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GCSCGRID CODE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE

اءاللجنة اإلشرافية للكود السعودي لنقل الكهرب

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Message from the

Chairman

Establishment of

GCSC

Committee Members

and Secretariat

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Web Portals

2018 Updates on

Record of

Amendments and

Derogations

Social Networks

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Committee

Meetings of the

Committee

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Committee Meetings

Photos

Recommendation

sent to ECRA

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Activities and

Accomplishments

Updating the

Registry of

Amendment and

Derogation

Requests

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Table of

Contents

Engr. Abdulrahman I. Al-Shabnan

Chairman, GCSC

Message from the Chairman

GRID CODE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE

Congratulations GCSC for another successful Year 2018. GCSC has been a strong pillar and has

consistently been playing an excellent role towards the advancement of the Kingdom’s Power

Industry.

It is my great pleasure to extend heartfelt greetings and sincere gratitude to the GCSC Members,

guests and staff for their support and active participation. Year 2018 was another fulfilling year for

the committee, given numerous discussions on the review of the SAGC and other developments

relevant to power industry.

I am so grateful that the Committee, before the end of the year, recognized the need to further

enhance the SAGC and likewise agreed to form a subcommittee that will conduct a holistic review

and benchmarking of the SAGC to the worldwide practice. With the SAGC’s more than ten years

of existence, I believe this is timely for the SAGC to have the necessary improvements. The

subcommittee was tasked to identify gaps and introduce technological developments and

advancements currently happening in the power industry worldwide.

With this, I am honored to present to you some of our major achievements:

➢ We passed an amendment concerning meter calibration and certification by an

independent calibrating agency accredited by ECRA.

➢ We had an opportunity to hear Cyber Security awareness presentation from National

Grid.

➢ We concluded on the need of a subcommittee that will conduct review of the Saudi

Arabian Grid Code.

➢ We agreed to invite Principal Buyer for GCSC membership to provide the committee

with the needed expertise on electricity market regime.

For our way forward, at least during the first half of 2019, the conduct of SAGC review would make

the committee members and likewise, the subcommittee members that will be assigned to conduct

the review of the SAGC to become occupied and engaged in this task.

Let me conclude this message by once again thanking each and every member of the Committee.

We have great challenges and great opportunities in the coming years. I believe that with the

Committee’s full cooperation, all difficulties and challenges would not be a hindrance.

I am grateful to the Committee’s continued support and cooperation, as always.

The Grid Code Supervisory Committee (GCSC) was established as per ECRA Governor’s decision number 12/429 dated 4/3/2008. The GCSC was

established to assist the Transmission Service Provider (TSP) in ensuring effective implementation of the

Saudi Arabian Grid Code (SAGC). In addition, the GCSC will help to ensure fair, economical, and

transparent connection to, and operation of the grid, as well as to contribute in the development of a

competitive power market in the Kingdom.

Engr. Abdulrahman

Al-Shabnan

Chairman,

National Grid SA

Engr. Oliver O. Cruz

Technical Secretary,

National Grid SA

Engr. Fayez Gaith Al-Jabri

Regulator, ECRA

Engr. Hussain Shibli

Renewable and Nuclear

Energy, KACARE

Engr. Abdulaziz

Al-Zahrani

Directly-Connected

Customer, SABIC

Engr. Jamal A. Bugshan

Generation, ARAMCO

Engr. Abdulaziz S.

Al-Shumailah

Generation, SEC

Engr. Emad Tallab

Generation, SWCC

Engr. Sedqi A.

Bu Khamsin

Transmission,

National Grid SA

Engr. Bassam T. Bukhari

Transmission,

National Grid SA

Engr. Salman A.

Al-Zahrani

Transmission, MARAFIQ

Engr. Saleh A. Al-Obysi

Distribution, SEC

Engr. Yousef A.

Al-Ghammas

Distribution, SEC

Engr. Jobran A. Al-Refai

Distribution, ARAMCO

Engr. Khalid H. Al-Nafey

Distribution, MARAFIQ

Committee Members and Technical Secretary

GRID CODE SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE | ANNUAL REPORT 2018 2

Keep the SAGC and its working under review.

Review and recommend amendments to SAGC.

Guide on Code’s Implementation & Interpretation.

