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Status
The SER Phase 2 Team seeks industry input on the six efficiency concepts listed below and their ability to address the perceived areas of inefficiency within the Reliability Standards. Complete the SER Phase 2 Questionnaire (link below) by 8:00 p.m. Eastern, Friday, March 22, 2019. Please coordinate feedback into a single response for each organization or entity.
1. Evidence Retention Overhaul
2. Prototype Standard
3. Move Requirements to Guidance
4. Consolidate and Simplify Training Requirements
5. Consolidate Information/Data Exchange Requirements
6. Relocate Competency-based Requirements to Certification Program/CMEP Controls Review
Project Scope
Evaluate NERC Reliability Standards using a risk-based approach to identify potential efficiencies through retirement or modification of Reliability Standard Requirements. Considering that many Reliability Standards have been mandatory and enforceable for 10+ years in North America, this project seeks to identify potential candidate requirements that are not essential for reliability, could be simplified or consolidated, and could thereby reduce regulatory obligations and/or compliance burden.
SER Phase One has transitioned to formal standards development process. Updates on SER Phase One project can be found here: Project 2018-03 Standard Efficiency Review Retirements. SER Phase Two has formed a working team and project scope.
SER Phase Two Scope
Evaluate NERC Reliability Standards (O&P and CIP), as informed by implementation experiences and compliance practices, to develop and recommend standards-based solutions intended to reduce inefficiencies and unnecessary regulatory burdens for the purpose of supporting continued safe, secure and reliable operations.
The Phase Two Team will focus on the following activities:
Identify areas of inefficiency in the current framework of Reliability
Standards
Collaborate and communicate with industry to ensure all areas of
inefficiency and potential solutions are considered
Potential solutions may include, but are not limited to the following:
Project Timeline
November, 2018-January, 2019: Develop initial efficiency concepts
November 5, 2018: Working Team conference call
December 4, 2018: Working Team in-person meeting, Atlanta, GA
January 14, 2019: Advisory Group conference call
February 11, 2018: Working Team conference call
March, 2019: Solicit industry input on efficiency concepts
March-May, 2019: Evaluate and prioritize concepts
May, 2019: Recommendation One
July, 2019: Recommendation Two
September, 2019: Recommendation Three
