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Agenda Standards Committee Process Subcommittee October 15, 2015 | 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Eastern

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NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines and Public Announcement*

Introductions and Chair’s Remarks

Agenda Items

1. Review of Agenda and Objectives

2. Consent Agenda – (Approve)

a. September 22, 2015 Standards Committee Process Subcommittee Meeting Notes*

3. Resources Document Project Phase 2* – (L. Oelker)

4. SCPS Work Plan (Those Listed Below Will be Discussed)*

a. SCPS Activities* – (L. Lee)

i. Project Assignments

ii. Conceptual Projects

5. Items Slated for Presentation at Next Standards Committee Meeting – (L. Lee and B. Nutter)

6. Communication with Industry – (L. Lee)7. Review of Actions/Assignments – (M. Bunch)

8. Discussion of SCPS Member and Leadership Terms for 2016* – (L. Lee)

9. Future Meetings

a. Meetings in coordination with Standards Committee:

December 8, 2015 (1:00–5:00 p.m.) Marina del Rey, CA.

b. Interim Conference Call: None

10. Adjourn

*Background materials are included.

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Antitrust Compliance Guidelines

I. General It is NERC’s policy and practice to obey the antitrust laws and to avoid all conduct that unreasonably restrains competition. This policy requires the avoidance of any conduct that violates, or that might appear to violate, the antitrust laws. Among other things, the antitrust laws forbid any agreement between or among competitors regarding prices, availability of service, product design, terms of sale, division of markets, allocation of customers or any other activity that unreasonably restrains competition.

It is the responsibility of every NERC participant and employee who may in any way affect NERC’s compliance with the antitrust laws to carry out this commitment.

Antitrust laws are complex and subject to court interpretation that can vary over time and from one court to another. The purpose of these guidelines is to alert NERC participants and employees to potential antitrust problems and to set forth policies to be followed with respect to activities that may involve antitrust considerations. In some instances, the NERC policy contained in these guidelines is stricter than the applicable antitrust laws. Any NERC participant or employee who is uncertain about the legal ramifications of a particular course of conduct or who has doubts or concerns about whether NERC’s antitrust compliance policy is implicated in any situation should consult NERC’s General Counsel immediately.

II. Prohibited ActivitiesParticipants in NERC activities (including those of its committees and subgroups) should refrain from the following when acting in their capacity as participants in NERC activities (e.g., at NERC meetings, conference calls and in informal discussions):

• Discussions involving pricing information, especially margin (profit) and internal costinformation and participants’ expectations as to their future prices or internal costs.

• Discussions of a participant’s marketing strategies.

• Discussions regarding how customers and geographical areas are to be divided amongcompetitors.

• Discussions concerning the exclusion of competitors from markets.

• Discussions concerning boycotting or group refusals to deal with competitors, vendors orsuppliers.

• Any other matters that do not clearly fall within these guidelines should be reviewed with NERC’s General Counsel before being discussed.

III. ctivities That Are Permitted From time to time decisions or actions of NERC (including those of its committees and subgroups) may have a negative impact on particular entities and thus in that sense adversely impact competition. Decisions and actions by NERC (including its committees and subgroups) should only be undertaken for the purpose of promoting and maintaining the reliability and adequacy of the bulk power system. If you do not have a legitimate purpose consistent with this objective for discussing a matter, please refrain from discussing the matter during NERC meetings and in other NERC-related communications.

You should also ensure that NERC procedures, including those set forth in NERC’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws, and Rules of Procedure are followed in conducting NERC business.

In addition, all discussions in NERC meetings and other NERC-related communications should be within the scope of the mandate for or assignment to the particular NERC committee or subgroup, as well as within the scope of the published agenda for the meeting.

No decisions should be made nor any actions taken in NERC activities for the purpose of giving an industry participant or group of participants a competitive advantage over other participants. In particular, decisions with respect to setting, revising, or assessing compliance with NERC reliability standards should not be influenced by anti-competitive motivations.

Subject to the foregoing restrictions, participants in NERC activities may discuss:

• Reliability matters relating to the bulk power system, including operation and planning matters such as establishing or revising reliability standards, special operating procedures, operating transfer capabilities, and plans for new facilities.

• Matters relating to the impact of reliability standards for the bulk power system on electricity markets, and the impact of electricity market operations on the reliability of the bulk power system.

• Proposed filings or other communications with state or federal regulatory authorities or other governmental entities.

Matters relating to the internal governance, management and operation of NERC, such as nominations for vacant committee positions, budgeting and assessments, and employment matters; and procedural matters such as planning and scheduling meetings.

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Public Announcements

REMINDER FOR USE AT BEGINNING OF MEETINGS AND CONFERENCE CALLS THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLICLY NOTICED AND ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

For face-to-face meeting, with dial-in capability: Participants are reminded that this meeting is public. Notice of the meeting was posted on the NERC website and widely distributed. The notice included the number for dial-in participation. Participants should keep in mind that the audience may include members of the press and representatives of various governmental authorities, in addition to the expected participation by industry stakeholders.

NERC Email List Policy

At its discretion, NERC may provide “listservs” to be used by NERC committees, groups, and teams to facilitate sharing information about NERC activities with interested parties. All emails sent to NERC listserv addresses must be limited to topics that are directly relevant to the listserv group’s assigned scope of work. NERC reserves the right to apply administrative restrictions to any listserv or its participants, without advance notice, to ensure that the resource is used in accordance with this and other NERC policies.

Prohibited activities include using NERC‐provided listservs for any price‐fixing, division of markets,

and/or other anti‐competitive behavior.1 Recipients and participants on NERC listservs may not utilize NERC listservs for their own private purposes. This may include:

announcements of a personal nature, sharing of files or attachments not directly relevant to the listserv group’s scope of

responsibilities, and/or communication of personal views or opinions,

o unless those views are provided to advance the work of the listserv’s group.

Use of NERC’s listservs is further subject to NERC’s Participant Conduct Policy for the Standards Development Process. Updated October 2015

1 Please see NERC’s Antitrust Compliance Guidelines for more information about prohibited antitrust and anti‐competitive behavior or

practices. This policy is available at http://www.nerc.com/commondocs.php?cd=2

Agenda Item 2a Standards Committee Process Subcommittee

October 15, 2015

Meeting Notes Standards Committee Process Subcommittee September 22, 2015 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern

Administrative

1. Introductions and Chair’s RemarksL. Lee brought the meeting to order on September 22, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern. L. Lee welcomed theattendees.

2. NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines and Public AnnouncementM. Bunch reviewed the NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines and announced that the meeting waspublic.

3. Approval of July 30, 2015 Conference Call NotesThe meeting notes were approved.

4. Review of Agenda and ObjectivesL. Lee reviewed the Agenda and Objectives.

Agenda Items

1. Standards Resources page update – M. Benson

M. Benson provided an update on the Standards Resources page, noting that the NERCStandards department and the SCPS small team are working to bring a final product to theNovember Standards Committee meeting.

2. Improving the Procedure for Technical Review of Reference Documents* – P. Heidrich

P. Heidrich provided an overview of the results of the SCPS recommendations for improving theprocedure for technical review of reference documents, noting that, based on the SCPS review,the SCPS will recommend to the SC at the September 23, 2015 SC meeting, that the SCPScontinue this project and address the initial recommendations of the SCPS outlined in thereference document provided as background documentation in the September 22, 2015agenda package.

3. SCPS Activities

a. SCPS Work Plan – L. Lee

i. Project Assignments1. Modification to Standards Committee (SC) Quality Review (QR) Process

Document— NERC conducted QR workshop. On the Agenda as an

Agenda Item 2aStandards Committee Process Subcommittee

October 15, 2015

informational item for the Sept. 23, 2015 SC meeting. The new QR process is going to rely heavily on independent SME review, which may be facilitated by regional coordination and outreach.

2. Consensus Building and SAR Development—Further development on hold pending discussion with NERC staff. Next step will be to schedule meeting with NERC staff to communicate further detail on the high-level concepts that were previously provided to NERC staff and further coordinate on concepts.

3. Consolidate SC Resource Documents-- Plan to post Field Test Guideline document. Timing will be coordinated with other SPM changes for presentation to NERC Board.

4. Improve standards development process-- SCPS Leadership is proposing to recommend to the Standards Committee that this item is no longer needed and should be retired from the Work Plan. SPIG recommendations will be reviewed to ensure there are no issues that need further attention. SCPS Leadership plans to meet with NERC Leadership and other Interested Parties to discuss potential ways to address issues that may arise during the Standards Development process.

5. CEAP Pilot Project-- Scope of the project was revised to reflect a Cost of Risk Reduction Analysis (CRRA) approach. Planned for presentation at Sept. 23, 2015 Standards Committee meeting.

6. Process to improve the effectiveness of balloting— Standards Information Leadership has been monitoring Ballot Pools and voting behavior. Standards Information is developing an informational document to further stakeholder understanding. The document will be distributed and published, and will discuss at Standards and Compliance Workshop.

7. SPM use of “prompt” and “substantive”--Project to begin Sept. 2015. Next Step is SCPS small team to meet to review the instances of the term in the SPM and develop recommendations addressing the terms’ ambiguity.

8. Resource Document Project (Phase 2)--SCPS to provide spreadsheet to NERC staff for review prior to submission to SC for inclusion in October SC agenda package. SCPS small team continues to work to develop review criteria document.

9. Technical Guidance Document Process--SCPS to recommend to the SC at the September 23, 2015 meeting that the SCPS continue this project and address the initial recommendations of the SCPS, outlined in the reference document provided as background documentation in the September 22, 2015 SCPS agenda package.

Standards Committee Process Subcommittee Meeting Notes September 22, 2015 2

10. SCPS/PMOS Meeting Frequency Recommendation--SCPS small team developed recommendation, which will be presented to the SC at the Sept. 23, 2015 meeting. The recommendation is that there are four in-person meetings, with one conference call pre-scheduled between each in-person meeting, with additional conference calls scheduled on an as-needed basis.

11. Communication Facilitation Project--NERC Legal will review Listserv policy and determine appropriate response, which will then be communicated to SCPS small team.

ii. Conceptual Projects 1. Interpretation Process—NERC distributed a revised version of the NERC

Interpretation Process to the SCPS. Ryan Stewart presented the process to the SCPS at the Sept. 22, 2015 meeting. Development of scope for this task will begin September 2015, with a target presentation to SCPS at December 2015 meeting.

4. Items Slated for Presentation at Next Standards Committee Meeting – L. Lee

• SCPS and PMOS Meeting Frequency—Recommendation (September)

• Modification to SC Quality Review Process Document—Information (September)

• Cost of Risk Reduction Analysis (CRRA) (September)

• Technical Review of Technical Document recommendations from SCPS (September)

• Resource Document Project (Phase 2) (October)

5. Review of Actions/Assignments – K. Street

• Consensus Building and SAR Development --schedule meeting with NERC staff to communicate further detail on the high-level concepts that were previously provided to NERC staff and further coordinate on concepts.

• Consolidate SC Resource Documents-- post Field Test Guideline document. Coordinate timing with other SPM changes for presentation to NERC Board.

• Improve standards development process—review SPIG recommendations to ensure there are no issues that need further attention. SCPS Leadership meet with NERC Leadership and other Interested Parties to discuss potential ways to address issues that may arise during the Standards Development process.

• Process to improve the effectiveness of balloting -- Standards Information is develop an informational document to further stakeholder understanding, distribute and publish, and discuss at Standards and Compliance Workshop.


• SPM use of prompt and substantive-- SCPS small team to meet to review the instances of the term in the SPM, and develop recommendations.

• Resource Document Project (Phase 2)--SCPS provide spreadsheet to NERC staff for review prior to submission to SC for inclusion in October SC agenda package. SCPS small team continue to work to develop review criteria document.

• Technical Guidance Document Process--SCPS to continue addressing the initial recommendations outlined in the resource document for Agenda Item 2.

• Communication Facilitation Project-- NERC Legal to review Listserv policy and determine appropriate response, then communicate to SCPS small team.

• Interpretation Process—Develop scope for this task beginning September 2015, with a target presentation to SCPS at December 2015 meeting.

6. Discussion of SCPS terms for 2016

L. Lee requested notification from those members with SCPS terms that will expire at the end of 2015 whether or not they will seek to continue as SCPS members for another term.

7. Discussion of Future Meetings

a. Meetings in coordination with Standards Committee:

• December 8, 2015 (1:00–5:00 p.m.) Marina del Rey, CA.

b. Interim Conference Call:

• October 15 (1:00–4:00 p.m.)

