Revisions to Outstanding Violation Risk Factors (VRFs) and Violation Severity Levels (VSLs)

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Draft	Action	Dates	Results	Consideration of Comments
General Reference Documents Detailed Background Current Info>> Updated Info>> Info>> VRF Guidelines: In its May 18, 2007 Order on Violation Risk Factors (VRFs), FERC identified five guidelines it uses to determine whether to approve VRFs submitted for approval. These guidelines, applied in concert with criteria that NERC has filed with FERC as part of theERO’s Sanctions Guidelines, must be used to determine a VRF for each requirement. Both FERC’s guidelines and NERC’s criteria are documented in the “VRF Guidelines” link above. VSL Guidelines: In its June 19, 2009 Order on Violation Severity Levels (VSLs), FERC approved VSLs for 83 standards, directed certain modifications to VSL assignments, and described four guidelines that FERC developed to guide its evaluation of VSLs. These guidelines, applied in concert with NERC’s own requirements for drafting VSLs, form the basis for the development of VSLs. All VSLs should comport with the NERC and FERC guidelines documented in the “VSL Guidelines” link above. VSL Filing 1 \| VSL Filing 2: The VRFs and VSLs in need of review could have one of two origins: “Deferred” VRFs and VSLs were deferred by FERC in a number of different orders, all of which are referenced in individual review worksheets. “Filing 2” VSLs came from a larger VSL revision process that NERC initiated in 2010 to modify VSLs in accordance with the NERC and FERC VSL guidelines that were finalized in 2009. NERC filed this large set of revisions in two parts: Filing 1, which was filed on March 5, 2010 and updated in asupplemental information filing on March 21, 2011, and Filing 2, which was originally filed on December 1, 2010. The links to Filing 1 and Filing 2 above are provided for general reference here and again in many of the review worksheets. Comment Form (Word)	Submit Comments>>	09/05/12 - 10/19/12	Comments Received>> Summary>> Non-binding Poll Results>>	Consideration of Comments>>
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REVIEW WORKSHEETS FOR NERC BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND STAKEHOLDERREVIEW

Non-Substantive Revisions for EOP and FAC VSLs
Non-Substantive Revisions: Final Proposed VSL Assignments \|Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to Original Assignments
Resource and Demand Balancing (BAL)
BAL-003-0.1b VSL Review Worksheets [No Change From Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments BAL-005-0.2b VSL Review Worksheets: Final Proposed VSL Assignments \|Redline to Last Posted \|Redline to Original Assignments
Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP)
EOP-005-2 VRF/VSL Review Worksheets: Final Proposed VRF/VSL Assignments \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to Original Assignments EOP-006-2 VRF/VSL Review Worksheets: Final Proposed VRF/VSL Assignments\| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to Original Assignments EOP-008-1 VRF/VSL Review Worksheets:Final Proposed VRF/VSL Assignments \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to Original Assignments
Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance (FAC)
FAC-010-2.1 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change to Original Assignments]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments FAC-011-2 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments FAC-501-WECC-1 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments
Interconnection Reliability, Operations and Coordination (IRO)
IRO-001-1.1 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments IRO-002-2 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments IRO-005-3.1a VSL Review Worksheets:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to Original Assignments IRO-008-1 VRF/VSL Review Worksheets:Final Proposed VRF/VSL Assignments \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to Original Assignments IRO-009-1 VRF Review Worksheets [No Change to Original Assignments]:Final Proposed VRF Assignments IRO-010-1a VRF Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VRF Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments IRO-015-1 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments IRO-006-WECC-1 VRF/VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VRF/VSL Assignments \|Redline to Original Assignments
Modeling, Data, and Analysis (MOD)
MOD-004-1 VRF Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]: Final Proposed VRF Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments MOD-028-1 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change to Original Assignments]: Final Proposed VSL Assignments MOD-029-1a VSL Review Worksheets [No Change to Original Assignments]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments
Nuclear (NUC)
NUC-001-2 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]: Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments
Personnel Performance, Training, and Qualifications (PER)
PER-005-1 VRF/VSL Review Worksheets: Final Proposed VRF/VSL Assignments \| Redline to Last Posted\| Redline to Original Assignments
Transmission Operations (TOP)
TOP-001-1a VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]: Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments TOP-002-2b VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments TOP-006-2 VSL Review Worksheets:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to Original Assignments TOP-007-0 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \|
Redline to Original Assignments

Transmission Planning (TPL)
TPL-001-0.1 VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]: Final Proposed VSL Assignments \|Redline to Original Assignments TPL-002-0b VSL Review Worksheets [No Change from Last Posting]:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Original Assignments TPL-003-0a VSL Review Worksheets:Final Proposed VSL Assignments \| Redline to Last Posted \| Redline to Original Assignments
REVIEW WORKSHEETS FROM SEPTEMBER 5 - OCTOBER 23, 2012

Non-Substantive Revisions for EOP and FAC VSLs
Non-Substantive Revisions Review Worksheet

Resource and Demand Balancing (BAL)
BAL-003-0.1b: VSL Review Worksheet
BAL-005-0.1b: VSL Review Worksheet
Emergency Preparedness and Operations (EOP)
EOP-005-2: VRF/VSL Review Worksheet (Revised 09/06/12 at 4:05 p.m.) EOP-006-2: VRF/VSL Review Worksheet EOP-008-1: VRF/VSL Review Worksheet
Facilities Design, Connections, and Maintenance (FAC)
FAC-010-2.1: VSL Review Worksheet FAC-011-2: VSL Review Worksheet FAC-501-WECC-1: VSL Review Worksheet
Interconnection Reliability, Operations and Coordination (IRO)
IRO-001-1.1: VSL Review Worksheet IRO-002-2: VSL Review Worksheet IRO-005-3a: VSL Review Worksheet(Revised 09/07/12 at 12:15 p.m.) IRO-008-1: VRF/VSL Review Worksheet IRO-009-1: VRF/VSL Review Worksheet IRO-010-1a: VSL Review Worksheet IRO-015-1: VSL Review Worksheet IRO-006-WECC-1: VRF/VSL Review Worksheet
Modeling, Data, and Analysis (MOD)
MOD-004-1: VSL Worksheet MOD-028-1: VSL Worksheet MOD-029-1a: VSL Worksheet(Revised 09/07/12 at 12:15 p.m.)
Nuclear (NUC)
NUC-001-2: VSL Worksheet
Personnel Performance, Training, and Qualifications (PER)
PER-005-1: VRF/VSL Worksheet
Transmission Operations (TOP)
TOP-001-1a: VRF/VSL Worksheet TOP-002-2a: VRF/VSL Worksheet TOP-006-2: VRF/VSL Worksheet TOP-007-0: VRF/VSL Worksheet
Transmission Planning (TPL)
TPL-001-0.1: VSL Worksheet TPL-002-0a: VRF/VSL Worksheet TPL-003-0a: VRF/VSL Worksheet

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