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Project 2007-23
Violation Severity Levels

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Status
NERC Staff, assisted by members of Violation Severity Level Drafting Teams, is seeking comments on the following documents until 8 p.m. Eastern on September 16, 2010.

Purpose/Industry Need
The FERC, in the Order on Compliance Filing dated June 7, 2007 (Docket #RR06-1-007), directed NERC to replace the "Levels of Non-compliance" (in the 83 standards it approved) with "Violation Severity Levels."

NERC, as the ERO, is required to comply with FERC directives.  By replacing the existing ‘Levels of Non-compliance’ with ‘Violation Severity Levels’ the ERO’s Sanctions Guidelines can be used as designed.  The Sanctions Guidelines use ‘Violation Severity Levels’ as an element in determining the size of a sanction.

Draft

Action Dates Results Consideration of Comments

NERC Staff Proposed VSLs

Supplemental SAR for VSL Outliers

Comment Period

Info>>

Submit Comments>>
08/02/10 - 09/16/10    
 

Staff Proposed Changes to Balloted Violation Severity Levels for Projects 2007-23 and 2008-08 (EOP VSL Revisions)

Proposed Changes

Comment Period

Info>>

Submit Comments>>

*Please submit only one comment form.  The form covers Project 2007-23 and Project 2008-08.
11/03/09 - 12/03/09
(closed)
  Consideration of Comments>>
 

VSLs for Balancing (BAL)

Clean | Redline to Last Posted

 

VSLs for Critical Infrastructure (CIP), Communications (COM), and Voltage & Reactive (VAR)

Clean | Redline to Last Posted |

Redline to Last Approval

 

VSLs for Facilities (FAC) and Modeling (MOD)

Clean | Redline to Last Posted |

Redline to Last Approval

 

VSLs for Interchange (INT), Personnel (PER), and Nuclear (NUC)

Clean | Redline to Last Posted

 

VSLs for Interconnected Reliability Operations (IRO)

Clean | Redline to Last Posted

 

VSLs for Protection and Control (PRC)

Clean | Redline to Last Posted

 

VSLs for Transmission Operations (TOP)

Clean | Redline to Last Posted |

Redline to Last Approval

 

VSLs for Transmission Planning (TPL)

Clean | Redline to Last Posted

Recirculation Ballot

Info>>

Info>>
08/17/09 - 08/27/09
(closed)


Summary>>

BAL
CIP, COM, VAR
FAC and MOD
INT, NUC, PER
IRO
PRC
TOP
TPL



 

VSLs for Balancing (BAL)

Clean | Redline to last posted

VSLs for Critical Infrastructure (CIP), Communications (COM), and Voltage & Reactive (VAR)

Clean | Redline to last posted

VSLs for Facilities (FAC) and Modeling (MOD)

Clean | Redline to last posted

VSLs for Interchange (INT), Personnel (PER), and Nuclear (NUC)

Clean | Redline to last posted

VSLs for Interconnected Reliability Operations (IRO)

Clean | Redline to last posted

VSLs for Protection and Control (PRC)

Clean | Redline to last posted

VSLs for Transmission Operations (TOP)

Clean | Redline to last posted

VSLs for Transmission Planning (TPL)

Clean | Redline to last posted

Initial Ballot

Info>>

Vote>>
07/31/09 - 08/10/09
(closed)


Summary>>


BAL
CIP, COM, VAR
FAC and MOD
INT, NUC, PER
IRO
PRC
TOP
TPL



Consideration of Comments
BAL
CIP, COM, VAR
FAC and MOD
INT, NUC, PER
IRO
PRC
TOP
TPL

Pre-ballot Review

Info>> | Join>>
06/30/09 - 07/31/09
(closed)

   
 

VSLs for Balancing (BAL)

VSLs for Critical Infrastructure (CIP), Communications (COM), and Voltage & Reactive (VAR)

VSLs for Facilities (FAC) and Modeling (MOD)

VSLs for Interchange (INT), Personnel (PER), and Nuclear (NUC)

VSLs for Interconnected Reliability Operations (IRO)

VSLs for Protection and Control (PRC)

VSLs for Transmission Operations (TOP)

VSLs for Transmission Planning (TPL)

Supporting Materials:

FERC Order on VSLs
June 19, 2008

Comment Period

Info>>

Submit Comments>>
04/01/09 - 04/30/09
(closed)


Comments Received>> Consideration of Comments>>
 

VSLs for Balancing

VSLs for Critical Infrastructure, Communications, Voltage & Reactive

VSLs for Emergency Operations

VSLs for Facilities and Modeling

VSLs for Interchange, Personnel and Nuclear

VSLs for Interconnected Reliability Operations

VSLs for Protection and Control

VSLs for Transmission Operations

VSLs for Transmission Planning

Nine sets of VSLs
For Board of Trustees Approval

Info>>
   February 28, 2008      
 

VSLs for Balancing

VSLs for Critical Infrastructure, Communications, Voltage & Reactive

VSLs for Emergency Operations

VSLs for Facilities and Modeling

VSLs for Interchange, Personnel and Nuclear

VSLs for Interconnected Reliability Operations

VSLs for Protection and Control

VSLs for Transmission Operations

VSLs for Transmission Planning

Recirculation Ballot Window  

Info>>

02/08/08 - 02/19/08
(closed)

 

Summary>>

Full Record>>

 
 

VSLs for Balancing

VSLs for Critical Infrastructure, Communications, Voltage & Reactive

VSLs for Emergency Operations

VSLs for Facilities and Modeling

VSLs for Interchange, Personnel and Nuclear

VSLs for Interconnected Reliability Operations

VSLs for Protection and Control

VSLs for Transmission Operations

VSLs for Transmission Planning

 

Supporting Materials:

Violation Severity Level Development Guidelines

Mandatory Standards Requirements with Violation Severity Levels

Nine sets of VSLs
Posted for Ballot Window

Info>>

01/21/08 – 1/28/08
(closed)

 

Summary>>

 

Full Record>>

 

Consideration of Ballot Comments

 

BAL

CIP, COM, VAR

EOP

FAC, MOD

INT, PER, NUC

IRO

PRC

TOP

TPL

  Pre-ballot Review

Info>>
12/21/07 – 1/21/08
(closed)
   
 

VSLs for Interchange, Personnel, and Nuclear - Revised to correct VSLs for R1 and R2 in Nuclear Standard

Clean | Redline to last posted

Info>>

01/17/08 - 01/21/08
(closed)

   
 

NUC-001-1 with VSLs

 

Mandatory Standards Requirements for NUC-001-1 with Violation Severity Levels

 

NUC-001-1
Clean | Redline to last approved

Comment Period

 

Info>>

 

Submit Comments>>

11/13/07 - 11/26/07
(closed)

 

 

Comments Received>>

Consideration of Comments>>

 

Mandatory Standards Requirements with Violation Severity Levels 

 

 

Supporting Materials:

Violation Severity Levels Development Criteria Guidelines

Comment Period

 

Info>>

 

Submit Comments>>

10/10/07 - 11/26/07
(closed)

Comments Received>>

Consideration of Comments>>

 

SAR for Replacing Levels of Noncompliance with Violation Severity Levels 
Posted for 30-day Comment Period
July 17 through August 15, 2007

 

Draft SAR Version 1

  Comment Period

 

Info>>

 

Submit Comments

07/17/07 - 08/15/07
(closed)

Comments Received>>

Consideration of Comments>>

Nomination Period
Info>>

Submit Nomination>>

 07/17/07 - 07/30/07
(closed)

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