8. Adjourn

L. Lee thanked members for their participation and adjourned the meeting.


ATTACHMENT 1

Term Participant Entity Proxy Present (Member or Proxy)

2015–16 Laura Lee (Chair) Duke Energy Yes

2015–16 Peter Heidrich (Vice Chair) Florida Reliability Coordinating Council Yes

2014–15 Brian Buckley Tampa Electric Co. Yes

2015–16 John Bussman AECI Yes

2014–15 Randy Crissman New York Power Authority Yes

2015–16 Jennifer Flandermeyer Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) Yes

2014–15 Lorissa Jones Bonneville Power Administration No

2014–15 P.S. (Ben) Li Ben Li Associates, Inc. No

2015–16 Linn Oelker LGE&E and KU No

2014–15 Keith Porterfield Georgia Systems Operations Corporation Yes

2015–16 Andrew Pusztai American Transmission Company Yes

2015–16 Steve Rueckert Western Electricity Coordinating Council Yes

2014–15 Ed Skiba MISO Yes

2015–16 Jason Smith Southwest Power Pool Yes

2014–15 Joe Tarantino Sacramento Municipal Utilities District No

N/A Katherine Street (NERC Standards) NERC Yes

N/A Andrew Wills (NERC Legal Advisor) NERC Yes


Agenda Item 3 Standards Committee Process Subcommittee

October 15, 2015

NERC SCPS Project Resource Document Project – Phase 2

Criteria for Determining Periodic Review Frequency

Criteria will be developed to determine the periodic review frequency for Resource documents, which can also be applied to future Standards Resource documents.

Criteria:

1. Each document should have a periodic review frequency established in units of months.(e.g. 12 months, 18 months, 36 months, etc.)

1.1 Governance documents such as the SC Charter and Subcommittee Scope documentsshould have a review frequency of 18 months.

1.2 Drafting Team Procedures, Templates, and Guidelines should have a review frequency of 24 month or when the Standard Processes Manual has been revised.

1.3 Principles should have a review frequency of 36 months.

1.4 Forms such as SAR and Interpretation Forms should have a review frequency of 36 months.

1.5 Principles, benchmarks and other overarching documents should have a review frequency of 36 months.

1.6 Newly created Standards Resource documents should initially have a review frequency of set at 12 months, the review frequency may be changed after the first review.

2. Documents that reference other document(s) shall have periodic frequency established tothe shortest periodicity of the set of documents.

3. The document owner shall have final approval of the periodic review frequency and maychange the period review frequency.

Note: Documents that are determined to be out of scope need not be assigned a review frequency. Examples of such documents are FERC Orders, NERC Rules of Procedure and NERC staff policies.

Final Draft 10/6/2015

Resources for Standards Today is: October 6, 2015 Suggested Suggested

DT Ref Manual? DOCUMENT TITLE DOCUMENT OWNERDocument Last

RevisedAge of Document

(in Months)Periodic review

frequency (months):Party responsible for periodic review and proposed

updates:Overdue by (months): Notes / Comments

Y1

NERC Drafting Team Resources ‐ Companion Document to DT Reference Manual (POSTED 2/2/2015) Standards Staff December 9, 2014 10 N/A Standards Staff N/A

This document is a conglomoration of individual documents with individual review periods and in of itself does not need a periodic review.

Y Acceptance Criteria of a Reliability StandardSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) May 16, 2014 17 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENT

Y ALR: Exhibit A ‐ Definition of Adequate Level of Reliability

Standing Committees Coordinating Group (SCCG) March 26, 2013 30 Out of Scope Standing Committees Coordinating Group (SCCG) Out of Scope

YALR: Exhibit B ‐ Technical Report Supporting Definition of Adequate Level of Reliability

Standing Committees Coordinating Group (SCCG) March 26, 2013 30 Out of Scope Standing Committees Coordinating Group (SCCG) Out of Scope

Y ALR: Informational Filing on the Definition of “Adequate Level of Reliability”

Standing Committees Coordinating Group (SCCG) May 10, 2013 29 N/A N/A N/A

Y Appendix 4B of ROP ‐ Sanction Guidelines NERC STAFF December 20, 2012 34 Out of Scope NERC STAFF Out of ScopeY Appendix 5B ‐ Statement of Compliance Registry Criteria NERC STAFF December 20, 2012 34 Out of Scope NERC STAFF Out of Scope

Y

FERC Order 672 Rules Concerning Certification of the Electric Reliability Organization; and Procedures for the Establishment, Approval, and Enforcement of Electric Reliability Standards N/A February 3, 2006 116 N/A N/A N/A

YFERC Order Conditionally Accepting New Enforcement Mechanisms and Requiring Compliance Filing N/A March 15, 2012 43 N/A N/A N/A

Y FERC Order on VRFs N/A May 18, 2007 101 N/A N/A N/AY FERCs Criteria for Approving Reliability Standards from Order 672 Standards Staff May 16, 2014 17 24 Standards Staff CURRENT

Y Guidelines for Interpretation Drafting TeamsSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) September 19, 2013 25 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) 1

Y Market Principles Standards Staff March 18, 2010 67 24 Standards Staff 43Y Milestones ‐ NERC Reliability Standards NERC STAFF May 19, 2014 17 Out of Scope NERC STAFF Out of ScopeY NERC Antitrust Compliance Guidelines NERC STAFF NONE UNKNOWN Out of Scope NERC STAFF Out of Scope

Y NERC Compliance Process Bulletin #2011‐001 Data Retention Requirements NERC STAFF May 20, 2011 53 Out of Scope NERC STAFF Out of ScopeY NERC Email List "Listverv" Policy NERC STAFF June 1, 2012 40 Out of Scope NERC STAFF Out of ScopeY NERC Standards Numbering System Standards Staff September 30, 2014 12 24 Standards Staff CURRENTY Nomination Form Standard Drafting Team Standards Staff January 28, 2014 20 24 NERC STAFF? CURRENT

Y Reliability Functional Model Function Definitions and Functional EntitiesSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) November 30, 2009 70 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) 46

Y Reliability Principles Standards Staff March 18, 2010 67 24 Standards Staff 43

Y SC Procedure ‐ Processing Requests for an InterpretationSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) December 9, 2014 10 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENT

Y Standard Drafting Team ScopeSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) July 13, 2011 51 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) 27

YStandards Committee Guideline ‐ Approving a Field Test Associated with a Reliability Standard

STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) March 10, 2008 91 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) 67

Document not finalized during phase I due to objection by the Operating Committee.

