1. NSRS Update Recent NERC Standards Activities RSC – January 2013 Presented by: Andrew Gallo, NSRS Chair

2. 2 NSRS Recent Activity ●Teleconferences Conducted  October 8, 22  November 5, 19  December 3, 17 ●Upcoming Scheduled Meetings/Calls  January 9 (face-to-face) Will determine leadership for 2013  January 28  February 11, 25  March 11, 25

3. 3 Hot Topics ●CIP Version 5  Successive Ballot passed in October  Recirculation Ballot passed in November ●Paragraph 81  Passed in December (with flying colors) ●Revisions to Standards Process Manual  Originally failed  Ultimately passed

4. 4 Activity Ending Since Last RSC Meeting Interpretation of BAL-002-0 R4 and R5 by NWPP Reserve Sharing Group Recirculation10/8/2012Passed90% CIP-002-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed75% CIP-003-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed90% CIP-004-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed86% CIP-005-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed89% CIP-006-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed92% CIP-007-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed88% CIP-008-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed92% CIP-009-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed92% CIP-010-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed85% CIP-011-5Successive Ballot10/10/2012Passed93% Implementation PlanSuccessive Ballot10/10/2012Passed94% DefinitionsSuccessive Ballot10/10/2012Passed92%

5. 5 Activity Ending Since Last RSC Meeting Revisions to Outstanding VRFs and VSLs Non-Binding Poll 10/19/2012Passed73% Protection System Maintenance PRC-005-2Recirculation10/24/2012Passed81% Generator Verification - MOD-025-2 Successive Ballot 10/29/2012 Passed68% MOD-026-1Passed77% MOD-027-1Passed72% PRC-019-1Passed71% BAL-003-1 Frequency Response/Frequency Bias Successive Ballot 11/6/2012 Passed76% Non-Binding Poll Passed76% EOP-004-2 Recirculation 11/5/2012 Passed71% Non-Binding Poll Passed71%

6. 6 Activity Ending Since Last RSC Meeting CIP-002-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed79% CIP-003-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed93% CIP-004-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed90% CIP-005-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed94% CIP-006-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed96% CIP-007-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed92% CIP-008-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed95% CIP-009-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed95% CIP-010-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed89% CIP-011-5Recirculation11/5/2012Passed96% Implementation PlanRecirculation11/5/2012Passed95% DefinitionsRecirculation11/5/2012Passed93%

7. 7 Activity Ending Since Last RSC Meeting Interpretation of TPL-003 and TPL-004 for System Protection and Control Subcommittee Initial Ballot12/5/2012Passed73% Paragraph 81Initial Ballot12/10/2012Passed96% Interpretation of CIP-002-3 for OGEInitial Ballot12/20/2012Passed96% Standard Process Manual Revisions to Implement SPIG Recommendations Successive Ballot 12/20/2012Passed85% BAL-003-1 Frequency Response/Frequency BiasRecirculation12/21/2012Passed77% Generator Verification - MOD-025-2 Recirculation12/21/2012 Passed73% MOD-026-1Passed79% MOD-027-1Passed74% PRC-019-1Passed74%

8. 8 Activity Ending Since Last RSC Meeting ●Failed  EOP-004-2 (Successive) - 64% Ultimately passed (71%)  Standard Process Manual Revisions – 63% Ultimately passed (85%)  PRC-024-1 (Successive) – 57%  TPL Table 1 Order; TPL-002-1c, footnote ‘b’ and TPL- 001-2a, footnote 12 (Initial) – 56%  COM-003 (Successive) – 54%  PRC-001/PRC-027 (Successive) – 33%

9. 9 Recent Activity – Standards Under Development ProjectDescriptionType of Ballot Ballot Close Date 2010-11 TPL Table 1 Order; TPL-002-1c, footnote ‘b’ and TPL-001-2a, footnote 12 Successive (& Comment) 1/11/13 2007-09Generator Verification - PRC-024-1 Successive (& Comment) 1/11/13 2010-14.1 Phase 1 of Balancing Authority Reliability-based Controls: Reserves ― BAL-012-1 Initial (& Comment) 1/14/13

10. 10 Standards with Recent or Upcoming Effective Dates ●10/1/12  PER-003-1 - Operating Personnel Credentials ●12/12/12  CIP-004-3a - Cyber Security — Personnel & Training ●1/1/13  FAC-008-3 – Facility Ratings

11. 11 Upcoming NERC/Texas RE Meetings/Webinars ●NERC  Jan 16: MRC Pre-Meeting Conference Call and Informational Webinar (11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Eastern) ●Texas RE  Jan 22: Talk with Texas RE  Feb 21: Talk with Texas RE  Mar 21: Talk with Texas RE

12. 12 QUESTIONS?