Entergy Facility Connection Requirements
Revised October 13, 2009
KEY REFERENCES (Non-Entergy):
#1. North American Electric
Reliability Corporation (NERC) Standard FAC-001-0 April 1, 2005. Link: FAC-001-0 or
navigate to the NERC Corporation web site in a path such as
http://www.nerc.com/files/FAC-001-0.pdf.
#2. SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC) Supplement: Facility Connection
Requirements (this SERC Regional supplement to the NERC Reliability Standard
FAC-001) October 13, 2005, Revision 5. Link: SERC
Supplement Facility Connection Requirement or navigate to the SERC web
site in a path such as serc1.org/SERC Standing Committee Documents/Reference
Documents/Guidelines.
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SCOPE
This web site and the documents it refers to serve as a
reference to parties (Connecting Customers) that are either considering
connecting to or modifying facilities that are already connected to the
Entergy Transmission system. Transmission consists of lines and facilities
operated at or above the transmission voltage level of 69 kV (69,000 Volts).
This scope of the facilities covered are: Generation facilities Transmission
facilities End-user facilities (only those connecting at or above 69 kV)
ORGANIZATION OF INFORMATION
The North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) standard and its companion SERC Reliability Corporation
(SERC, which was formerly named the Southeast Electric Reliability Council)
Supplement referenced above as Key References #1 and #2 require Entergy, as a
Transmission Owner, to publish facility connection requirements. This web
site and the documents it links to and confidential documents it refers to are
designed to fulfill the publication requirements and provide access to the
facility connection requirements.
HOW TO FOLLOW ENTERGY’S COMPLIANCE WITH FAC-001-0 & THE SERC SUPPLEMENT
THERETO
Entergy has prepared this web site, a text document and a
spreadsheet which fulfill the requirements of Key References #1 and #2.
Because the SERC Supplement, Key Reference #2, contains more detailed
requirements and has assembled them in a manner different from the NERC
Standard, Entergy has chosen to format and address the text and spreadsheet
documents in the order presented in the SERC Supplement. Key Reference #2
therefore can be compared side-by-side to Entergy’s main text and spreadsheet
documents.
These two are:
ENTERGY CONTACTS FOR CONNECTION and/or CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS
Initial
contact for interconnections should be made to Entergy’s Transmission Project
Development group, either to the Manager or to a local representative. Access
to documents that are deemed confidential is available to parties with a need
to know who agree to abide by and sign appropriate confidentiality agreements.
Contact:
Brian Warwick,
Manager, Transmission Project
Development,
Transmission Regulatory Compliance
bwarwic@entergy.com
504-576-4000
BROAD APPLICABILITY OF THE SERC SUPPLEMENT REQUIREMENTS:
The
Generation reader should be aware that, although the NERC Standard FAC-001-0
is applicable only to the FERC functional entity “Transmission Owner,” as
written in section 4.1., there are specific requirements contained in the SERC
Supplement, Key Reference #2, which apply solely to Generation
Owners/Operators. For example, see the last two paragraphs of its Appendix 2,
SERC Power System Stabilizer Guideline. Furthermore, there are numerous
connection requirements covered in the referenced documents Entergy which
require compliance on the part of all types of Transmission-connecting
facilities.
EXPECTED REVISIONS
SERC, at the time of this writing, has a
commitment to review Key Reference #2 every three years. Therefore a review
of the supplement can be expected to be performed by October of 2008. FERC
approved NERC standard FAC-001-0. It is expected to become effective on or
about May 1, 2007 without modification. To ensure access to the most current
versions of these key documents, Connecting Customers should retrieve them
directly from the NERC and SERC web sites as indicated in the box above.
REQUIRED STATEMENTS
The following statements are declared by
Entergy in fulfillment of Key Reference #2, SERC Supplement: Facility
Connection Requirements October 13, 2005, Revision 5.
Reference: Sections II & III. General Requirements for
Compliance
A Self-Application Statement:
The material
contained in the documents which are referenced, or linked, within this
document is consistent in content and application to those requirements used
by Entergy Transmission for connecting Entergy and Entergy Affiliated new or
modified generation, new or modified transmission, and new or modified
end-user facilities.
Other Required Statements:
Entergy’s Facility Connection
Requirements comply with all applicable codes, standards, federal and state
regulations, environmental regulations, siting requirements, contracts,
operating agreements, and FERC tariff requirements.
Generation facilities, transmission facilities, and electric end-user
facilities connected to Entergy within the SERC Region shall be required to
remain in compliance with all applicable NERC Reliability Standards and SERC
Supplements. In addition, these facilities shall comply with all reporting
requirements as specified by the NERC Reliability Standards, SERC Supplements,
interconnection agreements, and other applicable standards, contracts and
documents.
Entergy Transmission reserves the right to take such actions as deemed
necessary to ensure the reliability of the interconnected transmission system.
Reference Section III. Subsections 1 -19
Subsections 1 and 2. Impact Study Requirements and Provisions for Future
Changes
A description of Entergy’s procedures for study of new
facilities and their impacts on the interconnected transmission system and
provisions for future changes are contained in the document
Entergy
Facilities Connection Requirements Document, March, 2007
Subsection 3 – 19.
Entergy information sources regarding the
topics listed below which are covered in subsections 3 – 18 are cataloged in
the Excel document. For documents that are listed as confidential see the
note and contact listed in the previous section titled, “ENTERGY CONTACTS FOR
CONNECTION and/or CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS”
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Entergy
Facilities Connection Spreadsheet
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Voltage and Power Factor Control
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Generation Control
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Short Circuit Conditions System Protection and Other Controls
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Telemetering and Metering
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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
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System Grounding
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Equipment Ratings
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Reactive Power Requirements
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Power Quality
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Synchronizing Facilities
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Maintenance Coordination
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Maintenance Requirements
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Abnormal Frequency and Voltage Operations
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Inspection Requirements
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Communications During Normal and Emergency Operations
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Responsibilities During Emergency Conditions
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