YStandards Committee Procedure ‐ Approving the Posting of Reliability Standard Supporting References

STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) December 9, 2014 10 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENT

Y Standards Development Process ‐ Participant Conduct Policy Standards Staff May 20, 2013 29 24 Standards Staff 5Y Ten Benchmarks of an Excellent Reliability Standard Standards Staff 3/16/2010 67 24 Standards Staff 43Y Time Horizons Standards Staff 1/28/2010 68 24 Standards Staff 44Y Violation Risk Factors Standards Staff 1/28/2010 68 24 Standards Staff 44Y Violation Severity Level Guidelines Standards Staff NONE UNKNOWN 24 Standards Staff #VALUE!

N1 Stand Alone Resource Documents Posted blank blank blank N/A blank blankN Appendix 3D Registered Ballot Body Criteria NERC STAFF July 1, 2014 15 Out of Scope NERC STAFF Out of Scope

N Approving Errata in an Approved Reliability StandardSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) December 9, 2014 10 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENT

N Drafting Team Reference ManualSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) January 7, 2014 21 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENT

Resources for Standards Today is: October 6, 2015 Suggested Suggested

DT Ref Manual? DOCUMENT TITLE DOCUMENT OWNERDocument Last

RevisedAge of Document

(in Months)Periodic review

frequency (months):Party responsible for periodic review and proposed

updates:Overdue by (months): Notes / Comments

N Guidance Document for Management of Remanded InterpretationsSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) April 9, 2014 18 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENT

NNERC NAESB Template Procedure for Joint Standard Development And Coordination

STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) February 22, 2006 116 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) 92

N NERC Standards Numbering System ‐ NEW Standards Staff September 30, 2014 12 24 Standards Staff CURRENT

N Rapid Revision ProcedureSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) June 5, 2013 28 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) 4

N Regional Reliability Standards Evaluation Procedure 2.1RSG? is listed in the document December 19, 2011 46 Out of Scope Regional Standards Group? Out of Scope

N Reliability Standards Suggestions and Comments Form Standards Staff June 1, 2011 52 24 Standards Staff 28N Request for Interpretation Form Standards Staff April 22, 2011 54 24 Standards Staff 30N Request to Develop a Definition Form Standards Staff July 13, 2011 51 24 Standards Staff 27N Results‐Based Reliability Standard Development Guidance Standards Staff June 7, 2010 64 24 Standards Staff 40

NRevised Template for Quality Review of NERC Reliability Standard or Interpretation

STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) July 14, 2013 27 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) 3

To be submitted to the SC for retirement at the same time for approval of a Guideline document per SCPS meeting 7/30/2015.

N SAR Form Identifying the Need for a Variance Standards Staff September 10, 2014 13 24 Standards Staff CURRENTN Standards Authorization Request Form Standards Staff June 3, 2013 28 24 Standards Staff 4

N Standards Committee CharterSTANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) December 11, 2013 22 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENT

NStandards Committee Procedure ‐ NERC Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards Definition Development Procedure

STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) December 9, 2014 10 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENT

N Standards Drafting Team Nomination Form Standards Staff January 28, 2014 20 24 STANDARDS COMMITTEE (SC) CURRENTN Weighted Segment Voting Examples Standards Staff November 4, 2009 71 24 Standards Staff 47


October 15, 2015

SCPS Work Plan--October 13, 2015

Standards Committee Process Subcommittee Work Plan (SC Endorsed Project Scopes)

Task General Scope of Task Task Initiated

Target Completion

Status/Remarks

1. Modification to SC QualityReview Process Document

Team Lead: Keith Porterfield

Andy Pusztai

Ed Skiba

Pete Heidrich

Brenda Hampton

John Bussman

Develop a process for conducting quality review of draft standards to fulfill the Standards Committee’s mandate to ensure quality of standards as depicted in its charter.

Task was initiated prior to use of scope documents

October 2012

Complete Small group of SCPS has been working with NERC Staff to develop a QR guideline document and a QR form for SC which will then be submitted to the SCPS at large for review.

SC endorsed retirement of the old QR process and endorsed use of the Reliability Standard Quality Review Form.

2. Consensus Building and SARDevelopment

Team Lead: Ben LiPete Heidrich

Steven Rueckert

Brian Buckley

Randy Crissman

To develop a process that will facilitate the effective and efficient development of technical information and building of industry consensus leading to the Standards Committee’s acceptance/approval of the SAR for proposed standard projects.

Task Scope Document

June 2014 September 2015 SC Meeting

In progress. The scope for this task was approved by the Standards Committee in June 2014.

Task is complete and will be scheduled to be presented to the SC at the next in-person meeting (September 2015).

Further development on hold pending discussion with NERC staff. Next step will be to schedule meeting with NERC

mailto:[email protected]









http://www.nerc.com/comm/SC/SCPSRelatedFiles/Consensus%20Building_%20SAR_%20Development_Scope_052214.pdf

SCPS Work Plan Activities Document--October 13, 2015



Target Completion

Status/Remarks

staff to communicate further detail on the high-level concepts that were previously provided to NERC staff and further coordinate on concepts.

3. Consolidate SC Resource Documents

Team Lead: Linn Oelker

Ed Skiba

Randy Crissman

Monica Benson (NERC)

To review existing drafting team resource documents under the Standards Committee’s purview, and to develop a single resources document to be used in conjunction with the Drafting Team Manual to assist the drafting teams in performing their tasks:

a. Propose a list of documents to be retired, and

b. Consolidate the remaining documents on a consistent template and add in version control, and make the associated changes to the NERC Resources webpage

c. Final review and update of SC endorsed documents.


July 2012 a) March 2014 SC meeting

b)December 2014 SC Meeting

c) February 2015

3a) Completed

3b) Complete

3c) In Progress. Will go before December SC meeting for endorsement of changes and reposting on Resource webpage. Complete

Changes to the SC Charter and SPM have been proposed and B. Murphy is sharing these changes with the leadership of the technical committees. After these changes are finalized the Field Test







Target Completion

Status/Remarks

Guideline document will be updated.

SCPS Chair to follow up with SC Chair as to status of the Field Test Guideline document. SCPS Chair will also follow up regarding CIPC input.

Plan to post Field Test Guideline document. Timing will be coordinated with other SPM changes for presentation to NERC Board.

