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FERC RIN: 1902-AE23 Publication ID: Spring 2011 
Title: ●Electric Reliability Organization Interpretations of Interconnection Reliability Operations and Coordination and Transmission Operations Reliability Standards  
Abstract: Under section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Commission (Commission) proposed to approve the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC) proposed interpretation of certain specific requirements of the Commission-approved Reliability Standards, TOP-005-1, Operational Reliability Information, and IRO-005-1, Reliability Coordination – Current-Day Operations. Specifically, the interpretation addressed whether a Special Protection System (or SPS) that is operating with only one communication channel in service is "degraded" under these standards. The Commission proposed to approve the interpretation as being consistent with and not expanding or changing the existing Reliability Standards. However, to address Commission concerns that the interpretation fails to specify that a Special Protection System that has lost a communication channel be reported, the Commission also proposed to direct NERC pursuant to section 215 (d)(5) of the FPA to develop modifications to the TOP-005-1 and IRO-005-1 Reliability Standards, through its Reliability Standards development process. The Commission sought comments on its proposal, (RM10-8-000). 
Agency: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission(FERC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 18 CFR 40   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 824o   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/22/2010  75 FR 80391   
NPRM Comment Period End  02/07/2011    
Final Rule  12/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Richard Wartchow
Legal Information, Office of the General Counsel
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426
Phone:202 502-8744
Email: richard.wartchow@ferc.gov

Danny Johnson
Technical Information, Office of Electric Reliability
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, NE,
Washington, DC 20426
Phone:202 502-8892
Email: danny.johnson@ferc.gov