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Facility Ratings (Project 2006-09)
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Status
 The drafting team is considering the comments submitted in response to the second draft of FAC-008.

Purpose/Industry Need
The purpose of revising these standards is to:

  1. Provide an adequate level of reliability for the North American bulk power systems - the standards are complete and the requirements are set at an appropriate level to ensure reliability.
  2. Ensure they are enforceable as mandatory reliability standards with financial penalties - the applicability to bulk power system owners, operators, and users, and as appropriate particular classes of facilities, is clearly defined; the purpose, requirements, and measures are results-focused and unambiguous; the consequences of violating the requirements are clear.
  3. Consider comments received during the initial development of the standards and other comments received from ERO regulatory authorities and stakeholders.
  4. Bring the standards into conformance with the latest version of the Reliability Standards Development Procedure and the ERO Rules of Procedure.
  5. Satisfy the standards procedure requirement for five-year review of the standards.
As the electric reliability organization begins enforcing compliance with reliability standards under Section 215 of the Federal Power Act in the United States and applicable statutes and regulations in Canada, the industry needs a set of clear, measurable, and enforceable reliability standards.  While the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission indicated in its October 20, 2006 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Mandatory Reliability Standards for the Bulk-Power System that it intends to approve both FAC-008 and FAC-009 as enforceable reliability standards, the Commission also indicated that it intends to direct NERC to make modifications to FAC-008 and that making these modifications should be considered a "high" priority and should be accomplished within a year.
 
Proposed Standard Supporting Documents Comment 
Period		 Comments
Received

Response
to Comments

Announcement

FAC-008-2 - Facility Ratings
Posted for 30-day Comment Period
July 19 through August 17, 2007

FAC-008-2 - clean

FAC-008-2 - redline to last posted

 Implementation Plan 07/19/07 - 08/17/07
(closed)

Comment Form

Comments

  

Announcement

Draft SAR Version 1
Facility Ratings Standard
Posted for 45-day Comment Period
January 15-February 28, 2007

Draft SAR Version 1

FAC-008-2 - clean

FAC-008-2 - redline to last approved

 Implementation Plan

01/15/07 - 02/28/07 (closed)

Comment Form

 

Due 01/29/07 (closed)

Nomination Form

 Comments

Consideration of Comments
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All comments should be forwarded to sarcomm@nerc.net.  
Questions?  Contact Barbara Bogenrief - barbara.bogenrief@nerc.net or 609-452-8060.

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