Deposit in the amount of $100,000.00 included

3. Proposed CEERTS Eligibility

3.1 The proposed CEERTS must be (check one):

☐ a transmission line 230 kV or higher and 15 miles or longer; or

☐ a substation flexible AC transmission system (“FACTS”) device (e.g., series compensation or static var

compensator) designed to operate at 230 kV or more

☐ 3.2 Proposed CEERTS project is materially1 different from projects already in the Regional Plan

4. Required Information Additional pages can be attached to this application for any item that requires more space than is provided on

this application. Please label information provided on the additional pages with the item number from the

application.

4.1 General description of the transmission facilities being proposed:

1 See the FRCC Regional Transmission Planning Process for more information about material differences.



4.2 General path of the transmission lines:

4.3 Interconnection points with the existing transmission system.

If the answer to 1.8 was “yes”, please provide the following:

4.4 [TCI]2 Cost estimate for proposed CEERTS project:

NOTE: An entity would not be eligible to be a developer for a proposed CEERTS project with an estimated cost that exceeds the

entity’s Developer Qualification Limit (DQL). Furthermore, a developer would not be eligible to develop multiple projects whose

estimated costs sum to a value greater than the DQL.

4.5 Proposed in-service date for proposed CEERTS project:

Required Information (continued)

4.6 [TCI]3 A project developer may also submit a demonstration of its cost containment capabilities,

including any binding agreement to accept a cost cap for the developer’s cost of the transmission project if it

is selected as a CEERTS project. (please attach to the application if applicable)

4.7 A high-level summary of who will own, operate and maintain the CEERTS project, to the extent

available.

2 See “Terms and Definitions” for an explanation of TCI 3 See “Terms and Definitions” for an explanation of TCI



5. Optional Information Additional pages can be attached to this application for any item that requires more space than is provided on

this application. Please label information provided on the additional pages with the item number from the

application. It may be helpful to review Appendix A of this submittal template prior to responding to this

section. Appendix A contains the list of potential technical analyses that may be requested by the PC during

Step 3, for the purpose of the technical analysis.

5.1 Reliability impact assessment. (please attach to the application if applicable)

5.2 Load flow analysis that demonstrates performance utilizing the FRCC load flow model. The Project

Sponsor, if not an FRCC member, may obtain this model upon request from the FRCC (“Request for Florida

Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC) Transmission Information” document is posted on the FRCC

website). (please attach to the application if applicable)

5.3 Identification of projects in the regional transmission plan that would be affected or avoided as well as any

additional projects that may be required:

5.3a Expected avoided projects > 100 kV4

NOTE: These projects will be evaluated for displacement by an independent consultant in “Step 3” of the Biennial Transmission

Planning Process (BTPP).

Optional Information (continued)

5.3b Expected avoided projects < 100 kV5 and request for inclusion in independent consultant analysis

NOTE: Projects listed below will not be evaluated for displacement in the BTTP “Step 3” analysis performed by the independent

consultant unless specifically requested by the Sponsor. Please indicate which, if any, of these projects are requested to be included

in the BTTP “Step 3” analysis performed by the independent consultant.

4 nominal voltage considered at the lowest operating voltage for equipment that operates at multiple voltage levels 5 nominal voltage considered at the lowest operating voltage for equipment that operates at multiple voltage levels



5.3c Expected affected/impacted projects from the regional transmission plan

5.3d Expected additional projects necessary to address the specific needs of Regional Plan projects being

impacted by the proposed CEERTS project

5.4 Demonstration through a technical evaluation process that the CEERTS project is equal to or superior to

avoided projects from the current regional transmission plan (5.3a and 5.3b) (please attach to the application if

applicable)

5.5 Describe the transmission need(s) in the regional transmission plan that the proposed CEERTS is intended

to address or any transmission needs that may not be met by the Regional Plan. [Note that an FRCC PC

generated list of anticipated Regional Plan changes is made available to potential CEERTS sponsors as part of

the proactive planning process. Additionally, Regional Plan project information, including specific “needs”

and project design criteria (beyond the Project Information Form) may be available by contacting the relevant

Regional Plan project owner prior to the submittal of CEERTS proposals.]

5.6 Modeling data (loadflow cases or other) indicating specific power system conditions which demonstrate

the need(s) described in 5.5 (please attach to the application if applicable)

5.7 Explain qualitatively why the proposed CEERTS would be more cost effective or efficient than the



project(s) currently included in the regional transmission plan.

