Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG)

8.1.  Remedial Action Systems, Under Frequency Load Shedding, Under Voltage Load Shedding.

        Each Participating TO shall coordinate its Critical Protective Systems with the ISO, other Transmission Owners, and Generators to ensure that its Remedial Action Schemes ("RAS"), Under Frequency Load Shedding ("UFLS"), and Under Voltage Load Shedding ("UVLS") schemes function on a coordinated and complementary basis in accordance with WSCC/NERC planning, reliability, and protection policies and standards. Participating TOs that are parties to contracts affecting RAS, UFLS, and UVLS schemes shall make reasonable efforts to amend those contracts in order to permit the RAS, UFLS, and UVLS schemes to be operated in accordance with WSCC/NERC planning, reliability, and protection policies and standards and the ISO Tariff.

        Each Participating TO, in conjunction with the ISO, shall identify, describe, and provide to the ISO the functionality of all RAS for electric systems operating at 200 kV nominal voltage or higher and any other lower voltage lines that the ISO and Participating TO determine to be critical to the reliability of the ISO Controlled Grid. Each Participating TO shall provide to the ISO a description of the functionality of UFLS and UVLS schemes that protect the security and reliability of transmission facilities on the ISO Controlled Grid.

        Each Participating TO shall maintain the design, functionality, and settings of its existing RAS, UFLS, and UVLS schemes. New or existing schemes that are functionally modified must be in accordance with WSCC/NERC planning, reliability, and protection policies and standards. Each Participating TO shall notify the ISO in advance of all RAS, UFLS, and UVLS schemes functionality

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and setting changes that affect transmission facilities on the ISO Controlled Grid. Each Participating TO shall not disable or take clearances on RAS or UVLS schemes without the approval of the ISO through the Maintenance Outage and Forced Outage coordination process in accordance with the ISO Tariff. Clearances on UFLS may be taken without approval depending upon the armed load disabled as agreed to between the Participating TO and ISO and incorporated in the Operating Procedures.

        The requirements of this Section 8.1 shall apply only to the transmission facilities that are part of the ISO Controlled Grid.