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This page includes all standards approved by the NERC Board of Trustees and regulatory authorities.

 

Reliability Standards

Standard
Number
Title Approval Dates (MM/YY)
BOT FERC NEB AB BC MB NB NF NS ON QC SK
Resource and Demand Balancing
BAL-001-0 Real Power Balancing Control Performance   06/07               02/05    
BAL-001-0a Real Power Balancing Control Performance 10/07                 10/07    
BAL-002-0 Disturbance Control Performance   06/07               02/05    
BAL-STD-002-0 Operating Reserves (WECC)   06/07                    
BAL-003-0 Frequency Response and Bias   06/07               02/05    
BAL-003-0a Frequency Response and Bias 02/08                 02/08    
BAL-004-0

Time Error Correction

  06/07                    
BAL-004-1

Time Error Correction

03/08                 03/08    
BAL-005-0 Automatic Generation Control   06/07               02/05    
BAL-005-0b Automatic Generation Control 02/08                 02/08    
BAL-006-1 Inadvertent Interchange   06/07               05/06    

 Communications

COM-001-1 Telecommunications   06/07               11/06    
COM-002-2 Communications and Coordination   06/07               11/06    

 Critical Infrastructure Protection

CIP-001-1 Sabotage Reporting   06/07               05/06    
CIP-002-1 Cyber Security — Critical Cyber Asset Identification   01/08               05/06    
CIP-003-1 Cyber Security — Security Management Controls   01/08               05/06    
CIP-004-1 Cyber Security — Personnel & Training   01/08               05/06    
CIP-005-1 Cyber Security — Electronic Security Perimeter(s)   01/08               05/06    
CIP-006-1 Cyber Security — Physical Security of Critical Cyber Assets   01/08               05/06    
CIP-006-1a Cyber Security — Physical Security of Critical Cyber Assets 02/08                      
CIP-007-1 Cyber Security — Systems Security Management   01/08               05/06    
CIP-008-1 Cyber Security — Incident Reporting and Response Planning   01/08               05/06    
CIP-009-1 Cyber Security — Recovery Plans for Critical Cyber Assets   01/08               05/06    

 Emergency Preparedness and Operations

EOP-001-0 Emergency Operations Planning   06/07               04/05    
EOP-002-2 Capacity and Energy Emergencies   06/07               11/06    
EOP-003-1 Load Shedding Plans   06/07               11/06    
EOP-004-1 Disturbance Reporting
IROL and Preliminary Disturbance Reporting Form (Word Form)
  06/07               11/06    
EOP-005-1 System Restoration Plans   06/07               11/06    
EOP-006-1 Reliability Coordination - System Restoration   06/07               11/06    
EOP-007-0 Establish, Maintain, and Document a Regional Blackstart Capability Plan 04/05                 04/05    
EOP-008-0 Plans for Loss of Control Center Functionality   06/07               04/05    
EOP-009-0 Documentation of Blackstart Generating Unit Test Results   06/07               04/05    

 Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance

FAC-001-0 Facility Connection Requirements   06/07               04/05    
FAC-002-0 Coordination of Plans For New Generation, Transmission, and End-User   06/07               04/05    
FAC-003-1 Vegetation Management Program   06/07               02/06    
FAC-008-1 Facility Ratings Methodology   06/07               02/06    
FAC-009-1 Establish and Communicate Facility Ratings   06/07               02/06    
FAC-010-1 System Operating Limits Methodology for the Planning Horizon   02/08 02/08             11/06    
FAC-011-1 System Operating Limits Methodology for the Operations Horizon   02/08 02/08             11/06    
FAC-012-1 Transfer Capability Methodology 02/06                 02/06    
FAC-013-1 Establish and Communicate Transfer Capabilities   06/07               02/06    
FAC-014-1 Establish and Communicate System Operating Limits   02/08 02/08             11/06    

 Interchange Scheduling and Coordination

INT-001-2 Interchange Information   06/07               11/06    
INT-001-3 Interchange Information 11/06                 11/06    
INT-003-2 Interchange Transaction Implementation   06/07               11/06    
INT-004-1 Dynamic Interchange Transaction Modifications   06/07               05/06    
INT-004-2 Dynamic Interchange Transaction Modifications 09/07                 09/07    
INT-005-1 Interchange Authority Distributes Arranged Interchange   06/07               05/06    
INT-005-2 Interchange Authority Distributes Arranged Interchange 05/07                 05/07    
INT-006-1 Response to Interchange Authority   06/07               05/06    
INT-006-2 Response to Interchange Authority 05/07                 05/07    
INT-007-1 Interchange Confirmation   06/07               05/06    
INT-008-1 Interchange Authority Distributes Status   06/07               05/06    
INT-008-2 Interchange Authority Distributes Status 05/07                 05/07    
INT-009-1 Implementation of Interchange   06/07               05/06    
INT-010-1 Interchange Coordination Exemptions   06/07               05/06    

 Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination

IRO-001-1 Reliability Coordination – Responsibilities and Authorities   06/07               11/06    
IRO-002-1 Reliability Coordination – Facilities   06/07               11/06    
IRO-003-2 Reliability Coordination – Wide-Area View   06/07               11/06    
IRO-004-1 Reliability Coordination - Operations Planning   06/07               02/06    
IRO-005-1 Reliability Coordination – Current-Day Operations   06/07               02/06    
IRO-005-2 Reliability Coordination – Current-Day Operations 11/06                 11/06    
IRO-006-3 Reliability Coordination – Transmission Loading Relief   06/07               08/06    
IRO-006-4 Reliability Coordination – Transmission Loading Relief 11/07                 11/07    
IRO-STD-006-0 Qualified Path Unscheduled Flow Relief (WECC)   06/07                    
IRO-014-1 Procedures, Processes, or Plans to Support Coordination Between Reliability Coordinators   06/07               02/06    
IRO-015-1 Notifications and Information Exchange Between Reliability Coordinators   06/07               02/06    
IRO-016-1 Coordination of Real-time Activities Between Reliability Coordinators   06/07               02/06    

 Modeling, Data, and Analysis

MOD-001-0 Documentation of Total Transfer Capability and Available Transfer Capability Calculation Methodologies 02/05                 02/05    
MOD-002-0 Review of Transmission Service Provider Total Transfer Capability and Available Transfer Capability Calculations and Results 02/05                 02/05    
MOD-003-0 Regional Procedure for Input on Total Transfer Capability and Available Transfer Capability Methodologies and Values 02/05                 02/05    
MOD-004-0 Documentation of Regional Reliability Organization Capacity Benefit Margin Methodologies 02/05