Standards Under Development
This page includes the forms associated with the WECC Standards Under Development process and hyperlinks to the active projects. A WECC account is required to view data on this page.
| Project ID | Project | Phase | Status | Next Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WECC-0159 | WECC-0159: IRO-006-WECC-3 Qualified Path Unscheduled Flow (USF) Relief, 5 Year Review | Drafting Team Solicitation | DT Forming | During the August 22, 2025 meeting the WSC accepted the project SAR and authorized WECC Staff to solicit Drafting Team members for the review Drafting Team Solicitation and Nomination is Currently Open |
| WECC-0158 | WECC-0158: IRO-002-7, Reliability Coordination – Monitoring and Analysis with WECC Regional Variance, 5 Year Review | Drafting Team Solicitation | DT Forming | The WSC Vetted and accepted the WECC-0158 SAR and authorized WECC Staff to send out solicitation for a Drafting Team Drafting Team Solicitation and Nomination are currently open. |
| WECC-0000 | WECC-0000: WECC Standards Committee | |||
| WECC-0157 | WECC-0157: PRC-006-5 Automatic Underfrequency Load Shedding, Update to the WECC Regional Variance | Drafting | Drafting | On September 24, 2025, the WECC-0157 Drafting Team voted to post the project’s redline update for a 30-day comment period. The comment period will be open through 6 p.m. Mountain Time November 1, 2025 |
| WECC-0156 | WECC-0156: VAR-001-5 Voltage and Reactive Control Modification to the WECC Regional Variance | Complete | Complete | The WECC Standards Committee accepted the DT's recommendation of "No Change" at the May 21, 2025 meeting and deemed the project complete. |
| WECC-0155 | WECC-0155: PRC-006-WECC-CRT-4, Underfrequency Load Shedding | Complete | Complete | WECC Standards Committee Accepted the drafting teams recommendation of "No Change" at the 03/06/2025 Meeting and deemed the project complete |
| WECC-0153 | WECC-0153: INT Consolidation Criterion Project (ICC) | Complete | Complete | WECC Board of Directors approved for October 1, 2024 effective date. |
| WECC-0149 | WECC-0149: FAC-501 Revision Process to Augment WECC-0141 | Complete | Complete | NERC Targets Board of Trustees for May 2024. |
| WECC-0147 | WECC-0147 : BAL-004-WECC-3, ATEC Five-year Review with Focus on Requirement R1 | Complete | Complete | FERC Approved BAL-004-WECC-4 on 4/23/2025 |
| WECC-0142 | WECC-0142: Request to Retire BAL-002-WECC-3, Contingency Reserve | Filed with NERC for their 45 day procedural posting | Filed with NERC in July 2025 for NERC 45 day posting | At the June WECC Board of Directors Meeting the Board accepted the WSC's recommendation to file a request with NERC and FERC that BAL-002-WECC-3 be retired. The project was filed with NERC in July 2025. NERC is targeting an early September posting with a target for adoption at the December NERC Board Meeting |