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Status
The Standards Efficiency Review (SER) Phase 2 Working Team is beginning to develop efficiency
concepts, and will solicit for industry input in January 2019.
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 1 has transitioned to formal standards development process. Updates on SER Phase 1 project can be found here: Project 2018-03 Standard Efficiency Review Retirements. SER Phase 2 has formed a working team and project scope.
SER Phase 2 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 2 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 (Draft)
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
Mid-December, 2018: Advisory Group conference call
Mid-January, 2019: Industry webinar
Mid-January to late February, 2019: Solicit industry input on efficiency concepts
March-April, 2019: Evaluate and prioritize concepts
May, 2019: Recommendation 1
July, 2019: Recommendation 2
September, 2019: Recommendation 3
