Status of NERC Standards Activity Joint Guidance Committee Meeting January 23-24, 2007 Steve Rueckert - WECC Director, Standards and Compliance

Standards Recently Approved Missing Measures and Compliance Elements 20 different standards Initial ballot held October 6-16, 2006 Final ballot held October % Quorum 69.48% approval System Operating Limits Methodology and Communication (FAC-010, 011, and 014) Initial ballot held September 19-29, 2006 Final ballot held October % Quorum 71.66% approval (vs. 74.5% on initial ballot)

Standards Recently Voted Down Operating Personnel Credentials (PER-003-1) Clarification of interpretation Initial ballot held September % Quorum 9.90% Approval Interpretation of applicability not passed

Standards Recently Balloted Violation Risk Factors Protection and control 81.52% quorum, 71.62% approval Balance and Interchange 82.67% quorum, 77.15% approval Communications and Facilities 81.59% quorum, 75.64% approval Emergency Operations 82.01% quorum, 68.85% approval Interconnection Reliability Operations 81.59% quorum, 75.77% approval

Standards Recently Balloted Violation Risk Factors Modeling 82.25% quorum, 83.62% approval Personnel 81.65% quorum, 65.34% approval Transmission Operations and Voltage Control 81.65% quorum, 77.83% approval Transmission Planning 82.01% quorum, 73.45% approval

Standards in the Ballot Process None

Standards Posted for 30-day Pre-ballot Review None

Standards Undergoing Comments Transmission Relay Loadability (PRC-023-1) TOS Codifies relay loadability criteria from Blackout Recommendations Second draft of this standard Comments due February 7 (30 day)

Standards Undergoing Comments Balance Resources and Demand (BAL-007 – 011) OC/CMOPS/PWG Changes based on stakeholder input Conformance with NERC Standards Development Procedures and ROP Comments due January 31

Standards Undergoing Comments IROL Standards (IRO-007 – 010) OC/CMOPS Require RC to monitor wide area, have plans to prevent and mitigate IROLs, direct action to support operating within IROLs, and spedify and collect data to meet these requirements. Conformance with NERC Standards Development Procedures and ROP Comments due February 15

Standards Undergoing Comments Facility Ratings (FAC and ) TSS/RS ?? SAR and Standard posted together Few changes Merge into one standard Address FERC Concerns Conform with NERC Rules of Procedure (ROP) Comments due February 28 (45 day)

SARs Undergoing Comments Vegetation Management (FAC ) Responsibility ?? Address FERC Concerns Conform with NERC ROP Comments due February 14 (30 day)

SARs Undergoing Comments Reliability Coordinator Standards (27 standards) OC/RCS ?? Proposes retiring, modifying, or additions Address FERC Concerns Conform with NERC ROP Comments due February 14 (30 day)

Drafting Team Nominations Facility Ratings SAR and SDT (FAC-008 and FAC-009) Vegetation Management SAR Drafting Team (FAC-003) Address concerns identified by FERC Conform with NERC Rules of Procedure Nominations due by January 29

Other Activities Operate within IROL Limits Standard Drafting Team Addresses RC preparations and actions Nominations closed January 19 WECC representation? Three-year Reliability Standards Development Plan Plan for addressing necessary changes to NERC Standards Posted on NERC web site

New NERC Website Recognizes NERC as North American Electric Reliability Corporation Better layout Standard activity page is very helpful From home page select standards From standards page select Standards Under Development Link from WECC home page