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Reliability Standards Development Plan

Standard(s) included in the project

Standard

Applicability

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Purpose of the drafting/revisions

NERC revises its Reliability Standards Development Plan (Plan) on an annual basis. Industry comments and suggestions for improving the Plan are a vital part of the process employed by NERC to revise the Plan. This page is meant to help educate the industry about the Plan and to assist the industry in providing input on the revision of the Plan.

The Plan is used by NERC staff to identify and prioritize the reliability standard development projects in the immediate three-year horizon. It is the primary tool used by Standards staff to guide, and coordinate the development of reliability standards. It also serves as a communications tool for coordinating standards development work with applicable governmental agencies in the United States and Canada, and for engaging stakeholders in the standards development process.

The overall objective of the Plan is to improve the reliability of the Bulk Electric System through improved reliability standards. The standard drafting team assigned to each project is responsible for performing a top-to-bottom review and improvement of the standards associated with the project, including, but not limited to:

revising the reliability objective, title, and purpose statement of the standards to be concise and clear,
revising the applicability section of the standards to add specifications for entities, facilities, and responsibilities and integrate functional model changes,
improving the wording of requirements and measures in the standards, and
refining the compliance elements of the standards.

Each year NERC seeks industry input for improving the Plan. For example, we desire to receive suggestions and comments relative to, but not limited to:

perceived gaps in the set of NERC reliability standards and recommendations for eliminating the perceived gaps,
priorities (as implied by the timing of the projects) of the projects included in the work plan and recommendations for adjusting the timing of individual projects, and
identification of potential future projects for addressing changes in or development of new reliability standards.

Status

NERC BOT approved. Implementation pending regulatory approval.

NORTH AMERICAN ELECTRIC RELIABILITY CORPORATION RELIABILITY
STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2011-2013 INFORMATIONAL FILING
PURSUANT TO SECTION 310 OF THE NERC RULES OF PROCEDURE

May 5, 2011

Supplemental Filing to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s Reliability
Standards Development Plan 2011-2013 Informational Filing Pursuant to Section 310 of the NERC Rules of Procedure; FERC Docket Nos. RM05-17-000, RM05-25-000, and RM06-16-000 May 13, 2011

The 2012-2014 Reliability Standards Development Plan was posted for comment from 9/12/11-9/26/11.

Any WECC concerns and proposed solution(s)

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Upcoming Actions

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FAQs

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Discussion Board

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NERC Reliability Standards Development Plan