Reliability Coordinator for Québec
Coordinator's Mandate

The Reliability Coordinator must

• carry out any duties devolved to it under a reliability standard adopted by the Régie and issue operating directives;
• file with the Régie the reliability standards proposed by a recognized reliability body with which the Régie has entered into an agreement (Decision D-2007-95, section 3) and any variant or other standard that the Reliability Coordinator considers necessary;
• file an evaluation of the relevance and impact of the standards filed;
• submit to the Régie, for approval, a Register identifying the owners, operators and distributors subject to the reliability standards adopted by the Régie (forthcoming).

The Régie has jurisdiction to approve reliability standards that the Reliability Coordinator considers essential to ensure Québec control area reliability within the parameters set by Bill 46. The reliability standards that the Reliability Coordinator files with the Régie are NERC standards and only apply to the entities in the Register of entities subject to NERC standards (forthcoming).

The Reliability Coordinator must submit to the Régie guidelines describing criteria to be taken into account in determining sanctions for noncompliance with reliability standards and a table of applicable penalties.