North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

Annual Plan Item approved by

Board

Request received from any party

Send Request to Triage Subcommittee

Receives Request

Determine appropriate Quadrant, Subcommittee

& priority

Disposition approved

Disposition sent to EC

Receives disposition

Send disposition back to Triage for

Re-evaluation

No

Send Annual Plan item or Request to appropriate subcommittee

Disposition approved

No

Receives AnnualPlan item or

Request

Yes

Yes

1

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

1Discussions

held on MBPs

New definitionsrequired

Send proposed definition& request for approval

to GS

Receives noticethat definitionIs sufficient

2

3

Respond tosubcommittee

that definition issufficient

Existingdefinitionsufficient

Definitionexists

Receive proposeddefinition & request

for approval

YesYes

No

Yes

No No

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

2 2

3 4

5

Receives response from

WEQ/WGQ

Send response to Retail GSSend

response to Retail GS

Definitionconsistent

Revise ordevelop new

definition

Revised or new

definitionapproved

Definedterm related

to WEQ/WEQ

Receive revisedor new

definition

Forward revisedor new definition

to appropriateWholesale Quadrant

for review

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

6

8

7Receive revised

or newdefinition

Complete development or revision of MBPs

MBPsapproved

UpdateWorkingGlossary

Send new definition to

subcommittee

Joint Meetingto establishconsistent definition

TechnicalImplementation

required

DefinitionApproved

No

YesYes

4

5

Yes

No

2

No

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

Receives & reviews MBPs

Provide feedback to

subcommittee

Receivesfeedback from EC

Wait forIR/TEIS

work product

Direction & scope correct

Notify IR to stop

7

8

8

10

TimeConstraintrequired

Send MPPs to EC forapproval

Send MPPsto EC for

informal feedback

Send MBPs to IRfor technical development

Receivesubcommitteework product

Notifiedto

stop

Developinformation

requirements &data dictionary

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

8

8

9

Receive notice of

gap in MBPs

Workproduct approved

Send workproduct to

TEIS

Yes

ReceivesIR workproduct

Developstechnicalelements

Gaps inMBPsexist

Send notice to

subcommittee

Workproduct

approved

Yes

NoYes

No

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

Recommendationposted for 30-daycomment period

Commentsreceived

Send MBPRecommendation

to EC

Review comments& provide responseas late comments

ReceiveIR/TEIS

work product

Direction& scopecorrect

Fully-staffedMBPs

approved

11

11

6

10

9

Send back to IR

Send workproduct to

subcommittee

Yes

NoNo

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

11

118

13

12EC reviewscomments &

late commentsfrom

subcommittee

MBPsapproved

Send back to subcommittee

Send to NAESBmembership for

30-day ratification

Ratificationachieved

No

Yes

madeRevisions

ShouldMBPs berevised

No Furtheraction

No

Yes

No

North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) Procedures(Note : Titles of Swim lanes change periodically)

12

13

8

MBPs becomefinal Actions

MBPsPublished

Send MBPsback to

subcommittee