Review and recommend on derogation requests.

Consider changes to deal with unforeseen issues.

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Functions of the Committee

Meetings of the Committee

Event Date Attendees Venue Sponsor

37th Meeting 07th March 2018

Members: 10

Alternates: 2

Guests: 4

Absentees: 2

MARAFIQ

Business Center,

Y-II MARAFIQ

Power Station

MARAFIQ

38th Meeting 09th May 2018

Members: 11

Alternates: 3

Guests: 4

Absentee: 0

Holiday Inn Hotel,

Izdihar, RiyadhSEC (DSP Sector)

39th Meeting12th September

2018

Members: 10

Alternates: 3

Guests: 4

Absentee: 1

Hilton Hotel,

Jeddah SEC (Generation

Sector)

40th Meeting28th November

2018

Members: 9

Alternates: 2

Guests: 3

Absentee: 2

Vacant: 1

Kempinski Hotel,

Al KhobarARAMCO


Activities and

Accomplishments

Proposed Amendment Request

No. 17A072 concerning “Meter

calibration and certification by an

Independent Calibrating Agency

accredited by the Regulator”

was approved by the Committee

and recommended to ECRA on

the 37th Committee meeting.

Proposed Amendment Request

No. 17A071 concerning

“Harmonic Voltage distortion

limits to be applied to voltage

levels 69kV and below” was

disapproved by the Committee

since it is already covered in the

Saudi Arabian Distribution Code.

The request was returned to the

Proposer.

Successful coordination of

ECRA with Saudi Accreditation

Committee in the latter’s

acceptance of responsibility in

accrediting Independent Meter

Calibration Laboratories during

the 38th Committee meeting.

Proposed Derogation Requests

18D120 and 18D121 concerning

“Provision of Main and Check

Meters and its requirements”

and “Calibration of Meters by an

Independent agency accredited

by Regulator”, respectively were

withdrawn by the Proposer

during the 38th Committee

meeting.

The members agreed to review

the SAGC every 5 years. This

has led to the formation of a

sub-Committee that will

spearhead the Code’s review.

An update on the review and

final recommendation shall be

presented to the Committee on

41st and 42nd Committee

meeting, respectively.

National Grid-Telecom

Department conducted a

presentation during the 39th

Committee meeting regarding

Cyber Security Awareness.

Discussed were Cyber security

threats, its importance and

challenges, the security

programs used in the electricity

business, and the Company’s

established Cyber Security

Roadmap.

Presented and discussed with

the Committee the SAGC

Review and Publication

procedures as per Kingdom’s

Laws, Rules and regulations

and its comparison with the

worldwide practice.

The 5-year GCSC Special

Edition Report was prepared

and submitted to ECRA on

March 2018. The report is a

consolidation of all the activities

and accomplishments of the

Committee from 2013 to 2017

including updates on the

requested Amendments and

Derogations from the different

Stakeholders/participants in the

electricity business. The online

copy of the report is accessible

in both SEC and ECRA

websites.


• Presented and discussed with the Committee the SAGC Review and Publication

procedures as per Kingdom’s Laws, Rules and regulations and its comparison with the

worldwide practice.

• The Members recommended to seek approval from the ECRA Board to delegate its

authority to the Governor in granting derogations and in approving amendments to the

Grid Code.

• As agreed by the Members of the Committee, the Chairman sent a request letter to

Principal Buyer to provide its nominee for possible membership to the Committee.

• During the 39th GCSC Meeting, the Committee awarded Certificate of Appreciation to the

following former members who exceptionally rendered their outstanding dedication,

commitment and participation to the Committee:

Committee Member Stakeholder Years of Service

Engr. Mohammed Y.

Al-ZahraniNational Grid 9 (2008-2016)

Engr. Mohammed Y.

Al-TaherSEC - Distribution 8 (2008-2015)

Engr. Sedqi A. Bu-

KhamsinNational Grid 6 (2013-2018)

Dr. Fahad Abu-Mouti KACARE 6 (2013-2018)

Engr. Fahad I. Al-Zamil SEC - Distribution 5 (2013-2017)


Activities and Accomplishments cont’d.

