Violation Risk Factors

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Status:
NERC staff discovered that some requirements in some of the approved Version 1 standards were not assigned Violation Risk Factors.  To correct this error, violation risk factors have been drafted for those requirements associated with standards that are expected to become enforceable in June 2007.  Because violation risk factors are proposed for use when determining a penalty or sanction for a violation of the associated requirement and need to be “in place” and ready for use in June 2007, the Standards Committee authorized use of the Urgent Action process in the Reliability Standards Development Procedure. 

The Board of Trustees will consider adopting the Supplemental Version 1 VRF requirements at its May 2, 2007 meeting.

Purpose/Industry Need:
As NERC moves forward to become the Electric Reliability Organization (ERO) and enforcement of the NERC reliability standards and the requirements contained within begins, there will be a need to determine and specify the relative risk the violation of each requirement poses to the bulk electric system.  The requester proposes to develop a matrix (Violation Risk Matrix) delineating the relative risks associated with the violation of each NERC standard requirement.  The Violation Risk Matrix would be used for the initial basis for determining enforcement action for future violations.