Saudi Arabian Grid Code May 2024

Terms and Conditions 4.7.3.1 Emergency Plans shall allow for quick and orderly recovery from a Partial or Total Shutdown, with minimum impacts on the Users. Chapter 4 - Operating Code The Saudi Arabian Grid Code Updated Version: May 2024 4.7.3.2 All Contingency and/or Emergency Plans shall be periodically verified by actual tests to the greatest practical extent. When such tests can cause undue risk or undue cost to a User, the TSP shall take such risks or costs into consideration when deciding whether to conduct the tests or not. Tests shall be carried out at a time that is least disruptive to the Participants. The costs of these tests shall be borne by the respective asset owner(s). The TSP shall ensure the coordination of the tests in consultation with all Affected Users. 4.7.3.3 Users shall comply with the TSP’s requirements for Contingency and Emergency Plans. 4.7.3.4 The TSP shall set the requirements for Automatic and Manual Load Dropping after consulting and agreeing on the schedules with the Users. The Users shall make available options and schemes to comply with these requirements. 4.7.3.5 The TSP shall be responsible for determining all operational limits on the Transmission System, updating these periodically, and making these available to the User. 4.7.3.6 The TSP shall conduct necessary system studies regularly to determine the effect that various component failures would have on the Reliability of the Transmission System. At the request of the TSP, Distribution Entities shall also perform requisite system studies on their part(s) of the network and make the results available to the TSP. 4.7.3.7 Following Emergency operations as may be necessary to protect the integrity of the Transmission System or the Safety of Equipment and human life, the Participants shall work diligently towards removing the cause of the Emergency and the supply shall be restored immediately after the Emergency Conditions have passed. 4.7.3.8 Emergency drills shall be conducted at least once a year to familiarize all staff responsible for Emergency and System Restoration activities with the Emergency and System Restoration procedures. The drills shall simulate realistic emergency situations. A drill evaluation shall be performed and deficiencies in procedures and responses shall be identified and corrected. 4.7.3.9 The TSP shall develop and maintain Contingency Plans to manage system contingencies and emergencies that are relevant to the performance of the Transmission System. Such Contingency Plans shall be developed in consultation with all Users involved in the Transmission System, shall be Chapter 4 - Operating Code The Saudi Arabian Grid Code Updated Version: May 2024 consistent with internationally accepted practices, and shall include but shall not be limited to the following: (i) under frequency load shedding; (ii) under voltage load shedding; (iii) disasters management (natural disasters, or other unexpected events), including the necessary minimum load requirements; (iv) Forced Outages at all Connection Points, and (v) supply restoration.