000 - Version 0 Reliability Standards
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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.
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