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Reliability Standards Under Development
Project	Action	Start Date	End Date
Current and Pending Ballots (Sorted by End Date)
Project 2006-06 ― Reliability Coordination ― COM-001, COM-002 and IRO-001-3	Successive Ballots and Non-Binding Polls	01/30/12	02/08/12
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Posted for Comment (Closes at 8 p.m. Eastern) (Sorted by End Date)
Project 2010-17 ― Definition of Bulk Electric System (Phase 2)	Comment Form	01/04/12	02/03/12
Order 754 ― Request for Data or Information	Comment Form	12/22/11	02/06/12
Project 2006-06 ― Reliability Coordination ― COM-001, COM-002 and IRO-001-3	Comment Form	01/09/12	02/08/12
Regional Reliability Standard BAL-002-WECC-1	Comment Form	01/06/12	02/20/12
Regional Reliability Standard BAL-001-0.1a WECC Variance	Comment Form	01/23/12	03/09/12
Regional Reliability Standard BAL-004-WECC-02	Comment Form	01/23/12	03/09/12
Open Drafting Team Nominations and Vacancies
Standard Drafting Team Vacancies
Other Activities
Order 754
VRF Definitions
VSL Pro Forma
Projects in Active Formal Development (Sorted by Project Number)
Regional Reliability Standard MOD-024-RFC-01
Regional Reliability Standard - PRC-006-NPCC-01
Regional Reliability Standard PRC-006-RFC-01
Regional Reliability Standard SERC RRSD Procedures
Regional Reliability Standard VAR-001-2 WECC Variance
Rules of Procedure Development Team: BES Definition Exception Process
Project 2006-06 ― Reliability Coordination ― COM-001, COM-002
Project 2007-02 ― Operating Personnel Communications Protocols ― COM-003
Project 2007-03 ― Real-time Transmission Operations ― TOP-001 through TOP-008 and PER-001
Project 2007-06 ― System Protection Coordination ― PRC-001
Project 2007-09 ― Generator Verification ― MOD-025-2, MOD-026-1, MOD-027-1, PRC-019-1, PRC-024-1
Project 2007-12 ― Frequency Response
Project 2007-17 - Protection System Maintenance & Testing - PRC-005
Project 2008-06 ― Cyber Security ― Order 706 ― CIP-002-5 through CIP-009-5, CIP-010-1, and CIP-011-1 (Version 5 CIP Standards)
Project 2009-01 ― Disturbance and Sabotage Reporting ― CIP-001 and EOP-004
Project 2010-05.1 ― Protection Systems: Phase 1 (Misoperations)
Project 2010-14.1 ― Phase 1 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls: Reserves
Project 2010-17 ― Definition of Bulk Electric System (Phase 2)
Projects in Informal Development (Sorted by Project Number)
Project 2007-11 ― Disturbance Monitoring ― PRC-002 and PRC-018
Project 2008-01 ― Voltage and Reactive Planning and Control ― VAR-001 and VAR-002
Project 2008-12 ― Coordinate Interchange Standards ― Various INT standards
Project 2009-02 ― Real-time Reliability Monitoring and Analysis Capabilities
Project 2009-03 ― Emergency Operations ― EOP-001, EOP-002, EOP-003, and IRO-001
Project 2010-13.2 ― Phase 2 of Relay Loadability: Generation ― PRC-023
Project 2010-14.2 ― Phase 2 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls: Time Error, AGC, and Inadvertent
Projects Under Consideration for Development (Sorted by Project Number)
Project 2008-02 ― Undervoltage Load Shedding ― PRC-010 and PRC-022
Project 2009-05 ― Resource Adequacy Assessments ― Various MOD standards and TPL-005
Project 2009-07 ― Reliability of Protection Systems
Project 2010-08 ― Functional Model Glossary Revisions
Project 2010-16 ― Definition of System Operator
Interpretations Under Development (not currently posted for comment) (Sorted by Project Number)
Project 2009-24 ― Interpretation of EOP-005-1 R7 by FMPA
Project 2009-26 ― Interpretation of CIP-004-1 by WECC
Project 2009-28 ― Interpretation of EOP-001-1
Interpretation 2010-INT-01 ― Interpretation of TOP-006-2 R1.2 and R3 for FMPP
Interpretation 2010-INT-02 ― Interpretation of TOP-003-1 R2 for FMPP
Interpretation 2010-INT-03 ― Interpretation of TOP-002-2a R2, R8, and R19 for FMPP
Interpretation 2010-INT-05 ― Interpretation of CIP-002-1 R3 for Duke Energy
Standards Under Field Test
Project 2007-18 ― Reliability-based Control ― Various BAL standards, EOP-002, and IRO-005
Continent-wide and Regional Standards Waiting for Board Adoption
Project 2008-10 ― Interpretation of CIP-006-1 R1.1 for Progress Energy
Project 2009-20 ― Interpretation of BAL-003-0 R2 and R5 by Energy Mark, Inc.
Project 2009-22 ― Interpretation of COM-002-2 R2 by the IRC
Project 2010-07 ― Generator Requirements at the Transmission Interface ― FAC-001-1, FAC-003-X, FAC-003-3 and PRC-004-2.1
Interpretation 2011-INT-01 ― Revision of MOD-028 to address FPL Request for Interpretation
Pending Regulatory Filing
Project 2006-06 ― Reliability Coordination ― IRO-001, IRO-002-3, IRO-005-4, IRO-014-2
Regional Reliability Standard MOD-025-RFC-01
Reliability Standards Filed and Pending Regulatory Approval (Sorted by Filing Date)		Date Filed (Link to Filing)
Urgent Action SAR for Revision ― BAL-004		March 11, 2009
Errata ― Various Standards Errata		August 12, 2009
Standards Processes Manual		December 23, 2010
Project 2008-06 ― Cyber Security ― Order 706 ― CIP-002 through CIP-009		February 10, 2011
Project 2010-13.1 ― Phase 1 of Relay Loadability: Transmission ― PRC-023		March 18, 2011
Project 2007-17 ― Protection System Maintenance & Testing ― PRC-005 (Definition Only)		March 30, 2011
Project 2007-01 ― Underfrequency Load Shedding ― EOP-003, PRC-006, PRC-007, and PRC-009		March 31, 2011
Project 2010-11 ― TPL Table 1, Footnote B		March 31, 2011
Project 2009-27 ― Interpretation of TOP-002-2a R10		April 15, 2011
Project 2007-04 ― Certifying System Operators ― PER-003		April 29, 2011
Project 2008-09 ― Interpretation of EOP-001-0 for RECM		September 9, 2011
Project 2009-28 ― Interpretation of EOP-001-2		September 9, 2011
Project 2006-02 ― Assess Transmission and Future Needs ― TPL-001-2		October 19, 2011
Reliability Standard Development Plan 2012-2014		December 13, 2011
Project 2007-07 ― Vegetation Management ― FAC-003		December 21, 2011
Project 2010-17 ― Definition of Bulk Electric System (Phase 1)		January 25, 2012
Project 2010-17 ― Definition of Bulk Electric System-Comment Period for Rules of Procedure Modifications to Support BES Exceptions		January 25, 2012
Regional Reliability Standard PRC-006-SERC-01		February 1, 2012
Regional Reliability Standard IRO-006-TRE-1		February 1, 2012

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