Updating the Registry of

Amendment and

Derogation Requests

The process flow in this page shows the steps for processing

the proposed Amendment requests to the SAGC and the

request for Derogation from the SAGC. The GCSC will schedule

in the Meeting agenda the proposed amendment or derogation

requests. During the scheduled meeting, the proposer will

present the proposal before the Committee.

Each member will then present his views regarding the

proposal. If all the questions or comments have been clarified by

the proposer and the proposal is clear, the Chairman will set the

proposal for voting by the Members. If a proposal receives

majority votes from the Members, the proposal will be

considered as approved by the Committee.

The Secretariat will then submit the recommendations to ECRA

for scrutiny and final decision by their Board. ECRA will then

inform the GCSC about the Board’s decision regarding the

proposal. The GCSC will then inform the Initiator about the

decision.

The GCSC Secretariat shall keep a record of all approved

Amendments for inclusion during any future revisions of the

SAGC. While for Derogation proposals, the proposers are

expected to comply with the decision of the Board of ECRA.

Proposal

prepared

Submitted

to GCSC

GCSC

consults

experts

GCSC

finalizes its

review

GCSC

recommends

to ECRA

ECRA

considers

and

decides

ECRA

informs

GCSC

GCSC

informs the

initiator

GCSC

takes

action


No. Amendmen

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Request

Date of

Submission

Submitted

by

SAGC

Clause

Summary of

Request

1 17A071 27th

November

2017

National

Grid SA

2.4.4.2 Harmonic voltage distortion

limits for voltage level 69kV

and below

2 17A072 28th

November

2017

MARAFIQ 7.3.4 and

7.8.4

Replacement of “the

Regulator” to “Saudi

Accreditation Committee

(SAC)”

3 18D120 10th April

2018

MARAFIQ 7.10.1 Provision and requirement of

Main and Check Meter

4 18D121 16th April

2018

MARAFIQ 7.8.4 Calibration of Meters by an

Independent agency

accredited by Regulator

Web Portals

Two web portals were set-up and being updated regularly by the Committee. One website

is in the Electricity and Cogeneration Regulatory Authority’s website in the following link

address www.ecra.gov.sa/GCSC/en/ index.htm, while the other website is with the Saudi

Electricity Company in the following link address: https://www.se.com.sa/en-us/Pages/

NationalGrid.aspx.

The relevant information that can be found and downloaded from these two Web Portals

are the following: (i) the GCSC’s Constitution; (ii) the GCSC’s Composition; (iii) the blank

forms for Amendment and Derogation Requests; (iv) the Minutes of the Meetings; (v)

Committee Recommendations and Decisions rendered by ECRA; and (vi) the GCSC’s

Annual Reports.

2018 Updates on Record of

Amendments and Derogation


GCSC

Recommendation

Date

Submitted to

ECRA

ECRA Decision Action Taken Status

Disapproved by the

Committee during the

37th Meeting

N/A N/A N/A Disapproved

Recommendation for

ECRA’s approval

agreed during the 37th

Meeting

GCSC Letter #

18-03 dated

11th March

2018

N/A N/A To be discussed in

ECRA Board

Meeting

Not deliberated N/A N/A N/A Withdrawn

Not deliberated N/A N/A N/A Withdrawn

Social Networks

The Committee has explored the possibility of using the recent technology/software

applications such as the “WhatsApp” and the social networking sites such as the Facebook,

LinkedIn, and Tweeter, to easily communicate with the members and inform them about the

events, meetings, status, urgent matters, responding to member’s inquiries, and any

updates about the Committee’s businesses.

In this manner, any GCSC member as well as any stakeholder can easily communicate with

the member(s) with whom they want to send their query about any particular issue. With

these interesting technology and software updates, communication will be made easier for

both members and users as well. You can reach the GCSC through e-mail, Facebook,

LinkedIn, and Tweeter under the Username “[email protected]”.


COMMITTEE

MEETINGS

PHOTOS

37th Meeting

38th Meeting


39th Meeting

40th Meeting


Recommendation sent to ECRA




Minutes of Meetings















For more information, please visit the websites of ECRA and GCSC via the following links:

http://www.ecra.gov.sa/GCSC/en/index.htm

https://www.se.com.sa/en-us/Pages/SaudiArabianGridCodeSupervisoryCommittee1.aspx

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