000 - Version 0 Reliability Standards

Status:
Adopted by NERC Board of Trustees on February 8, 2005.

Purpose/Industry Need:
There are several important reasons for accelerating the transition from existing operating policies and planning standards to a single set of reliability standards under the ANSI-accredited process:

The August 14 blackout has challenged NERC and the industry to demonstrate that its reliability standards are unambiguous and measurable – now.
The U.S./Canada Power System Outage Task Force final report of April 5, 2004 states in Recommendation 25: “NERC should reevaluate its existing reliability standards development process and accelerate the adoption of enforceable standards.”
An April 14, 2004 order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) states a policy objective addressing “the need to expeditiously modify [NERC] reliability standards in order to make these standards clear and enforceable.”
The continued use of multiple formats, processes and forums for developing and maintaining reliability rules is an inefficient dilution of industry and staff resources.
The transition to new standards and retiring of existing operating policies and planning standards will be too complex for industry implementation if taken one standard at a time over several years.

Draft	Action	Dates	Results	Consideration of Comments
Final Draft of Version 0 Corrected Version 0 Operating Standards Corrected Version 0 Planning Standards Corrected Regional Differences in Version 0 Reliability Standards Corrected Version 0 Glossary Numbering of the Version 0 Standards Implementation Plan	Posted for Board Adoption		Summary of Version 1 Comments Submitted on Version 0 Draft Standards

Draft 3 Version 0 Planning Standards Version 0 Operating Standards Version 0 Glossary Updated Errata Sheet for Draft 3 Posted for the Reballot Beginning December 20, 2004 Regional Differences in Version 0 Reliability Standards	Recirculation Ballot	12/20/2004 - 1/7/2005	Summary>> Full Record>>	Consideration of Comments>>

Draft 3 Version 0 Planning Standards - Clean Version 0 Planning Standards - Redline Version 0 Operating Standards - Clean Version 0 Operating Standards - Redline Version 0 Glossary - Clean Version 0 Glossary - Redline Regional Differences in Version 0 Reliability Standards Errata Sheet for Draft 3 Posted for the Ballot Beginning December 3, 2004 Clarification of Version 0 Reliability Standards Responsible Entity Registration - December 22, 2004 Updated Version 0 Registration Letter - November 5, 2004 Version 0 Matrix of Requirements by Function Implementation Plan	Initial Ballot	12/3/2004 - 12/13/2004		Summary>> Full Record>>

Draft 2 Version 0 Planning Standards - Clean Version 0 Planning Standards - Redline Version 0 Operating Standards - Clean Version 0 Operating Standards - Redline Version 0 Glossary Proposed Standards Numbering Convention Word Version 0 Planning Standards - Clean Word Version 0 Operating Standards - Clean Mapping of Planning Standards to Version 0 Mapping of Operating Policies to Version 0 Standards NERC-NAESB Collaborative Proposal for Version 0 Business Practice Standards	Comment Form Version 0 Draft 2 Comment Form>> Version 0 Dynamic Scheduling Tag Alternatives (Comment Form Question 3)	10/15/2005	Comments Received>>	Consideration of Comments on General Issues>> Consideration of Comments on Planning Standards>> Consideration of Comments on Operating Standards>> Results of Survey Questions>>

Draft 1 Translation of Planning Standards Translation of Operating Policies Operating Policy Markups	Comment Period Background Information of Comment Form	7/11/2004 - 8/9/2004 (closed)	Comments Received>> Version 0 Draft 1 Survey Results>>	Consideration of Comments on General Issues>> Consideration of Comments on Planning Standards>> Consideration of Comments on Operating Standards>>

Draft SAR Version 1 Source Documents for Conversion of Planning Standards to Version 0	Version 0 Drafting Team Nomination Form	4/19/2002 - 5/19/2004 (closed)	Comments Received>>	Consideration of Comments>>

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