4. Improve standards development process (Assignment resulting from 2013 SC Strategic Work Plan – Task #2)

Team Lead: Joe Tarantino

Ed Skiba

Pete Heidrich

Brenda Hampton

Fred Plett

To review effectiveness of the revised Standard Processes Manual approved by the FERC in June 2013, identify areas/changes that can further improve the efficiency and quality of standard development, and propose changes to the SPM as necessary.

Task Scope Document

January 2013

Project deferred to April 2015

Project start deferred to early 2015 to gain more data points. Project will be divided into two phases. One to gather information to identify areas of improvement and a second to determine and propose changes to the SPM, ROP, or other process documents as necessary.

SCPS will collaborate with Standards Leadership to





http://www.nerc.com/comm/SC/SCPSRelatedFiles/Review_Standards_Processes_Scope_Statement.pdf




Target Completion

Status/Remarks

evaluate this item and determine next steps.

SCPS Leadership is proposing to recommend to the Standards Committee that this item is no longer needed and should be retired from the Work Plan. SPIG recommendations will be reviewed to ensure there are no issues that need further attention. SCPS Leadership plans to meet with NERC Leadership and other Interested Parties to discuss potential ways to address issues that may arise during the Standards Development process.

5. Cost of Risk Reduction Analysis (CRRA)

Team Lead: TBD

Fred Plett

Pete Heidrich

To conduct CEAP pilots via:

a. Conducting the CEA portion of the CEAP on the second project of the pilot. The Team will develop a report for the SC and the Industry.

b. Proposing a list of standards development projects to conduct the CEAP on along with potential

April 2012 a)March 2014 SC Meeting

b)August 2014 SC Meeting

5a) Completed

5b) Complete (note: proposal submitted to NERC staff in lieu of SC)

5c) In progress





Target Completion

Status/Remarks

Randy Crissman

Steven Rueckert

Guy Zito (consulting)

criteria for choosing projects for 2014 and beyond and bring these to the SC for endorsement

c. Revise the current CEAP guideline document into a second generation document to reflect lessons learned during the pilot and to address potential “benefits” of standard projects and bring to the SC for endorsement.


c)September 2015 SC Meeting

SCPS will collaborate with Standards Leadership to evaluate this item and determine next steps.

Scope of the project was revised to reflect a Cost of Risk Reduction Analysis (CRRA) approach. Endorsed at Sept. 23, 2015 Standards Committee meeting.

6. Process to improve the effectiveness of balloting

Team Lead: Laura Lee

Robert Rhodes

Pete Heidrich

Steven Rueckert

Brian Buckley

To develop a process aiming at:

a. Maintaining an effective ballot pool

b. Managing situations where a quorum is not reached by the end of a ballot such that balloting can be conducted in the most effective and efficient manner.

Task Scope Document

December 2013

TBD 7a) In progress. Scope approved by the Standards Committee in March 2014.

7b) Completion date subject to launch of new SBS, week ending January 30, 2015

SCPS planning to monitor the process until sufficient data is available to adequately evaluate the new Standards Balloting System. Barb Nutter attended June SCPS meeting and provided an update. There are still issues with the ballot







http://www.nerc.com/comm/SC/SCPSRelatedFiles/Ballot_Pool_Management_Scope_Statement.pdf




Target Completion

Status/Remarks

pools, will continue to monitor and determine next steps.

7. SPM use of prompt and substantive

Team Lead: TBD

Jason Smith

Andrew Wills

Keith Porterfield

A motion was adopted during the March 2015 Standards Committee meeting to retain the words prompt and substantive in the SPM, but consider defining or clarifying the terms at some time in the future. The SCPS will work jointly with NERC staff to prepare a recommendation to the SC on whether to define or clarify the terms, and if so develop the accompanying definition or clarification.

September 2015

December 2015

8. Resource Document Project (Phase 2)


Ed Skiba

Randy Crissman


Phase 2 will consist of creating a spreadsheet of all Standards Resource documents; when each was last revised, suggested review frequency and responsible party.

Task Scope Document

November 2014

November 2015

Scope document approved by the SC at the May SC meeting.

Next step is to finalize the spreadsheet of all Standards Resource documents and develop review criteria.




http://www.nerc.com/comm/SC/SCPSRelatedFiles/Resource_Document_Project_Phase_2_Scope_Document.pdf




Target Completion

Status/Remarks

9. Technical Guidance Document Process Project

Team Lead: Pete Heidrich Ben Li John Seelke (consulting)

Review SPM Section 11 language and provide recommendations to the SC

July 2015 September 2015

Review SPM Section 11 language and provide recommendations to the SC. Coordinate with Standing Committees and work with NERC Staff to implement recommendations after SC authorization.

SCPS recommended, at the SC September 23, 2015 meeting, that the SCPS continue this project and address the initial recommendations of the SCPS outlined in the reference document provided as background documentation in the September 22, 2015 agenda package.

10. SCPS and PMOS Meeting Frequency Recommendation

Team Lead: TBD Pete Heidrich Ben Li Brian Buckley

Review the draft 2016-2018 Reliability Standards Development Plan and provide the Standards Committee Executive Committee (SCEC) options on the meeting frequency for 2016.

July 2015 Complete SCPS small team worked with PMOS to develop a recommendation which was endorsed by the SC at Sept. 23, 2015 meeting.




Target Completion

Status/Remarks

11. Communication Facilitation Project

Team Lead: TBD

Jennifer Flandermeyer

John Bussman

Barb Nutter

Andrew Wills (NERC Legal)

John Seelke (Observer)

Task encompasses both ballot pool members communicating with each other and SC members communicating with members in their segment

July 2015 NERC Legal to review Listserv policy and determine appropriate response, which will then be communicated to SCPS small team.


Standards Committee Process Subcommittee 2014 Work Plan (Conceptual Project Stage-No Scope or Endorsement)

Proposed Task General Scope of Task Presented to SC for Project

Initiation

Scope, Development

Initiated

SC Approval of Scope *

Status/Remarks

12. Interpretation Process

Team Lead: Pete Heidrich


Steve Rueckert

John Seelke

Andrew Wills

Ryan Stewart

Review existing NERC Interpretation Process for improvements

Placeholder for Link to Draft Scope Document

Further research and determination of next steps to determine appropriate means of alignment with FERC expectations, current processes, and best means by which to address interpretations.

