Unofficial Comment Form Project 2012-08.1 Phase 1 of Glossary Updates: Statutory Definitions Please DO NOT use this form for submitting comments. Please use the to submit comments on the Standard. The electronic comment form must be completed by 8 p.m. ET March 22, 2013. If you have questions please contact Soo Jin Kim at or by telephone at 404-446-9742. Background Information This posting is in response to an initial ballot and formal comment period. This posting is soliciting response to definitions that now the statutory language verbatim. In Paragraph 1894 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 693, the Commission directed the Electric Reliability Organization to include the statutory definitions of Bulk-Power System, Reliability Standard, and Reliable Operation in the NERC Glossary of Terms used in Reliability Standards: The Commission directs the ERO to modify the glossary through the Reliability Standards “1894. development process to include the statutory definitions of the terms Bulk-Power System, Reliable Operation and Reliability Standard. However, this determination does not negate our discussion in the Applicability section of the Final Rule. While the glossary should be revised to include the statutory definition of Bulk-Power System, the Reliability Standards refer to the bulk electric system, which is also defined in the glossary.” Inclusion of the statutory definitions for Bulk- Power System, Reliability Standard, and Reliable Operation in the NERC Glossary of Terms used in Reliability Standards will address three outstanding Commission directives. The proposed definitions for Bulk-Power System, Reliability Standard, and Reliable Operation are identical to the definitions found in Section 215 of the Federal Power Act. The following definitions are proposed to be added to the NERC Glossary of Terms used in Reliability Standards in order to comply with the FERC directives in Paragraph 1894 of Order 693: System” means, A) facilities and control systems necessary for operating an “Bulk-Power interconnected electric energy transmission network (or any portion thereof); and (B) electric energy from generation facilities needed to maintain transmission system reliability. The term does not include facilities used in the local distribution of electric energy. Standard” means a requirement, approved by the Commission under this section, to “Reliability provide for reliable operation of the bulk-power system. The term includes requirements for the operation of existing bulk-power system facilities, including cybersecurity protection, and the
Unofficial Comment Form Project 2012-08.1 Phase 1 of Glossary Updates: Statutory Definitions Please DO NOT use this form for submitting comments. Please use the to submit comments on the Standard. The electronic comment form must be completed by 8 p.m. ET March 22, 2013. If you have questions please contact Soo Jin Kim at or by telephone at 404-446-9742. Background Information This posting is in response to an initial ballot and formal comment period. This posting is soliciting response to definitions that now the statutory language verbatim. In Paragraph 1894 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order 693, the Commission directed the Electric Reliability Organization to include the statutory definitions of Bulk-Power System, Reliability Standard, and Reliable Operation in the NERC Glossary of Terms used in Reliability Standards: “1894. The Commission directs the ERO to modify the glossary through the Reliability Standards development process to include the statutory definitions of the terms Bulk-Power System, Reliable Operation and Reliability Standard. However, this determination does not negate our discussion in the Applicability section of the Final Rule. While the glossary should be revised to include the statutory definition of Bulk-Power System, the Reliability Standards refer to the bulk electric system, which is also defined in the glossary.” Inclusion of the statutory definitions for Bulk- Power System, Reliability Standard, and Reliable Operation in the NERC Glossary of Terms used in Reliability Standards will address three outstanding Commission directives. The proposed definitions for Bulk-Power System, Reliability Standard, and Reliable Operation are identical to the definitions found in Section 215 of the Federal Power Act. The following definitions are proposed to be added to the NERC Glossary of Terms used in Reliability Standards in order to comply with the FERC directives in Paragraph 1894 of Order 693: “Bulk-Power System” means, A) facilities and control systems necessary for operating an interconnected electric energy transmission network (or any portion thereof); and (B) electric energy from generation facilities needed to maintain transmission system reliability. The term does not include facilities used in the local distribution of electric energy. “Reliability Standard” means a requirement, approved by the Commission under this section, to provide for reliable operation of the bulk-power system. The term includes requirements for the operation of existing bulk-power system facilities, including cybersecurity protection, and the
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