5.8 While not a binding CEERTS eligibility criteria, please note that the FRCC Planning Committee generally

considers a CEERTS project to be regional in nature in the Proactive Planning process if it meets three of the

five following criteria:

a. Project is a tie line

b. Increase dispatch flexibility for multiple entities

c. Potential to increase area to area transfers

d. Displaces two or more planned projects

e. Results in a more robust transmission solution than the combination of individual

potentially displaced projects.

Explain how the proposed CEERTS project meets these criteria:



Appendix A – List of potential technical analyses that may be performed to evaluate potential

CEERTS submittals

Load Flow

• Evaluate the ability of the CEERTS project to meet NERC TPL-001-4 P0 through P7 Steady-

State events for steady-state simulations using a list of contingencies, similar to those used in other

FRCC planning analyses, as provided by the RPS. This analysis might consider, but is not limited

to:

o Whether the CEERTS project brings any lines above their short-term emergency (STE)

ratings (thermal or voltage) after contingencies and the regional plan did not. Results will be

flagged for RPS review if:

▪ The facility is under 100% of the applicable thermal rating in the base case, but over

100% of the entity’s applicable thermal rating in the study case.

▪ The facility is over 100% of the applicable thermal rating in the base case and

increases by more than 3% in the study case.

▪ The facility is outside of the applicable voltage criteria in the study case and the

difference is at least 0.02 p.u. from the base case.

o Number of infrastructure projects (including automatic tripping schemes) that are required to

mitigate non-emergency thermal and voltage overloads with the CEERTS project compared

to the regional plan. If the impact is flagged as detailed in the above bullets, the consultant

should assume that a project is needed to mitigate the overload.

o Amount of redispatch or operating actions that are required to mitigate non-emergency

thermal and voltage overloads with the CEERTS project compared to the regional plan

o Amount of allowable firm load shedding or allowable interruption of firm transmission

service that is required to meet system performance.

• Comparative loadflow analysis (beyond TPL-001-4 Requirements) that measures positive and

negative impacts of CEERTS projects compared to the Regional Plan. This analysis might consider,

but is not limited to:

o Whether the CEERTS project aggravates or mitigates overloads of continuous or non-

emergency ratings that require post-contingency operating action. Consultant may go back to

local utility to request local planning criteria and assess if increased overloads have a

material difference.

o The degree of failure – whether the CEERTS projects increases the quantity of non-

emergency overloads that require post-contingency operating action.

o Impact on non-BES facilities (e.g. 69 kV).

• Review of the CEERTS project to validate that it meets specific project needs/benefits of

potentially displaced regional plan projects. Reference regional plan Project Information Form (PIF)

details as well as any additional (needs) information provided by the project owner to identify any

other appropriate analysis.



Dynamics

• Evaluate that the CEERTS project can meet NERC TPL-001-4 P0 through P7 Stability events for

stability simulations using a list of contingencies, similar to those used in other FRCC planning

analyses, as provided by the RPS. This analysis might consider, but is not limited to:

o Ability to meet FRCC Stability Criteria for Transmission Planning Performance, FRCC-MS-

PL-050

o The need for additional fast tripping relaying schemes or other infrastructure with the

CEERTS project as compared to the regional plan

• Comparative stability analysis (beyond TPL-001-4 Requirements) that measures positive and

negative impacts of CEERTS projects compared to the Regional Plan. This analysis might consider,

but is not limited to:

o Amount of automatic load shedding

o Amount of generation tripping

o Amount of transmission element tripping actions

o Generator oscillation damping ratios

o Bus voltage recovery times

o System frequency recovery characteristics

o Impact on non-BES facilities (e.g. 69 kV) and voltage/frequency dependent loads

Short-Circuit

• Comparison of available short-circuit fault currents with the CEERTS project as to the regional

plan (Analysis to determine whether the CEERTS project’s available fault current results potentially

exceed any circuit breaker interrupting capability

• Analysis of potential impact on planned breaker replacements based on regional plan

Additional types of considerations:

• Evaluation of utility interconnecting needs (additional tie-lines)

• Evaluation of overall system losses with CEERTS project compared to the regional plan

• Evaluation of CEERTS project feasibility in acquiring right-of-way.

• Evaluation of construction timing for the CEERTS project.

• Evaluation of equipment resiliency considerations (e.g. storm hardening), considering local design

criteria and regulatory requirements

• Evaluation of potential to integrate inverter-based technologies – e.g. assessment of short circuit

ratios, small signal instability, protective relaying performance, sub-synchronous oscillations, etc.

• Other evaluations as appropriate and requested by the Planning Committee

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