Development of scope for this task will begin September 2015, with a target presentation to SCPS at December 2015 meeting.

*Upon approval of project Scope, the project will be moved to the “Standards Committee Process Subcommittee Work Plan (SC Endorsed Project Scopes) section.


October 15, 2015 SCPS Activities Document--October 13, 2015

Standards Committee Process Subcommittee Activities (SC Endorsed Project Scopes)

Task General Scope of Task Task Initiated Target Completion

Status/Remarks

1. Modification to SC QualityReview Process Document

Team Lead: Keith Porterfield

Andy Pusztai

Ed Skiba

Pete Heidrich

Brenda Hampton

John Bussman

Develop a process for conducting quality review of draft standards to fulfill the Standards Committee’s mandate to ensure quality of standards as depicted in its charter.


October 2012

Revisited December 2013

TBD The SCPS wants to make sure that the SC’s expectations for what a quality review is are well articulated, and that a standard can be evaluated as to whether it meets those expectations. This task group is currently in discussions to determine an approach.

The small group met and decided to pull in additional SC members and industry experts to develop a description of quality as expected by the SC. S. Miller and K. Porterfield have compiled existing QR guiding docs to help inform this discussion, and they have drafted a letter from the SC to NERC Staff about defining attributes of quality. V. Agnew has been copied/looped in to this and will be included in the discussion of the expanded











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small group. L. Lee will set up the meeting. Target completion to define the quality expectation is the SC call following the SC meeting in Portland in September.

Ongoing. A small team including reps from SCPS, PMOS, and NERC staff is continuing to collaborate on perspectives to move forward.

Conference call with NERC Staff (Val, Elsa Prince, Barb, and Katherine). Agreement was reached as to the concept of the project. NERC staff developed a summary document that is intended to be presented to the SC, informed by an internal document that provides further information and detail about the Quality Review process. Brenda is participating as a PMOS representative.





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Ongoing. A conference call was held for the team that is working on the QR project on April 24, 2015.A small team including reps from SCPS, PMOS, and NERC staff is continuing to collaborate on perspectives to move forward.

Small group of SCPS has been working with NERC Staff to develop a QR guideline document and a QR form for SC. Plan is for small team to meet when more of the small team members are available and able to review and submit their comments on the current state of the documents. Then, the documents will be submitted to the SCPS at large for review.

Laura Anderson is leading the QR effort for NERC Staff. Much of the feedback NERC Staff has received from the SCPS on QR has been incorporated into the QR process. Additional





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comments are welcomed as the process is refined.

The new QR process is going to rely heavily on independent SME review, which may be facilitated by regional coordination and outreach.

NERC conducted QR workshop. On the Agenda as an action item for the Sept. 23, 2015 SC meeting.

2. Consensus Building and SAR Development

Team Lead: Ben Li Pete Heidrich

Steven Rueckert

Brian Buckley

Randy Crissman

To develop a process that will facilitate the effective and efficient development of technical information and building of industry consensus leading to the Standards Committee’s acceptance/approval of the SAR for proposed standard projects.

Task Scope Document

June 2014 April 2015 SC Meeting

The scope for this effort was endorsed at the June SC meeting. B. Li has a meeting set up with the small team on July 29 to begin initial work on developing a clear process for building consensus on a project during the SAR development stage.

The small team is discussing ideas to delineate the informal consensus building process from the formal development





http://www.nerc.com/comm/SC/SCPSRelatedFiles/Consensus%20Building_%20SAR_%20Development_Scope_052214.pdf





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process; once a process is developed, next steps might be a pilot with an oversight team. The small team will continue to develop a process and pilot program for proposal. This may be ready for the September/October SC meeting, and would be sent to the SCPS in for review in advance if so. If not, then the SCPS will review the proposal at their September/October SCPS meeting.

Revisions are in-work to add proposed SAR rejection paths to Consensus Building and SAR development process documents and other materials in anticipation of December SC meeting.

In progress. The scope for this task was approved by the





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Standards Committee in June 2014.

Task is complete and will be scheduled to be presented to the SC at the next in-person meeting (September 2015).

SCPS Leadership discussed with Standards Department leadership. Ben Li provided latest documents to Howard.

Further development on hold pending discussion with NERC staff. Next step will be to schedule meeting with NERC staff to communicate further detail on the high-level concepts that were previously provided to NERC staff and further coordinate on concepts.

3. Consolidate SC Resource Documents


Ed Skiba

To review existing drafting team resource documents under the Standards Committee’s purview, and to develop a single resources document to be used in conjunction with the

July 2012 a) March 2014 SC meeting

The SC approved a finalized list of documents for retirement at the April 9 SC meeting, and the documents have been archived. Since, M. Benson has compiled the remaining







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Randy Crissman


Drafting Team Manual to assist the drafting teams in performing their tasks:

a. Propose a list of documents to be retired, and

b. Consolidate the remaining documents on a consistent template and add in version control, and make the associated changes to the NERC Resources webpage

c. Final review and update of SC endorsed documents.


This task satisfies Task #5 from the 2014–2016 SC Strategic Work Plan

b)December 2014 SC Meeting

c) February 2015

documents into a Drafting Team Resources document that will act as a companion piece to the Drafting Team Reference Manual. Since the July SC conference call was canceled, the Drafting Team Resources document was distributed to the SC for endorsement via email ballot. Results are being tabulated. The action items were approved. M. Benson will be removing the individual documents in the Drafting Team Resources package from the Resources page. M. Benson will let the SCPS know when the project is complete. M. Benson distributed the SC Resource Documents to team members so that they could prepare first draft revisions by October 21 (with exception of







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Field Test) for the October SCPS Conference Call, in anticipation of December SC meeting.

3a) Completed

3b) Complete

3c) In Progress. Will go before December SC meeting for endorsement of changes and reposting on Resource webpage. Complete with exception of Field Test document.

Meeting planned between V. Agnew, B. Castle and to discuss Field Test document.

Pending SC meeting discussion:

D. Richardson is setting up a meeting with B. Murphy, J. Castle, J. Case and NERC staff





Status/Remarks

to discuss the issue related to the Field Test Guideline document so consensus can be reached before document edits are undertaken.

Changes to the SC Charter and SPM have been proposed and B. Murphy is sharing these changes with the leadership of the technical committees. After these changes are finalized the Field Test Guideline document will be updated.

A meeting is planned with B. Murphy, J. Castle, J. Case and NERC staff to discuss the issue related to the Field Test Guideline document to achieve consensus before documents are edited.

