Standard Development Timeline

This section is maintained by the drafting team during the development of the standard and will be removed when the standard is adopted by the NERC Board of Trustees (Board).

Description of Current Draft

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Completed Actions	Date
Standards Committee approved Standard Authorization Request (SAR) for posting
SAR posted for comment

Anticipated Actions	Date
XX-day formal or informal comment period with ballot
XX-day formal or informal comment period with additional ballot
XX-day final ballot
Board adoption

New or Modified Term(s) Used in NERC Reliability Standards

This section includes all new or modified terms used in the proposed standard that will be included in the Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards upon applicable regulatory approval. Terms used in the proposed standard that are already defined and are not being modified can be found in the Glossary of Terms Used in NERC Reliability Standards. The new or revised terms listed below will be presented for approval with the proposed standard. Upon Board adoption, this section will be removed.

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Introduction

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Applicability:

Functional Entities:

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Facilities: (DELETE GREEN TEXT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING) Include this section only if there are certain facilities that the standard specifically applies to. Delete if section is not necessary.

(Subset of Facilities)

(Subset of Facilities)

Effective Date: See Implementation Plan for (DELETE GREEN TEXT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING) and additional detail as necessary to direct readers to the correct implementation plan (e.g., “See Implementation Plan for AAA-000-0” or “See [title of implementation plan]”).

Background: Text (DELETE GREEN TEXT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING) This section is to only be used for standards that currently have a background section. Going forward standard drafting teams should avoid using this section.

Standard-Only Definition: Text (DELETE GREEN TEXT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING) This section is to only be used for standards that currently have standard only definitions. Going forward a standard must provide a justification as to why the standard needs a standard-only definition and cannot be moved to the NERC Glossary of Terms.

Requirements and Measures

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Compliance

Compliance Monitoring Process

Compliance Enforcement Authority: “Compliance Enforcement Authority” means NERC or the Regional Entity in their respective roles of monitoring and enforcing compliance with the NERC Reliability Standards.

Evidence Retention: The following evidence retention period(s) identify the period of time an entity is required to retain specific evidence to demonstrate compliance. For instances where the evidence retention period specified below is shorter than the time since the last audit, the Compliance Enforcement Authority may ask an entity to provide other evidence to show that it was compliant for the full-time period since the last audit.

The applicable entity shall keep data or evidence to show compliance as identified below unless directed by its Compliance Enforcement Authority to retain specific evidence for a longer period of time as part of an investigation.

The [applicable entity(ies)] shall keep data or evidence of Requirement X for X calendar days/months/years. (DELETE GREEN TEXT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING) Add requirements as appropriate for this standard. This section is only for those requirements that do not have the default data retention.

Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program: “Compliance Monitoring Enforcement Program” or “CMEP” means, depending on the context (1) the NERC Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Program (Appendix 4C to the NERC Rules of Procedure) or the Commission-approved program of a Regional Entity, as applicable, or (2) the program, department or organization within NERC or a Regional Entity that is responsible for performing compliance monitoring and enforcement activities with respect to Registered Entities’ compliance with Reliability Standards.

Violation Severity Levels

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Regional Variances

None.

Associated Documents

Link to the Implementation Plan and other important associated documents. (DELETE GREEN TEXT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING) A link should be added to the implementation plan and other important documents associated with the standard once finalized.

Version History (DELETE GREEN TEXT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING) Note: All version histories’ content should be carried over to next generation.

Version	Date	Action	Change Tracking
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Standard Attachments

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(DELETE GREEN TEXT PRIOR TO PUBLISHING) Documents that should appear in this section are as follows: Application Guidelines, Training Material, Reference Material and/or other Supplemental Material. The header should remain “Supplemental Material.”

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