About New York State Reliability Council

The New York State Reliability Council, L.L.C. ("NYSRC") is a not-for-profit entity, organized as a Delaware limited liability company, whose mission is to promote and preserve the reliability of electric service on the New York State Power System by developing, maintaining, and, from time-to-time, updating the Reliability Rules which shall be complied with by the New York Independent System Operator ("NYISO") and all entities engaging in electric transmission, ancillary services, energy and power transactions on the New York State Power System. The NYSRC shall carry out its mission with no intent to advantage or disadvantage any Market Participant's commercial interests.

The NYSRC's mission also includes monitoring compliance with the Reliability Rules by working in consultation with the NYISO to assure compliance, including when necessary, seeking compliance through the dispute resolution procedure contained in the ISO/NYSRC Agreement, and taking such other actions which may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the NYSRC Agreement.

The NYSRC is governed by the NYSRC Executive Committee comprised of thirteen (13) members consisting of representatives from the six (6) current Transmission Owners - Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Long Island Power Authority, National Grid, USA, New York State Electric & Gas Corporation/Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, and the Power Authority of the State of New York; one (1) representative of the Wholesale Sellers sector - Independent Power Producers of New York, Inc.; one (1) representative of the Large Consumers sector - Multiple Intervenors; one (1) representative of the Municipals and Electric Cooperatives sector- New York Municipal Power Agency; and four (4) members not affiliated with any Market Participants.

At its December 6, 2019 meeting, the Executive Committee of the New York State Reliability Council set the New York Control Area (NYCA) Installed Reserve Margin (IRM) requirement for the May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021 Capability Year at 18.9%. This decision was based on the NYSRC study, “New York Control Area Installed Capacity Requirement for the Period May 2020 to April 2021.” The study report can be found at NYSRC NYCA ICR Reports.

Latest Rule Postings

Draft Reliability Rules Posted for Review and Comment:

There are no reliability rules posted for review and comment at this time.

Approved New Rules:

RR#128 4-30-20
Proposed Revised Reliability Rule - PRR128 Definition of  New York State Bulk Power System (NYS Bulk Power System)
The existing legacy definition of the NYS Bulk Power System requires an update due to NPCC modifications to its Document A-10 "Classification of Bulk Power System Elements" which provides the methodology to identify the Bulk Power System (BPS) Elements, or parts thereof, of the interconnected NPCC Region.  NPCC Criteria and Directories, which establish more stringent requirements than the NERC Standards, are applicable to the BPS. New York is part of the NPCC Region.
Normal Process Review
Posted on May 11, 2020
Comments were due on June 26, 2020
Approved by the NYSRC Executive Committee on July 17, 2020
The rule will be incorporated into the next revision of the NYSRC Reliability Rules and Compliance Manual
PRR128 BPS Definition 6-25-2020

RR#148 3-19-20
Proposed Reliability Rule Revsion - PRR 148  Mitigation of Major Emergencies
Under current NYSRC reliability rules, the NYISO is required to declare a Major Emergency immediately if the post-contingency loading of an interface exceeds the stability or voltage collapse limits by greater than 5%. Recent events have demonstrated that exceedances meeting this criterion can in some circumstances pose little immediate threat to reliability and can be easily resolved through application of normal NYISO procedures.
Normal Process Review
Posted on April 9, 2020
Comments were due on May 25, 2020
No comments were received
Approved by the NYSRC Executive Committee on June 12, 2020
The rule will be incorporated into the next revision of the NYSRC Reliability Rules and Compliance Manual.
PRR #148 3-19-20

Schedule of Upcoming Meetings

Executive Committee
December 4, 2020  9:30AM Call in instructions to be provided -- contact herb@poweradvisorsllc.com, 

Reliability Compliance Monitoring Subcommittee December 1, 2020 Conference Call 10AM

Reliability Rules Subcommittee
December 1, 2020  Conference Call, 10AM

Installed Capacity Subcommittee
November 30, 2020, Teleconference, 10AM