SCPS Chair to follow up with SC Chair as to status of the Field Test Guideline document.





Status/Remarks

SCPS Chair will also follow up regarding CIPC input.

Plan to post Field Test Guideline document. Timing will be coordinated with other SPM changes for presentation to NERC Board.

4. Improve standards development process (Assignment resulting from 2013 SC Strategic Work Plan – Task #2)

Team Lead: Joe Tarantino

Ed Skiba

Pete Heidrich

Brenda Hampton

Fred Plett

To review effectiveness of the revised Standard Processes Manual approved by the FERC in June 2013, identify areas/changes that can further improve the efficiency and quality of standard development, and propose changes to the SPM as necessary.

Task Scope Document

January 2013 Project deferred to April 2015

During the May 22 SCPS call, J. Tarantino explained that the task group came to the conclusion that the SCPS should wait on this task until active projects and SPM revisions have further matured. In the interim, informal outreach will be conducted to continue to identify standard development process issues. A formal outreach plan to gather input on the standards development process will be formed during the first quarter of 2015 and implemented during the second quarter.






http://www.nerc.com/comm/SC/SCPSRelatedFiles/Review_Standards_Processes_Scope_Statement.pdf





Status/Remarks

The SCPS and NERC staff agreed to this plan with the current scope document, and the scope and new time line were endorsed at the June SC meeting. P. Heidrich will discuss with B. Murphy about whether it is necessary to provide a status update to the MRC with respect to this being part of the SPIG recommendations.

Project start deferred to early 2015 to gain more data points. Project will be divided into two phases. One to gather information to identify areas of improvement and a second to determine and propose changes to the SPM, ROP, or other process documents as necessary.

NERC staff to provide statistics, then collaborate to determine next steps—still in work.





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SCPS Leadership is proposing to recommend to the Standards Committee that this item is no longer needed and should be retired from the Work Plan. SPIG recommendations will be reviewed to ensure there are no issues that need further attention. SCPS Leadership plans to meet with NERC Leadership and other Interested Parties to discuss potential ways to address issues that may arise during the Standards Development process.

5. Cost of Risk Reduction Analysis (CRRA)

Team Lead: TBD

To conduct CEAP pilots via:

a. Conducting the CEA portion of the CEAP on the second project of the

April 2012 a)March 2014 SC Meeting

b)August 2014 SC Meeting

The finalized Disturbance Monitoring CEAP report was endorsed by the SC for posting during the April SC meeting.





Status/Remarks

Fred Plett

Pete Heidrich

Randy Crissman

Steven Rueckert

Guy Zito (consulting)

pilot. The Team will develop a report for the SC and the Industry.

b. Proposing a list of standards development projects to conduct the CEAP on along with potential criteria for choosing projects for 2014 and beyond and bring these to the SC for endorsement

c. Revise the current CEAP guideline document into a second generation document to reflect lessons learned during the pilot and to address potential “benefits” of standard projects and bring to the SC for endorsement.


(Initial project pilots completed)

c)April 2015 SC Meeting

The CEAP team met in early June to discuss proposed project selection criteria, apply that criteria to the list of active projects to develop a potential list of projects to apply CEAP to, as well as alternate flexible approaches to apply CEAP moving forward. G. Zito is working on updating the current version of the CEAP Guideline document to reflect this discussion. This “second generation” CEAP will be circulated to the CEAP team and then SCPS for review, along with input on whether this should be posted for industry comment, prior to submitting to the SC for the August meeting. G. Zito is holding a meeting with P. Heidrich on July 30 to discuss the comments received from the small team, Allen Mosher, B. Murphy, and








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S. Miller on the process, project selection criteria, and project list suggestions. G. Zito will keep the SCPS updated as to whether revised documents will be ready for the August SC meeting; if so, they will be circulated to the SCPS for review in advance. G. Zito shared the latest draft CEAP document with NERC staff. The currently proposed process is in review.

Proposal submitted to NERC staff in lieu of SC. Next step is to revise the current CEAP guideline document into a second generation document to reflect lessons learned during the pilot and to address potential “benefits” of standard projects and bring to the SC for endorsement.

5a) Completed





Status/Remarks

5b) Complete (note: proposal submitted to NERC staff in lieu of SC)

5c) In progress

In NERC Executive Management review.

V. Agnew provided a draft document to SCPS Leadership. SCPS Leadership is distributing to the CEAP team for review and determination of next steps.

SCPS continues to review the draft document provided by V. Agnew. P. Heidrich to provide V. Agnew the comments that result from the SCPS review in anticipation of scheduling a follow-up meeting.


Guy Zito also discussed with the Director of Standards and





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the NERC President & CEO in July 2015.

Scope of the project was revised to reflect a Cost of Risk Reduction Analysis (CRRA) approach. Planned for presentation at Sept. 23, 2015 Standards Committee meeting.

6. Process to improve the effectiveness of balloting

Team Lead: Laura Lee

Robert Rhodes

Pete Heidrich

Steven Rueckert

Brian Buckley

To develop a process aiming at:

a. Maintaining an effective ballot pool

b. Managing situations where a quorum is not reached by the end of a ballot such that balloting can be conducted in the most effective and efficient manner.

Task Scope Document

December 2013

TBD L. Lee provided an informational report at the June SC meeting that outlined NERC strategies for addressing issues with achieving quorum (what’s been done in the past, what is being done currently, and slated SBS improvements). It also included a proposal for how the SCPS will be working to evaluate the results of the SBS enhancements. Much of the progress on this task depends on when the new SBS will be ready.






http://www.nerc.com/comm/SC/SCPSRelatedFiles/Ballot_Pool_Management_Scope_Statement.pdf





Status/Remarks

Completion date subject to launch of new SBS.

6a) In progress. Scope approved by the Standards Committee in March 2014.

6b) Completion date subject to launch of new SBS, week ending January 30, 2015.

L. Lee and B. Nutter plan discussion to determine timeline.

SCPS Leadership and B. Nutter to evaluate the new SBS and determine next steps.

SCPS planning to monitor the process until sufficient data is available to adequately evaluate the new Standards Balloting System. SCPS requested Barb Nutter attend June SCPS meeting to update.

Barb gave update at June SCPS meeting, still issues with ballot pools, will continue to monitor and determine next steps.





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Barb noting that there are still individuals that are joining ballot pools and not voting or abstaining.

For information, Standards Information refrained from distributing reminder during a recent Reliability Standards ballot, and the standard did not make quorum.

Standards Information Leadership has been monitoring Ballot Pools and voting behavior. Standards Information is developing an informational document to further stakeholder understanding. The document will be distributed and published, and will be discussed at the Standards and Compliance Workshop.

7. SPM use of prompt and substantive

Team Lead: TBD

A motion was adopted during the March 2015 Standards Committee meeting to retain the words prompt and substantive in the SPM, but consider defining or clarifying the terms

TBD December 2015 Deferred until end of 2015

Project to begin Sept. 2015. Next Step is SCPS small team





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Keith Porterfield

Jason Smith

at some time in the future. The SCPS will work jointly with NERC staff to prepare a recommendation to the SC on whether to define or clarify the terms, and if so develop the accompanying definition or clarification.

to meet to review the instances of the terms in the SPM and provide a determination that addresses the terms’ ambiguity.

8. Resource Document Project (Phase 2)


Ed Skiba

Randy Crissman


Phase 2 will consist of creating a spreadsheet of all Standards Resource documents; when each was last revised, suggested review frequency and responsible party.

Task Scope Document

November 2014

October 2015 M. Benson to work with team members for Phase 2.

Draft Scope document for April or May SCPS conference call in anticipation of presenting to the SC seeking approval of project initiation.

Provide Scope document template to L.O.--complete.

Scope document approved by the SC at the May SC meeting.

Next step is to finalize the spreadsheet of all Standards Resource documents and develop review criteria.

On target for October 2015 completion date. L. Oelker indicated that submission to





http://www.nerc.com/comm/SC/SCPSRelatedFiles/Resource_Document_Project_Phase_2_Scope_Document.pdf





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the SC will occur after October completion.

SCPS to provide spreadsheet to NERC staff for review prior to submission to SC for inclusion in October SC agenda package. SCPS small team continues to work to develop review criteria document.

9. Technical Guidance Document Process Project


Ben Li

John Seelke (consulting)

Review SPM Section 11 language and provide recommendations to the SC


Review SPM Section 11 language and provide recommendations to the SC. Coordinate with Standing Committees and work with NERC Staff to implement recommendations after SC authorization.

SCPS to recommend to the SC at the September 23, 2015 meeting that the SCPS continue this project and address the initial recommendations of the SCPS outlined in the reference document provided as background documentation in






Status/Remarks

the September 22, 2015 agenda package.

10. SCPS and PMOS Meeting Frequency Recommendation

Team Lead: TBD

Pete Heidrich

Ben Li

Brian Buckley

Review the draft 2016-2018 Reliability Standards Development Plan and provide the Standards Committee Executive Committee (SCEC) options on the meeting frequency for 2016.


Review the draft 2016-2018 Reliability Standards Development Plan and provide the Standards Committee Executive Committee (SCEC) options on the meeting frequency for 2016. The SCEC, working with NERC staff, will then present options to the Standards Committee in September 2015 in setting a schedule for 2016.

SCPS Chair will discuss schedule with PMOS Chair

SCPS small team developed recommendation, which will be presented to SC at Sept. 23, 2015 meeting. The recommendation is that there are 4 in-person meetings, with one conference call pre-







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scheduled between each in-person meeting, with additional conference calls scheduled on an as-needed basis.

11. Communication Facilitation Project

Team Lead: TBD


John Bussman

Barb Nutter



Task encompasses both ballot pool members communicating with each other and SC members communicating with members in their segment

July 2015 SCPS Chair will follow-up with SCPS members not in attendance on July 30, 2015 SCPS conference call to solicit volunteers for this project.

NERC Legal will review Listserv policy and determine appropriate response, which will then be communicated to SCPS small team.





Initiation

Scope, Development

Initiated


Status/Remarks

12. Interpretation Process



Ryan Stewart (NERC)

Steve Rueckert



Review existing NERC Interpretation Process for improvements

Placeholder for Link to Draft Scope Document

P. Heidrich to follow up with NERC legal.

SCPS plan to obtain documentation (procedure, reference in SPM, and 5-yr Assessment) and determine if SCPS will pursue this project.

Katherine contacted NERC Legal to determine NERC Legal rep. assigned to SCPS:

Bill Edwards

Counsel, Standards

North American Electric Reliability Corporation

1325 G Street NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20005

202-644-8037 office | 202-495-9017 cell

[email protected]





Initiation

Scope, Development

Initiated


Status/Remarks

Katherine provided contact information to P. Heidrich and will also communicate the information through the SCPS March Agenda.

P. Heidrich plans to follow up with NERC Legal further regarding the interpretation process.

A. Wills is now the assigned NERC Legal representative. A. Wills provided Interpretation research and presented to the SCPS during the March in-person meeting.

Further research and determination of next steps to determine appropriate means of alignment with FERC expectations, current processes, and best means by which to address interpretations.





Initiation

Scope, Development

Initiated


Status/Remarks

This project will be re-visited in June 2015 by the SCPS for consideration of next steps.

Continue to discuss potential next steps.

Review recent NERC CIP memos for potential relevance to this issue.


NERC Staff—revised version of Interpretation Process, Laura Lee will distribute prior to next SCPS cc/meeting

NERC distributed a revised version of the NERC Interpretation Process to the SCPS. Ryan Stewart presented the process to





Initiation

Scope, Development

Initiated


Status/Remarks

the SCPS at the Sept. 22, 2015 meeting. Development of scope for this task will begin September 2015, with a target presentation to SCPS at December 2015 meeting.

*Upon approval of project Scope, the project will be moved to the “Standards Committee Process Subcommittee Work Plan (SC Endorsed Project Scopes) section.


October 15, 2015

SCPS Term End 2015 Survey

Term Participant Entity Seek to Renew Term?

2014–15 Brian Buckley Tampa Electric Co. Yes

2014–15 Randy Crissman New York Power Authority Yes, if elected to SC

2014–15 Lorissa Jones Bonneville Power Administration

2014–15 P.S. (Ben) Li Ben Li Associates, Inc. Yes

2014–15 Keith Porterfield Georgia Systems Operations Corporation

No

2014–15 Ed Skiba MISO

2014–15 Joe Tarantino Sacramento Municipal Utilities District

*Scott Miller would like to participate

Agenda Item 8Standards Committee Process Subcommittee

October 15, 2015